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Concern Worldwide (UK)

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Concern Worldwide was founded in Ireland in 1968 in response to a famine in the Nigerian province of Biafra.
By 1970 we were responding to the cyclone disaster in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and the organisation that started as Africa Concern became simply Concern, with a remit that was becoming global.
Over the years, we have expanded our operations to work in 30 of the world’s poorest countries – countries like Ethiopia, Somalia, Niger, Cambodia, Sudan and Afghanistan.
We work as a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation and our mission is to enable poor people to achieve major, long-term improvements in their lives that are sustainable without ongoing external support.
With offices in Dublin, London, Belfast and Glasgow, and an affiliate organisation in New York, Concern has an annual income of approximately £80 million.
We believe in keeping our administrative costs to a bare minimum - our management approach ensures that eighty four pence in every pound goes straight to helping poor people and communities. This allows us to spend the vast majority of the funds we raise on our overseas programmes.
Our new myAsiaSpace project is launching soon - follow our progress on our blogspot here
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Sadiq Khan reads the "Stand Up" pledge.
Over 23.5m people stood up worldwide to set a world record

My Interests



Six chickens
These cute little chicks give a family a regular supply of food: £11
Maize and seeds
Maize seeds help grow a family's self-sufficiency : £9
Mosquito nets
Help stop malaria in its tracks : £12
Fishing net
Help a family catch a terrific source of protein and income : £7
Herb garden
Herbal remedies can help maintain health : £14
Goat
Pretty good providers of food and milk : £25
Donkey
Donkeys are great at carrying water, fuel and even the sick : £32
Buffalo
Buffaloes are brill at ploughing fields : £305
School supplies
Enough pens, pencils and books to educate 10 children : £21
Water pump
Give a village all the safe, fresh water they need : £71
Emergency kit
Vital equipment for a family’s survival : £39
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My Blog

Secretary of State for International Development, visits Concerns Malawi Cash Transfer Project

On Monday 5th February Hilary Benn, the UK's Secretary of State for International Development, visited Concern's innovative Dowa Emergency Cash Transfer (DECT) programme in Sungeni, in Malawi's Dowa d...
Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:39:00 PST

Blogspot

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Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:10:00 PST

February Newsletter

Last month Tom Arnold, Concern's CEO, visited West Darfur and met newly displaced people who had fled their villages following attacks from militia. Below, he calls for urgent action to prevent the si...
Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:04:00 PST

January newsletter.

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Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:27:00 PST

International Agencies call for ceasefire in Darfur

Nearly half a million people have less access to humanitarian assistance as a result of increasing military activity, banditry and direct violence against aid workers in early December. The insecurity...
Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:28:00 PST

Concern Worldwide at the Houses of Parliament

On the evening of Monday November 20th, Concern Worldwide hosted an event around the Postive Lives exhibition currently installed in the Committee room corridor of the House of Commons. It was well at...
Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:53:00 PST

Positive Lives Photographic Exhibition On Tour

In the build up to World AIDS Day on December 1st Concern Worldwide is bringing the Positive Lives photographic exhibition to venues around the UK. Positive Lives is a unique international project th...
Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:04:00 PST

Stand Up Report

The day Brick Lane stood up. At 1pm Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting, read the STAND UP pledge and the assembled crowds stood up for 1 minute in support of the Millennium Development Goals. In keeping with ...
Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:40:00 PST

CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND MORE!

If you want to put the real warmth and love back into giving this Christmas, we guarantee you'll find all the inspiration you need right here And we guarantee something else; it will be one prese...
Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:38:00 PST

UK Chief Exec on Open Democracy

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Posted by Concern Worldwide (UK) on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:01:00 PST