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Irene Togbah from Ceayah Town talks with concern workers Nelly Smith and Marie Madden about her struggles without a clean source of water. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide.

Irene Togbah from Ceayah Town talks with concern workers Nelly Smith and Marie Madden about her struggles without a clean source of water. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide.

Irene Togbah from Ceayah Town talks with concern workers Nelly Smith and Marie Madden about her struggles without a clean source of water. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide.

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Where your money goes

How your donation is used

89.9%
of your donation goes to Relief and Development

This is spent directly towards our goal of ending extreme poverty.

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7.4%
Fundraising
This is money spent to raise funds for Concern's work and highlight the needs of the communities we work with.
2.3%
Education and Advocacy
We invest money in influencing policies and deepening awareness on issues around global poverty with the public.
0.4%
Governance
Funds spent to ensure Concern Worldwide is managed efficiently and adheres to the highest standards.

Latest press releases

Aqib Aliin (14) transports people on his curry frying pan in Jhuddo, Sindh, Pakistan, during extensive flooding in 2022. Photo: Emmanuel Guddo/Concern Worldwide

Press release

25 November 2024

COP29 climate finance deal is disgraceful and unacceptable

The failure of world leaders to agree an adequate climate finance deal at COP29 to help some of the poorest countries address the impact of climate change is disgraceful and unacceptable, Concern Worldwide has warned.

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Aqib Aliin (14) transports people on his curry frying pan in Jhuddo, Sindh, Pakistan, during extensive flooding in 2022. Photo: Emmanuel Guddo/Concern Worldwide

Press release25 November 2024

COP29 climate finance deal is disgraceful and unacceptable

The failure of world leaders to agree an adequate climate finance deal at COP29 to help some of the poorest countries address the impact of climate change is disgraceful and unacceptable, Concern Worldwide has warned.

Tiyassi Joanette sits outside her home in Central African Republic on a sunny day

Press release

20 November 2024

Concern supporting people to lift themselves out of poverty in Central African Republic

A wide-ranging approach to supporting people’s most basic and urgent needs in Central African Republic, one of the world’s hungriest countries, aims to improve the lives of 15,000 people and support them as they work to lift themselves out of poverty.

Hot meals prepared for emergency shelters in Beirut by Concern Worldwide and Nusaned thanks to donations from the Irish and British public.

Press release

18 November 2024

Lebanese getting hot meals funded by the Irish public

A MAJOR meals-on-wheels distribution of hot dinners to people who fled bombings in Lebanon is underway in Beirut – thanks to donations from the Irish public.

Some of the devastation created by Cyclone Freddy in Nsanje, Malawi, in 2023.

Press release

7 November 2024

COP29 funding agreement must be fit-for-purpose to tackle devastating impact of climate change

Global leaders must agree funding commitments at COP29 in Azerbaijan next week that are fit for purpose to tackle the increasingly devastating impact of climate change, Concern Worldwide warned today.

Concern distributing essential relief items, including mattresses, blankets, sleeping mats in Tripoli Lebanon

Press release

31 October 2024

Lebanese who fled bombs face harsh winter as crisis worsens

DISTRAUGHT families forced from their homes in Lebanon are bracing themselves for a harsh and bitterly cold winter, according to an Irish aid agency responding to the humanitarian crisis in the region.

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Our impact in 2023

15.5 M

people reached through our emergency response

9 M

people reached through our health interventions

2.3 M

people reached through our livelihoods programmes