As the number of deaths and suspected cases of Ebola continue to rise in Democratic Republic of Congo, our Country Director David Jones was interviewed by RTE Radio. He outlined the challenges facing humanitarians and how Concern is working to protect communities. 🎧 ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3S7zLv8

Concern's David Jones spoke to David McCullagh on @rte.ie from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where our teams are on the ground responding to the deadly #Ebola outbreak. But we need your support - to donate to our emergency appeal: https://bit.ly/4dOcndg #DRC

Our team in #DRC is on the ground helping protect communities & prevent the current outbreak of #Ebola from spreading. “We are mobilising our emergency response capabilities . . . to ensure that people are informed, protected & prepared.” To support us visit Concern.net https://bit.ly/4v5Ky7g

Event Announcement! Join the GNAFC, @concernworldwide.bsky.social & partners for our side event at the Rome Nutrition Week #RNW26 "Acute Malnutrition in Global Crises: Rethinking Evidence and Elevating Policy Priorities". 📅 25 May 2026 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/e6ZeXRkx @unicef.org @wfp.org @fao.org

In 2025, the UN recorded more than 37,000 civilian deaths across 20-armed conflicts – approx 1 civilian death every 14 mins, the UN Security Council #POCWeek2026 debate heard yesterday. In @irishexaminer.bsky.social#POCWeek2026our CEO Dominic Crowley sets out what needs to be done.⤵️ https://bit.ly/4wIKlZk

Our latest newsletter will be landing in your inboxes later today, featuring resources from @concernworldwide.bsky.social, @york.ac.uk, the World Bank, and more! Sign up here: zcralliance.org?signup=true

The combination of international funding cuts and a devastating drought is having a horrific impact on communities in #Somalia. Our team are on the ground responding. Read more about the developing humanitarian situation ⏬ https://bit.ly/3OPtSBT

The EU & Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation have confirmed multi-million Euro funding to support life-saving assistance to people in #Somalia impacted by the continuing drought. The Concern-led Somali Cash Consortium aims to assist 195,000 people. Read on ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4tPbsjU

Humanitarian & development funding for food sectors in crisis fell last year to levels not seen since 2016. And the consequences of these cuts are being felt by the world’s most vulnerable communities in #Sudan & #Yemen. Concern CEO Dominic Crowley highlights the crisis in today’s Irish Times ⤵️

Working with the Kerry Group, the ALIVE programme in Tana River, Kenya has been supporting people to transform their lives through #farming. One of those people is Maureen. She shared her experience of how being part of the programme has helped her support her family. #Community #FoodSecurity

As the conflict in Sudan marks three years, the Irish public - through Irish Aid - has funded Concern’s work supporting nearly 400,000 people affected. Read more in our latest press release⤵️

Over 3.5 million people in #Somalia have been forced to leave their homes, due to drought, flooding and conflict. Concern and the European Union are responding with cash transfers to displaced families. Cash enables people to meet their needs, with dignity.

What are the impacts of international funding cuts on drought-stricken communities in rural #Kenya ? Read stories of hope and desperate need from Turkana over the coming days in the @irishmirror.bsky.social, @belfasttelegraph.co.uk @irishexaminer.bsky.social#Kenya& Echo newspapers. Photos: Eugene Ikua

With European Union funding, Concern has trained 50 locally-hired health workers to deliver health care to remote villages in South Sudan. This work epitomises our commitment to delivering support to those most in need, in the most challenging contexts. Read more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3PH7jPN

In a letter to @irishtimes.com and Irish Daily Mail, Concern CEO Dominic Crowley writes on the essential need for an end to the conflict impacting Iran and the Gulf States, before it potentially pushes 45 million people into acute food insecurity. Read his letter below ⤵️

An estimated 4.9 million children died before their 5th birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new estimates released today. Our health & nutrition work in some of the world’s poorest countries focus on under-5s & pregnant & breast feeding women. https://bit.ly/4sXNGBr

“Time is running out for the international community to respond and prevent this spiralling into an even greater humanitarian catastrophe” – Concern’s Sudan Country Director John Kilkenny on the escalating needs in the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. Learn more here ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4uB7egw

For months, Yabicho, Mandera, #Kenya relied on deteriorated shallow wells with low pressure, leaks & inconsistent supply. Today, clean water flows from rehabilitated water kiosks, run by an upgraded, climate-resilient system. A result of the #IrishAid funded #HANAANO prog by RACIDA & Concern.

"The humanitarian needs that this conflict is creating will last long after the last missile is launched and the last bullet is fired . . ." Concern's Middle East regional director Fiona Gannon writing in today's Irish Daily Mail. ⤵️

Public donations have enabled Concern, through its partner @FondazioneCESVI , to provide vital supplies of clean water in #Gaza. Thank you.

US govt representatives visited families in drought stricken Turkana, #Kenya last week to see work they are funding & being done by Concern & partners. Impressive impact ⏩ reduced distances to water sources, better school attendance, safer pregnancies & healthier children. https://bit.ly/4slwSnh

Concern and @welthungerhilfe.bsky.social are working with communities near the frontline in #Ukraine to meet their humanitarian needs and help them rebuild their lives. Learn more ⤵️

Four years of conflict have taken a huge psychological toll on the population of #Ukraine, especially children. Concern supports vital psychosocial support for young and old. View the trailer for our documentary “The Children of Kharkiv”. Watch the full film ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4kY9GcE

“You go to bed not knowing if you get up” -- the words of Vasyl who lives in Sumy, near the front line #Ukraine. Concern, @welthungerhilfe.bsky.social & partners have produced a report on how communities deal with daily uncertainty as the conflict enters its fifth year ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4qPyFQA

We welcomed @nealerichmond.bsky.social to see our #Hanaano programme in Dollo Ado, #Ethiopia yesterday. Funded by @irishaid.bsky.social we are working to tackle child wasting in a region straddling the Ethiopia/Kenya/Somalia border. Learn more ▶️ bit.ly/4kLcjOL www.instagram.com/p/DU3ezI5iJew/

#Nutrition #FoodSecurity #EndMalnutrition #EUBudget #RightToFood

The humble mango can be a game changer for small farmers like Abdi Kiyo in #TanaRiver #Kenya. Read how work by the Kerry Group and Concern is bearing fruit and changing lives 👇🥭 https://bit.ly/4az0kPD

Hostilities and humanitarian needs are increasing during the worst winter in more than a decade in #Ukraine. Here’s what you need to know about the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine as it enters its fifth year. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4kvGaKM

Climate change is one of the major drivers of extreme poverty in the world today. This funding from Irish Aid will help Concern's work with communities bearing the brunt of #climatechange ⤵️ bit.ly/4abs79S @nealerichmond.bsky.social

“Successive failed rains, combined with extreme temperatures have led to severe water shortages, crop failure, food shortages, rising malnutrition rates & livestock deaths across large regions of the Horn of Africa” -- Concern's Amina Abdulla. Learn how we are responding ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4aqan9I

Gaza still needs our attention. Hunger levels are dire & entry of aid is precarious & unpredictable. Harsh winter conditions have made things even worse. We're responding through our partners Cesvi, providing water & sanitation facilities. Please support our appeal ⏬ https://bit.ly/4r8iUVF

Amazing results can be achieved when the expertise of a large company and the experience of an international humanitarian organisation come together. That’s what happened when Kerry and Concern Worldwide partnered with the local community in Tana River #Kenya. #WeAreKerry 📽️ ⤵️

International aid cuts could lead to more than 22 million avoidable deaths by 2030, including 5.4 million children under-five, according to new research. Learn more about the findings 👇 https://bit.ly/4tkCksc

“Do as much as you can, as well as you can, for as many as you can, for as long as you can” – Fr Aengus Finucane, one of Concern’s early leaders. Over the last six decades, Concern and its supporters have worked to meet that challenge. Here's a timeline of our story ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3ZGxZ4N

A writer to @irishtimes.com this week argued it was time for Ireland to grow up & give something back to the world. Concern’s Dominic MacSorley responds, noting that Ireland is one of the few countries that has increased international aid, giving back where it matters most. ⏩https://bit.ly/3ZFriQq

“The airstrikes & shelling started, & people fled just to save their lives and families. We moved from one village to another along the way until we finally ended up here.” This is Samira’s story. She is one of over 16M people in #Syria who need humanitarian support. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3NzNdWJ

Farmers in #Malawi are growing bananas, both as sources of food and income, and to build their resilience against the adverse effects of climate shocks, such as droughts and heavy rain. Supported by @zcralliance.bsky.social#Malawi Read on ⬇️ https://zcralliance.org/blogs/growing-resilience-in-malawi/

“Famine is not just a tragedy, it’s a choice – one the world makes when we do not act on time.” What is #famine? What causes it, and how it is defined? Watch the latest instalment in our YouTube explainer series ⬇️ https://youtu.be/9FH3QfW4M3U?si=zdklY5e3QZlxCNVm

1,000 days of conflict in #Sudan are summed up in 80 seconds in this UN OCHA video. Concern's team are on the ground responding in very difficult circumstances. Please support our work ⏩ bit.ly/4s0UQFb #DontForgetSudan

🚰 Imagine walking 40 km for water. Children, families, and entire communities face this every day in Chad. Together with the EU, @concernworldwide.bsky.social is making safe water possible through new water points, hygiene kits, and local training. Read more: www.alliance2015.org/going-the-di...

Ireland must continue to bring international attention to the #Sudan crisis, Concern CEO Dominic Crowley tells the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade today.

Despite the funding and access challenges in #Sudan Concern is reaching those in need, CEO Dominic Crowley tells the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade today.

Concern CEO Dominic Crowley highlights to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade today how humanitarian access is being hindered in #Sudan.

Concern CEO Dominic Crowley addressing the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade today on the shortfall in international funding for the humanitarian response in Sudan.

Concern CEO Dominic Crowley addressing the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade today on Sudan.

Concern CEO Dominic Crowley addressing the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade today on #Sudan.

Concern welcomes today’s announcement of an additional €1M from Irish Aid for our work in #Ukraine. Our CEO Dominic Crowley said: "We are reaching vulnerable families through cash assistance via community based groups, enabling them to meet the most urgent needs." Full release ⤵️ bit.ly/49rJt0o

“The people of #Sudan are heading into a third year of what has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, affecting every sector, from health & nutrition to water, education and protection." From a letter by Concern’s Amina Abdulla ⤵️ https://bit.ly/49ClLPf

Floods are becoming an annual occurrence in #Pakistan, made worse by #climatechange. In 2022, floods devastated the country, affecting 33 million people. Heat waves & droughts are also becoming more regular & severe. 🎥 Concern's Mubashir Ahmed explains how Concern is supporting communities.

Looking to pick up a new hobby in the New Year’s? Maybe Celestin and Concern’s regional mobile journalist - Eugene Ikua - can provide some inspiration 📸 When Eugene met Celestin, a programme participant in #Rwanda, he learned that they shared an interest in - and a talent for - #photography.