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A Challenging Response: Concern in Nepal

By Kieran McConville, Contributor
May 8, 2015

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Concern Worldwide has been responding to emergencies around the world since it was born amid the chaos of the Biafran war in Nigeria 47 years ago. Floods, famines, wars, and earthquakes all provide different challenges and test the skills and ingenuity of those who respond. The latest disaster, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake here in the south Asian nation of Nepal, will present its … [Read more...] about A Challenging Response: Concern in Nepal

“Live Below the Line” Begins April 27

By R. Bryan Willits, Editorial Assistant
April 24, 2015

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UPDATE: Concern has published the first in a multi-part series documenting Gabe Kennedy's experience in Haiti, where he experienced first-hand the effects and hardship of living below the line of extreme poverty. Watch below. Gabe Kennedy, celebrity chef and environmental advocate, is heading a new Concern Worldwide campaign to raise awareness for poverty and to fight against … [Read more...] about “Live Below the Line” Begins April 27

Two Million Seeds of Hope

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2015

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The International humanitarian organization Concern Worldwide U.S. recognized Joe Ripp, CEO of Time Inc., at its Seeds of Hope Annual Award Dinner in New York. The Seeds of Hope dinner, the annual fundraiser for Concern Worldwide U.S., raised just over two million dollars this year – a new record for the organization which helps the poorest of the poor in 25 countries around … [Read more...] about Two Million Seeds of Hope

A Giant Among Humanitarians

By Tom Moran, Contributor
August / September 2014

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Tom Moran writes that his involvement with Concern Worldwide began with Aengus Finucane, the Limerick-born priest who founded the Irish relief organization. As Chairman of Concern Worldwide U.S., I have traveled to almost a dozen countries where we work in as many years – from Afghanistan, to the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Haiti. It was on a recent visit to Haiti that I … [Read more...] about A Giant Among Humanitarians

Concern’s Annual Spring Run Raises $200K

By Adam Farley, Assistant Editor
June / July 2014

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The 16th Annual Concern Worldwide Spring Run was held in New York’s Central Park on April 12th and raised approximately $200,000 for the Irish-helmed international humanitarian organization. More than 100 teams participated in what was the largest turnout in the run’s history. The money raised will go to support Concern’s poverty-elimination programs in 26 of the world’s most … [Read more...] about Concern’s Annual Spring Run Raises $200K