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Concern Worldwide Welcomes Irish Government’s Commitment To South Sudan June 14, 2018

Dominic MacSorely who is chief executive of Concern Worldwide says he welcomes the commitment made by Irish Aid to fund the relief efforts in South Sudan where there is a humanitarian crisis taking place. Simon Coveney and Ciarán Cannon the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Minister of State for the Diaspora […]

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Oxfam Says Donor Countries Are Exaggerating How Much Aid They Are Providing To Fight Climate Change June 7, 2018

A recent study conducted by Oxfam suggests that many donors have exaggerated the value of climate finance they have provided to the poorest countries in the world by a large margin. The aid agency reckons that that the amount of public funding for climate finance in 2015 and 2016 is approximately $16 billion to $21 […]

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Save The Children Preparing For Monsoon Period In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar Refugee Camps May 28, 2018

Aid agencies such as Save the Children are waiting in dread of the monsoon season which will arrive at the refugee camp’s in Cox’s Bazar that now houses almost a million Rohingya. Last month the camp received its first set of heavy rains which were part of what is known as the pre-monsoon season which […]

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Superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold To Compose Soundtrack For This Year’s Soccer Aid For Unicef May 21, 2018

One of the world’s biggest DJ’s Paul Oakenfold has composed some music and donated it for use in the credits that will feature in the celebrity announcements of Soccer Aid for Unicef this year. The track has already been used in announcements made last month by a variety of celebrities including Robbie Williams, Usain Bolt, […]

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Concern Worldwide Celebrates Half A Century Of Delivering Aid To Those In Need May 14, 2018

Last month Concern Worldwide celebrated its 50th anniversary and was honoured by Irish President Michael D. Higgins at a special event. During the ceremony, President Higgins paid tribute to the extraordinary contribution to humanitarian causes Concern Worldwide has made globally for half a century. President Higgins said the work Concern has done has created a […]

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Oxfam Says Donors Not Providing Enough Funding To Deal With Crisis In DRC May 7, 2018

A coalition of aid agencies including Oxfam UK is warning that millions of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo are at risk of rising levels of hunger, death and disease because funding has not been made available. The aid agencies are seeking US$1.7 billion to provide assistance to more than 10 million people who […]

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Save The Children Sounds The Alarm About Venezuelan Refugee Crisis April 28, 2018

Save the Children has is warning that hundreds of thousands of children who have fled Venezuela for Columbia are vulnerable. The international humanitarian agency says political violence and economic insecurity in Venezuela means that there has been a worrying rise in the level of malnutrition rates. Save the Children estimates that every week at least […]

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David Beckham Lends His Support To UNICEF’s Anti-Bullying Programme April 21, 2018

David Beckham in his role as Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF recently travelled to Indonesia to meet with children that have been victims of classroom violence and bullying. David Beckham’s UNICEF Fund which is called 7 has managed to transform the lives of millions of children from all over the world. The fund has financed the […]

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Concern Worldwide Says The Rohingya Exodus Is The World’s Fastest Going Refugee Crisis April 14, 2018

Since last August the Rohingya community in Myanmar’s Rakhine State have been the targets of violence and this has resulted in nearly 700,000 people fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh. Half of all the refugees seeking safety are women and children and as the number of refugees continues to climb, what is happening in Myanmar and Bangladesh […]

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Family Raising Money In Memory Of Their Daughter At This Year’s LOROS Twilight Walk April 13, 2018

Joanne Reek a mother of two says she hopes to raise £1,000 for the LOROS Hospice in memory of her daughter Leah. She says her and her family are walking to raise the money and she is sure that Leah would be so proud and would have a massive smile on her face. Leah died […]

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