Who we are
Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to reducing suffering and eliminating extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Currently, Concern works in 28 countries and has a workforce of around 4,000 people. Its headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, and the organisation has other offices throughout the world.
Click here for profiles of all the countries in which Concern is involved.
Strengths
Concern focuses on five key organisational programmes: education, emergency response and preparedness, health, HIV and AIDS and livelihoods. Its aim is to balance innovation and necessary risk-taking with prudent judgment and a professional approach.
Concern’s programmes seek to improve the lives of people in extreme poverty by building sustainable livelihoods, enabling them to achieve their rights to quality health, education, food and water. Advocacy campaigns and development education initiatives also look to raise public awareness of these issues and bring about effective policy change.
