While it's a couple of days since World Malaria Day, it's worth taking some time this Sunday to learn about the disease, how to prevent it and Concern's response to malaria in the countries we work in.

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In #Dublin and free 9th and 10th May?

Why not check out a new multimedia exhibition telling the stories of people living through 13 years of conflict in Syria in The Complex Dublin, Eircode: D07 YY97

Education, transforms, it drives peace! That's why we need to protect access to education under all circumstances, including during conflict.

During #GAWE2024 's Global Solidarity Day, stand up with Concern Worldwide and the IFGE for the Right to Education during conflict. 🥁

“The risk of famine is here, the risk of famine is real, but there is a window of opportunity to act.”

A massive, urgent mobilisation of supplies & resources is needed to avert further widespread hardship and suffering in #Sudan ⏬

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🌧️Above average heavy rains around Tana River in #Kenya have left many areas inaccessible and flooded - but that hasn't stopped our Concern colleagues from continuing their work, even if it's a little bit more tricky at the moment 👏

Books provide an escape from daily reality and adversity. And they help children stay interested in learning.

In Niger, Concern Worldwide is running library tricycles as part of the EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 funded education program.

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In the last week, more than 135 people were killed in Afghanistan & Pakistan due to unseasonal extreme rainfall after an unusually dry winter.

A new report from the WMO finds that Asia is bearing the brunt of #climatechange .

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Interested in climate change and curious about poetry?

Why not see if you can put the two together by attending a workshop, facilitated by the fantastic spoken word artist Kelvin Akpaloo this Wednesday in Dublin.

Details below⤵️ #EarthDay2024

Everyone has a role to play to protect our earth.
Let's unite our efforts to make #greenplanet reduce #pollution & #climatechange impact to protect earth. #EarthDay UN Climate Change Concern Worldwide UN in Bangladesh ICCCAD

“Climate change is creating a downward spiral for women and girls.”

Here are five ways that climate crisis is fueling gender inequality 👇

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Looking for a new #podcast to listen to over the weekend?

Why not give Concern's Pod Worldwide a listen & find out what’s being done to solve some of the challenges communities that we work with are facing.

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In Monrovia, WHH Liberia - Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide launched the Global Hunger Index #GHI2023 . The President of #Liberia , Joseph Boakai, delivered a keynote in which he made the case for strengthening agricultural production.

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🛑 Stop and take 3 mins to watch this powerful piece by Sudanese slam poet and activist Emi Mahmoud on the conflict in her native #Sudan and it's horrific toll on ordinary people.

'Tell me how to make it stop.'

#slampoetry

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As part of our response to the impact of last year’s earthquake in #Turkiye , we have built toilets & shower facilities in Hatay, which was severely damaged.

These facilities not only provide dignity for the local community but also help prevent the spread of disease. EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺

“Children are alive today because of this incredible aid effort' -- Alessandro Bini, #Somalia Cash Consortium Director. ⏬

'The preventable death of one child should never be ignored and yet the very survival of 220,000 children who suffer from severe acute malnutrition is under threat, largely unnoticed.'

Dominic MacSorley's #Sudan article in Irish Examiner is a powerful read. ⏬

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📌Meet Nabeta, a resilient mother of 7 who lost all her livestock, her livelihood and her husband during the 2020- 2023 #drought . USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance through Concern Worldwide Kenya has been providing cash assistance to her and many families just like hers to build their #Resilience

As Sudan marks a year of conflict, nearly 50% of the country’s population require humanitarian assistance.

Find out below the 5 things you should know about the situation in Sudan, which the UN has warned could soon be the world’s worst hunger crisis⤵️

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'Much is being achieved, despite the enormous constraints that exist . . . Conflict has disrupted, not destroyed, local capacity,' Dominic MacSorley explains, urging donors at today's international donor's conference for #Sudan to fund the humanitarian response.

We welcome Irish Aid's €12.3m pledge today for humanitarian assistance for #Sudan and neighbouring countries.

But, with warnings of impending famine, all funds pledged today in Paris must be made available immediately if lives are to be saved.