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World Concern Launches Drought Response in Somalia: Global Humanitarian Agencies Warn of Potential Famine
MEDIA CONTACT: Cathy Herholdt, World Concern 206-794-9775 (cell) cathyh@worldconcern.org Feb. 2, 2022 (SEATTLE, Wash.) – Seattle-based relief and development organization World Concern is launching a...
Joint Statement to the donor community: NGOs call upon donors to urgently fund Somalia drought crisis
7.7 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, and current Somalia humanitarian appeal is underfunded by a staggering 98% We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply concerned...
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Early anaemia detection programme keeps Rohingya mothers healthy in the refugee camps in Bangladesh
By Bakhodir Rahimov, Nutrition Sector Coordinator, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; and Christine Lindell Detweiler, Health and Nutrition Advisor, World Concern/Medair, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh For Dilara, a...
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As severe flooding devastates Cox's Bazar, 32 humanitarian agencies call for urgent funding in Bangladesh
July 29 2021 Conditions in the Rohingya refugee camps and the surrounding areas in Cox’s Bazar District are deteriorating as a result of several days of heavy monsoon rainfall across southern...
Desert Locust Outbreak Needs Assessment - Somalia (March 2020)
ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES This assessment was led to gain a better insight to the desert locust (DL) outbreak, and DL’s impact on Somali pastoralists’ and farmers’ livelihoods. It specifically aimed to: ...
World Concern Remembers Haiti Earthquake Devastation as 10th Anniversary Approaches
January 10, 2020 (SEATTLE) – “I heard a noise like a storm,” recalls Efanor Nore, World Concern Haiti Country Representative, of the moment when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck his home nation,...
Rapport de mission conjointe d’évaluations multisectorielles - Inondations - Mayo Kebbi du 22 au 28 novembre 2019
I.Objectif de la mission La province de Mayo Kebbi, à l’instar d’autres provinces du Tchad, a été durement touchée par les intempéries de ces derniers mois. Selon le rapport d’évaluation de la Croix...
Bangladesh + 1 more
Two Years On: Rohingya Deserve Justice, A Place at the Table
61 NGOs warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar; call for refugees’ engagement on safe, voluntary returns 21 August 2019 Two years after mass atrocities in Myanmar forced more than 740,000 people to flee...
World Concern Responds to Crisis in Yemen
Delivering Aid and Support for Families on the Brink of Famine November 13, 2018 (SEATTLE) – Prolonged civil war in Yemen has led to a severe food shortage and loss of income for families, bringing...
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42 NGOs warn that return of refugees to Myanmar now would be dangerous and premature
Humanitarian and civil society agencies working in Rakhine State in Myanmar and in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are deeply concerned that the repatriation of refugees will commence in...
Death Toll Climbs in Indonesia Disaster
October 3, 2018 (SEATTLE) - The death toll following the Sept. 28 magnitude 7.5 earthquake and powerful tsunami that struck Indonesia has climbed to 1,407. Local sources believe the actual number is...
World Concern Responds to Drought Crisis in Somalia
MEDIA CONTACT: Cathy Herholdt, World Concern 206-546-7374 (office) 425-794-9775 (cell) cathyh@worldconcern.org Emergency Water Trucking and Cash Transfers Being Implemented March 10, 2017 (SEATTLE) –...
Non-governmental organisations collectively call for immediate cessation of armed conflict and protection of civilians in Kachin and Northern Shan States, Myanmar
The undersigned humanitarian and development NGOs operating in Kachin and Northern Shan States in Myanmar are gravely concerned about the continually escalating armed conflict and the severely...
World Concern aids Hurricane Matthew survivors in Haiti
October 10, 2016 (PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) – As the death toll soars past 1,000 in Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, World Concern is reaching survivors in the south and southwest regions of the...
World Concern Suspends Activity in Wau, South Sudan
MEDIA CONTACT: Cathy Herholdt, World Concern 206-546-7374 (office) 425-794-9775 (cell) cathyh@worldconcern.org Staff Evacuated After Heavy Gunfire in Wau Town June 27, 2016 (WAU, SOUTH SUDAN) – World...
World Concern to Test Solar Water Purifier in Somalia
Washington Global Health Alliance grants $150,000 to test PotaVida's Smart Solar Purifier December 7, 2015 (SEATTLE) – Seattle-based relief and development organization World Concern and social...
4 Ways You Can Stop Malaria
For the past few months, heavy monsoonal rains have caused flash flooding and landslides across Myanmar. Huge swathes of the country have been affected, with homes, crops and lives all being lost...
Living in fear of child marriage
I sat down on the steps of a small rural high school in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, expectantly waiting to talk with some of the girls who have received scholarships from World Concern. Dressed in her...
A simple cure for Dashna’s pain
In the back of her classroom in rural Haiti, 12-year-old Dashna often puts her head down on her desk and prays. The pain in her stomach gets to be too much and she can no longer concentrate on the...