1.0 Introduction The goal of development funding has always been to improve the lives of the vulnerable. To improve the lives of the vulnerable beyond the project level, however, you need to engage...
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1.0 Introduction The goal of development funding has always been to improve the lives of the vulnerable. To improve the lives of the vulnerable beyond the project level, however, you need to engage...
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Author: Tilly Alcayna EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On 7 May 2020, the United Nations released an urgent appeal for US$6.7 bn in humanitarian assistance for low-income countries facing challenges in managing the...
New York, April 11, 2012 – After two earthquakes – measuring magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 respectively – sparked fears of a tsunami in Indonesia and across the Indian Ocean, Concern Worldwide calls for the...
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Concern Worldwide (Concern) and Oxfam GB (Oxfam) jointly commissioned this report to look at the impacts of cash transfers (CTs) on gender dynamics both within households and communities. This report...
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December 26, 2006 marked the two-year anniversary of the Asian tsunami--a massive tidal wave caused by an earthquake at the base of the Indian Ocean that measured 9.3 on the Richter scale. The 2004...
Over 900 kilometres of coastline in the Indonesian province of Aceh was hit by the tsunami. The city of Banda Aceh was the single worst affected area in the south Asian tsunami. An estimated 90,000...
Aid is now being delivered to tens of thousands of survivors of Indonesia's earthquake but shelter is still an issue. The UN and aid agencies have now over come the bottlenecks that were created by...
The death toll in the Indonesian earthquake has now reached more than 5,900 with more than 3,000 of these in Bantul a town about 10k south of the tourist city of Yogyakarta. The scale of the disaster...
Concern staff have arrived in Indonesia to help relief efforts in the disaster zone that has killed an estimated 5,500 and left up to 200,000 people homeless. Rose Dew, Concern's country director for...
Rescue workers have been digging desperately for survivors after a devastating earthquake killed 4,600 people in Indonesia. The earthquake, measuring 6.2, has destroyed buildings and roads south of...
Muzakir (30) lives with his wife Zainina (27) and daughters Rieka Ariananda (5) and Sita Suraya (18 months) in Rabu village on the island of Pulau Nasi which lies 15 miles off Banda Aceh. They have...
Following the devastation of 2004's tsunami, Concern immediately dispatched its rapid deployment team to assess the situation and provide recommendations on what the organization's involvement would...
In Indonesia, Concern's assessment began on the 1st of January 2005. The first priority was to bury the people who were killed by the tsunami. A team of experienced aid workers were then deployed to...
Concern is supplying displaced people with clean water and sanitation facilities in the barracks at Samahani1on the outskirts of Banda Aceh. One beneficiary of this is 30 year old Zulkifli (pictured...
(Banda Aceh, Indonesia; June 2005) In the chaotic aftermath of the Tsunami, the Indonesian Government faced the challenge of housing tens of thousands of survivors -- people who had lost everything...
By Karen Davies, Communications Officer In the chaotic aftermath of the Tsunami, the Indonesia Government faced the challenge of housing tens of thousands of survivors - people who had lost...
by Karen Davies, Communications Officer Five months ago, MTSN Rukoh School was a dark and eerie place. The corridors and classrooms were deserted. In playground lay the rotting corpses of animals and...
by Karen Davies, Communications Officer. Banda Aceh, Indonesia - Five months ago, MTSN Rukoh School was a dark and eerie place. The corridors and classrooms were deserted. In playground lay the...
Report by Karen Davies. Communications Officer, Banda Aceh. An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked the Indonesian island of Simeulue on Thursday at 8.55am local time. Lasting for...
Almost five months after the Asian Tsunami killed an estimated 300,000 people, Concern Worldwide continues to support communities in the hardest hit regions of Indonesia. In the immediate aftermath...