Concern Worldwide (often referred to as Concern) is Ireland’s largest aid and humanitarian agency. Since its foundation 50 years ago it has worked in 50 countries. According to its latest annual report, Concern helped 28.6 million of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people in 2019, while responding to 82 emergencies in 24 countries. Concern aims to help those living in the world’s poorest countries. Concern is engaged in long-term development work, in addition to emergency relief in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Concern’s core work focuses on health, hunger and humanitarian response in emergencies. The charity works in partnership with small community groups as well as governments and large global organisations. Concern is one of fourteen fully certified members of Humanitarian Accountability Partnership. It has no religious or political affiliations.
“Each year our specialist teams work with 25 million people living on less than $2 a day, from war zones in Syria and Somalia to devastating floods in Bangladesh.” (https://www.concern.net/who-we-are/what-we-stand-for) – they provide life saving help for people in need in a trade-free mannerʻO kēia papa kuhikuhi he hōʻuluʻulu o nā waiwai kūʻai ʻole a me nā lawelawe e kū nei ma ka honua i kēia mau lā. Manaʻo ʻia ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ka lawelawe ʻana me ke kālepa ʻole inā ʻaʻole ia e noi i kekahi mea (ʻaʻohe kālā, ʻaʻohe ʻikepili, ʻaʻohe nānā a me nā mea ʻē aʻe). ʻO kēia ke ʻano maʻemaʻe o ka manuahi a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo loa. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā waiwai a me ka lawelawe ʻole kālepa, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻouna iā lākou