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Concern Worldwide Founders Kay Kennedy John O’Loughlin Kennedy Registration No. 39647 Founded 1968 Location 52-55 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2 Origins Dublin, Ireland Key people Tom Arnold (CEO) Father Aengus Finucane (Former Director of Operations) Area served Worldwide Focus Poverty relief Mission To work with the poorest people in the poorest countries of the world to enable them to transform their lives. Revenue Fund-raising Motto "Make it your concern" Formerly called Africa Concern Website http://concern.net Concern Worldwide (often referred to as Concern) is an Irish charitable organisation. The charity is registered in the Republic of Ireland under Irish Charity No. CHY 5745. It works in 25 of the world's poorest countries and reaches 25 million people.[1] Its goals are the elimination of extreme poverty and the reduction of suffering.[2] Concern is the largest humanitarian organisation in Ireland.[3] Tom Arnold is its current Chief Executive Officer. Contents 1 History 2 Focuses 3 Partnerships 4 Funding 4.1 Government funding 5 Major donors, agencies and trusts 6 Current campaigns 6.1 Unheard Voices: Women Can't Wait 7 Ongoing initiatives 7.1 Concern Gifts 7.2 Concern Fast 8 Humanitarian Accountability Partnership 9 Evaluations of Concern’s work 10 Further reading 11 External links 12 Notes History Concern Worldwide was founded in Ireland in 1968 to aid famine victims in Biafra.[4] It is headquartered in Dublin.[5] Focuses Concern Worldwide focuses on emergency relief and long-term development work. Recent emergencies that Concern has responded to include the Haiti earthquake[6] and the floods in Pakistan.[7] Concern works in the five key areas of education, emergency, health, HIV and AIDS and livelihoods.[8] Partnerships Concern often works closely with local partner organisations. The thinking behind this is to pool knowledge and resources and work together to fight poverty. The partners are from a range of diverse backrounds - from small community-based groups to governments and globally based organisations.[9] Funding Concern raises money from individuals and companies as well as receiving major financial co-funding support from the European Union, the United Nations, the British government and other government agencies, private donors, and major trusts.[10] Government funding In 2003, Concern entered a strategic relationship with the Irish government for a three year period through the multi-annual programme scheme (MAPS)[11] which totalled €39.47 million. In 2006, Concern received €21 million. However, due to the recession in the Republic of Ireland the government began cutting budgets. Since then, the overseas aid budget has shrunk by 24%.[12] Major donors, agencies and trusts In 2009 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave Concern Worldwide a $41 million (€29m) donation to help tackle spiralling baby and mother deaths in developing countries.[13] Current campaigns Unheard Voices: Women Can't Wait Concern’s ‘Unheard Voices’ campaign focuses on women marginal farmers. Women produce between 60% and 80% of food in most developing countries but have been largely overlooked by both policy makers and other aid agencies. Through this campaign, the organisation gathered signatures from people, urging the UN to support women farmers in developing countries.[14] Ongoing initiatives Concern Gifts Concern Worldwide operates an online shop for customers to buy ‘alternative gifts’ – e.g. water pumps and hygiene kits. Proceeds from these gifts go towards Concern’s health, education, livelihoods and emergencies programmes.[15] Concern Fast The Concern Fast is a sponsored 24-hour fast and programme of events to raise money to fight child malnutrition. In 2010, the name of this event was changed to the Concern Fastival.[16] Humanitarian Accountability Partnership In June 2010 Concern Worldwide received certification from the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP). The HAP aims to make humanitarian action accountable to beneficiaries.[17] Evaluations of Concern’s work The Humanitarian Policy Group carried out an evaluation of Concern Worldwide's emergency response in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.[18] UNICEF carried out a study to assess the feasibility of the Concern Worldwide’s malnutrition programme in Nepal.[19] Concern Worldwide's cash transfers project in Malawi was reviewed by the University of Sussex, the University of Malawi and an independent consultant.[20] Further reading Tony Farmar, Believing in action: Concern the first thirty years, 1968–1998. (Dublin, A. & A. Farmar, 2002) ISBN 1-899047-81-6 External links Concern Worldwide Concern Worldwide US Father Aengus Finucane - Daily Telegraph obituary Notes ^ "Our History : Concern Worldwide". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concern.net/about/history. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Our History : Concern Worldwide". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concern.net/about/history. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "A year of innovating". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/innovation/2010/1126/1224283818663.html. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Believing in action : Concern the first thirty years 1968 - 1998". History Ireland. http://www.historyireland.com/volumes/volume14/issue4/reviews/?id=114072. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Our History : Concern Worldwide". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concern.net/about/history. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Haiti Earthquake". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concern.net/category/free-tagging/haiti-earthquake. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Facing Challenges in Pakistan". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concern.net/news-blogs/concern-blog/facing-challenges-pakistan. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Our History : Concern Worldwide". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concern.net/about/history. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Partners : Concern Worldwide". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concern.net/about/concern-partners. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "How we raise money : Concern Worldwide". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concern.net/about/how-we-raise-money. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Multi-Annual Programme Scheme (MAPS),". Irish Aid. http://www.irishaid.gov.ie/grants_maps.asp. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Irish budget on track, but aid under fire". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6B119S20101203. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Gates gives Concern €29m to fight deaths". The Irish Examiner. http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/gates-gives-concern-euro29m-to-fight-deaths-97556.html#ixzz1BJCOOjhc. Retrieved January 14, 2011.  ^ "Unheard Voices: Concern Worldwide". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concern.net/unheard-voices. Retrieved July 13, 2010.  ^ "Concern Gifts". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concerngifts.org/. Retrieved July 13, 2010.  ^ "Unheard Voices: Concern Worldwide". Concern Worldwide. http://www.concernfastival.net/. Retrieved July 13, 2010.  ^ "Humanitarian Accountability Partnership". Concern Worldwide. http://www.hapinternational.org/membership.aspx. Retrieved July 13, 2010.  ^ "An independent evaluation of Concern Worldwide’s emergency response in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo". Humanitarian Policy Group. http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/download/4195.pdf. Retrieved July 13, 2010.  ^ "Final Evaluation of Concern Worldwide/MoHP Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Pilot Programme, Bardiya District, Nepal". Relief Web. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWFiles2010.nsf/FilesByRWDocUnidFilename/MYAI-8539N2-full_report.pdf/$File/full_report.pdf. Retrieved July 13, 2010.  ^ "After the FACT: An Evaluation of Concern Worldwide's Food and Cash Transfers Project in Three Districts of Malawi, 2006". Institute of Development Studies. http://www.ids.ac.uk/index.cfm?objectid=4F5B3743-0F89-5F9A-23853011F138A7F2. Retrieved July 13, 2010.