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Concern has provided basic shelter and essential household items, health care, clean drinking water and education to over 140,000 Sudanese refugees in Chad.To contribute to peaceful co-existence, Concern is also supporting the border communities now hosting refugees. The RESPECCT programme - funded by the European Union, the French Development Agency (AFD), and the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) - supports host communities as well as refugees in a holistic way, providing essential services and helping to rebuild livelihoods. 

While mangoes are a popular snack, did you know that mango trees can live for over 100 years? 

In January this year, over 100,000 people in eastern DRC had to flee to safety over just a three-day period.

A decades-long conflict in DRC has forced more than 7.2 million to flee their homes. It is also home to one of the worst hunger crises in the world.  

Incredible communities in CAR are working together to fight hunger and beat the odds.

“There wasn’t any health care facility before this project. The transport problem was so severe that often mothers and their babies lost their lives on the way.” 

The world watched in horror as the news emerged that two earthquakes had struck Türkiye and Syria on February 6 last year.

The people of Tana River County are no strangers to flooding. Living in the basin of Kenya’s largest river, people know that the river can wash away farm land, displace people from their homes, and bring disease. 

 “A hungry person cannot see right or wrong” – More than 3.8 million people in Somalia are internally displaced, forced from their homes by a lethal combination of climate change and chronic conflict. The people of rural Somalia, heavily dependent on farming and livestock for survival, are suffering the increased frequency of extreme weather events. For those surviving drought, the cruel relief is flash flooding, washing away the meagre assets of people already on the brink.