Tag: Concern Worldwide

Global Food Crisis Opinion in Irish Times

April 30, 2026

The Executive Director of Concern Worldwide, Dominic Crowley, published in the Irish Times to amplify the findings of the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises, noting how “in total, 266 million people in 47 countries/territories experienced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025. Nearly one quarter of the population in these countries/territories are acutely food … This acute food insecurity is mostly concentrated in just ten countries.”

He adds that “reflecting our focus on food insecurity, Concern Worldwide works in eight of these countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the DRC, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Over the past twelve months, Concern has also supported a response to the March 2025 earthquake in a ninth country in the list – Myanmar.”

He writes:  “These figures could get even worse. Harsh reductions in aid and the ongoing conflict in Iran and the Gulf States threatens to push more vulnerable people into poverty and acute food insecurity….It is vital that governments and donors scale up aid and investment in resilient food systems and support safe humanitarian access to prevent further catastrophe.”

Also at:

https://www.threads.com/@concernworldwide/post/DXpDe8ilAvZ/humanitarian-and-development-funding-for-food-sectors-in-crisis-fell-last-year

https://x.com/Concern/status/2048869861472764152

Concern for Sudan

World Hunger Education Service made its annual anti-hunger award, including our recommendation and a cash grant to Concern Worldwide for its food and nutrition assistance in the worst famine crisis in the world, The Sudan, where it manages health clinics, case finding of children with malnutrition and building household resilience amid an intractable civil war. Their operations reach nearly half a million people across several states, including West and Central Darfur, West and South Kordofan, and the Red Sea State.  Concern Worldwide has been operating in Sudan since 1985, with programs adapted to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis stemming from the conflict that escalated in April 2023.

Concern’s assistance in the last year included over 11 tons of medical items and 56 metric tonnes of pharmaceuticals and equipment in recent deliveries.   Nutrition programs include distributing 11 tons of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) to treat childhood malnutrition, addressing the loss of Sudan’s domestic RUTF production capacity due to conflict damage. Overall, nearly 480,000 people received support through these health and nutrition efforts in the first 10 months of 2025, with programs continuing into 2026 amid funding shortfalls highlighted by Concern’s leadership.

To mitigate long-term impacts like poverty, Concern integrates food security, livelihoods support, nutrition, WASH, and disaster risk reduction.  Their aid includes agricultural training, provision of inputs, and village savings and loan associations in Kordofan communities, adapted to the conflict environment. These programs aim to build resilience while addressing immediate needs from the crisis, which has left over 24 million people in Sudan requiring aid.   In 2024, Concern treated 8,312 children for severe acute malnutrition (SAM).  In addition, in 2024, over 12,000 individuals received in-kind food assistance, and 5,875 households were provided with multi-purpose cash assistance totaling approximately €1.2 million.

Concern Worldwide began in 1968, when a small group of Irish volunteers launched an emergency response to the famine in Biafra, Nigeria.  Today, Concern reaches over 30 million people in emergencies.

See:    https://www.concern.net/what-we-do/health-and-nutrition

See Hunger Notes’ previous interview with Dominic MacSorley, former CEO of Concern at:  https://www.worldhunger.org/interview-with-dominic-macsorley-former-ceo-of-concern-worldwide/

Donations from the US can go to:  https://concernusa.org/

https://concernusa.org/search-results/?q=sudan&page=1