Concern Worldwide helps thousands of people every year and was started in Ireland back in 1968 working in Africa. Back then it was known as Africa concern and was established in the home of Kay and John O’Loughlin Kennedy on 19 March 1968.

In the 40 years since it was started the organisation now operates in 25 of the world’s poorest nations, helping some of the most vulnerable people by working to eradicate poverty and suffering. Concern Worldwide works with the people it tries to help by enabling them to improve their lives. The organisation shares its experience and knowledge with decision makers at the local, national and international level, as it seeks to mitigate extreme poverty.

Over 40 years Concern Worldwide has achieved much, however with an estimated 1.3 billion people still living in extreme poverty a lot remains to be done.

You can help today by buying Charity Gift from Concern

Concern Gifts are simply life changing For as little as £7 you can buy a simple, portable water filter that will help a family access safe, clean drinking water. For £23 you could help people stay warm and dry by buying blankets to support them in the aftermath of a devastating emergency.

It’s the gift that keeps on giving…

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The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been set up by the world’s countries and leading development institutes to help improve the lives of the world’s poorest people by 2015. Their are 8 main goals and these are -

• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV, AIDS and other diseases
• Ensure environmental sustainability
• Create a global partnership for development

When the world leaders meet in September 2010, Concern will be there to deliver your message to the UN and make sure they keep their promises. By adding your voice to the cause you will be helping the millions of women around the world who have to work so hard to try and nurture and safeguard their families future. With your help this global cycle of poverty can finally be put to rest and every hungry mouth can be fed.

Help Concern Worldwide with a Charity Gift

A great way to support Concern’s work on the ground is to purchase a Concern Gift for a friend or loved one. With presents to suit every taste and budget you can be certain of finding the perfect gift, like -

• cute piglet for £7
• vegetable pack at £28
• school supplies for £21

You can rest assured that every penny spent will be translated into real and lasting support for the world’s poor. By purchasing a Concern Worldwide virtual charity gift, not only will you be helping to raise funds for the world’s poorest farmers, but also giving a voice to the millions across the globe who need to be heard.

It’s the gift that keeps on giving…

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You can help Concern to end this travesty by purchasing a charity gift from their online shop, and for just £16 could buy 20 sachets of Plumpynut for a malnourished child. This wonderful, life-saving stuff is packed full of the vitamins and nutrients an underweight child needs to regain their health. And as the sachets can be taken home, it means children and parents don’t have to spend months away from home at a treatment centre.

Your gift of £16 could help a child just like Abraham Awdiro from Ethiopia who was just a year old and weighed only 9lbs when he was brought to one of our centres. He was so weak he was unable to eat. But thanks to careful treatment and rations of Plumpynut and he is now a happy, healthy child.

The legend of George and the Dragon is the story of how just one person really can make a difference and you can be a saint this April by purchasing a Concern Gift and helping to end malnutrition.

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Your gift could help someone like Sepo* who grows a variety of vegetables on her small patch in Luandui village, Zambia. Sepo, who was widowed in 2000 and her seven-year-old daughter are both HIV positive. Thanks to the seeds from Concern though, Sepo is growing food for her family and selling the surplus to earn a little extra money. The family diet is improving, and she now has enough money to send all her children to school.

We’ve got gifts for every taste and budget and each one comes with the knowledge that you’ll be helping Concern give real and lasting support to people living in extreme poverty around the world.

Make a real difference this Mother’s Day, buy a Concern Gift!

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• Adorable donkeys at £32 each
• Loveable goats at £25
• Cute little piglets for only £7 each.

Whatever your loved one is passionate about Concern has got the perfect charity gift for them. With every purchase you’ll receive a colourful gift card to personalise and pass on, explaining exactly how your gift will make a difference. Plus you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that each and every gift you buy will be turned into lasting support for those most in need around the world.

Your gift will help people just like 15 year old Paul Nyombi who had to fend for himself following the death of both his parents to AIDS. Concern gave him two piglets and training on how to care for them. When the pigs produced their first litter there were 12 small piglets in total. Paul was so delighted and called the sow ‘Mama’ because she had been so productive.

For over forty years Concern has been working with the world’s poorest people. Whether it’s helping those who have lost everything because of the earthquake in Haiti, working with poor women farmers in Zambia or improving education standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo,  you can be sure that Concern is spending your money where it’s needed most.

So for a gift that truly makes a difference this Valentine’s Day – give a Concern Gift.

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