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With school almost over for the summer, why not spare a thought for the teachers that have taught your children over the last year and show your appreciation with a gift from Concern Worldwide? As children across the country countdown the days until they are ‘free’, now is a great time to spare a thought for the hard working and dedicated teachers who strive to make a difference through education.

Concern Worldwide offer a great range of quirky and ethical gifts that are perfect for teachers of every age group. Each charity gift comes with a specially designed greeting card that can be personalised for the recipient, with every purchase from the ‘School Days’ section helping to fund Concern’s education projects around the world. Choose from -

• £7 could buy a water filter to provide clean, disease-free water so children can concentrate on going to school rather than collecting water.
• £21 could buy pens, pencils and other essential school items for ten school children.
• £63 could provide a teacher with training to improve their teaching methods to give children the best chance in life.

Concern Worldwide believe that education is the key to ending poverty which is why they run a variety of education projects in some of the world’s poorest communities. For example, in Kenya, Concern provide grants to local primary schools to improve buildings and help ensure children have a safe, secure place to learn. Whilst in Bangladesh, Concern work with school boards to ensure that the poorest children receive special attention in school to improve their performance.

By providing children with an education, they are being equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to break the grinding cycle of poverty.  So why not purchase a gift for your favourite teacher today…

and help children living in extreme poverty around the world receive the education they need for a better life.

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Strains of ‘If you’re happy and you know it’ ring out as groups of children are gathered together laughing, singing and playing. It could be a scene from any nursery school in the UK but what makes this scene remarkable is that it’s in a refugee camp in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince – a city devastated by a terrifying earthquake just a few months earlier.

It’s hard to imagine your whole life changing in an instant but for millions of people living in Haiti, it did on January 12^th 2010. In just a few minutes, the earthquake claimed the lives of over 230,000 people and left 1.5 million homeless.  As the island shook, homes were destroyed and roads, hospitals and other essential infrastructure decimated.

The education system in Port-au-Prince was particularly badly affected – school buildings were destroyed and others left in urgent need of repair.  Without schools to go to, many children are forced to wander around camps like Place de la Paix, one of Port-au-Prince’s largest and most densely populated makeshift settlements.

But on the edge of the camp there is an unexpected bright spot:  a playground with a children’s slide, a tiny merry-go-round and a colourful mural, and children gathered together, singing and playing.

This is part of the Concern Worldwide emergency response programme in Port-au-Prince. Where in the midst of some of the largest camps, Concern has set up its Child-Friendly Spaces – classrooms, many in large tents or existing structures, that give children the space to forget their traumatic experiences and just be children for a short while.  Concern has already reached nearly 2,000 earthquake-affected children, giving them instruction in basic reading and writing, as well as arts, crafts and music.

Annette Ambroisa, made homeless by the earthquake, has seen changes in her daughters, Farline, (6), and Fedeline, (2) already:

They’re happier, they’re learning something new every day, and they’re able to stay clean.

The children of Port-au-Prince have been through so much since the earthquake but thanks to the dedication of Concern’s staff on the ground, they have helped make the children smile again.

You can help Concern be ready to respond to the next emergency wherever and whenever it happens by treating a loved one to a charity gift this summer. There’s gifts for every taste and budget from life-saving water filters at £7 to emergency food supplies for £48. Each and every gift makes a real and lasting difference to people affected by emergencies and comes with a lovely card for you to personalise and send on.

With your help, Concern Worldwide can be ready for the next emergency – please buy a Concern Gift today.

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If you are struggling to find that special something for your Dad this Father’s Day why not check out Concern Worldwide’s interesting and innovative gift selection. There’s a wide of fun and quirky presents for every taste and budget and each one makes a truly lasting difference to some of the world’s poorest people.

For BBQ enthusiasts there is a fuel efficient stove at £18. These brilliant little devices make the world of difference to women in Darfur who use them to keep warm and cook meals for their families.

For the green fingered you could purchase a vegetable pack for £28 which includes seeds, insecticides, fertiliser and a small sprayer. The crops that are grown can be eaten or sold to pay for essential items like school fees or medical bills.

Plus for those gadget Dads out there, you could purchase a mobile phone and solar powered charger for £48. Concern Worldwide use these to transfer emergency cash grants and are being used right now in Niger where a food crisis is affecting thousands of people.

Each and every charity gift comes with a beautiful, personalised card to make sure your Dad’s day is extra special. So whatever your Dad’s into this Father’s Day, you’ll find something perfect for him at Concern Gifts.

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Concern Worldwide has been helping some of the world’s poorest farmers in Zimbabwe to increase the amount of food they grow and work their way out of extreme poverty. It’s been so successful that Concern wants to roll it out to all of the other countries they work in.

To find out exactly what conservation farming is and how it’s worked in Zimbabwe, please watch this short video.

Over 1 billion people go to bed hungry each night and that’s a scandal that Concern is committed to ending. With projects in 28 of the world’s poorest countries, Concern works with the poorest of the poor to help them improve their lives. But they can’t do it with you.

How you can help Concern Worldwide

Could you buy a loved one a charity gift from Concern Worldwide? There’s a great selection of fun and quirky gifts to suit every taste and budget, including -

£7 Piglet are easy to look after to provide income and security for a family in Uganda
£25 Goat for a family in Angola, providing loads of healthy milk to drink and sell
£35 HIV testing for a person living in Haiti

Whatever you buy, you can rest assured that every penny will be spent where it’s most needed. By buying a Concern gift today, you really will be making a difference – thank you.

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Concern Worldwide charity workers are using mobile phones to help distribute cash grants to Kenya’s poorest residents. This innovative new way of helping people in desperate need is proving to be a real success in the slums of Korogocho and Kibera in Nairobi, where some 7,000 grants have been passed out. The grant works out at around 15 euros a month for eight months, which my not sound like a lot, but to the people of Kenya this helps them to pay for school fees, food, medical care and other essential items.

Aid agencies would normally give food to people who are hungry and living in dire straits. Yet by providing cash, this allows for double the impact as the money will be spent at the local market stalls which are run by the poor people, allowing for the extra distribution of the funds across the slums.

Concern Worldwide director for Kenya, Anne O’Mahony, said -

First of all, you can target the poor people with the cash. You’re also enabling the market sellers to earn and generate an income. If we were to bring in food we would undermine the markets and probably create more poverty as a result.

How you can help Concern worldwide

By purchasing a Concern Gift online today you can help Concern be there for the people affected by the food crisis in Niger and other emergencies around the world. We’ve got items to suit every taste and budget including -

• Plumpy Nut sachets to treat childhood malnutrition at £16
• Vegetable packs containing seeds and tools for £28
• School supplies for £21

Each charity gift will make a last and real difference to the lives of people living in poverty around the world. Do something amazing today and buy a Concern Gift!

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Concern Worldwide is currently responding to the food crisis in the West Africa country of Niger, whose 2009 crop failure has put its inhabitants in terrible danger. Nearly half of the countries 15 million people are desperately in need of food due to the lack of rainfall that has blighted most of last year’s crops.

Niger is one of the least developed country on earth, and also one of the poorest. Concern Worldwide front line staff have been working in Niger for many years and have recently seen villages become totally deserted because of the lack of food. The situation is so bad that the local government is appealing for urgent international aid as the migration continues in the search for food.

Concern Worldwide response team are currently on the front line trying to treat the malnutrition and over the next few months will help up to 80,000 people. Not only will they be providing nutritional support to children, pregnant women, and distributing seed and fertiliser to replace failed crops, they are also using mobile phones to help transfer emergency cash grants to up to 2,500 families for essential items.

How you can help

By purchasing a Concern Gift online today you can help Concern be there for the people affected by the food crisis in Niger and other emergencies around the world. We’ve got items to suit every taste and budget including -

• Plumpy Nut sachets to treat childhood malnutrition at £16
• Vegetable packs containing seeds and tools for £28
• School supplies for £21

Each charity gift will make a last and real difference to the lives of people living in poverty around the world. Do something amazing today and buy a Concern Gift!

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With over a billion people across the globe going to bed hungry every night, Concern Worldwide is highlighting the fact that 60% of these people are women, despite the fact that they produce a majority of food in developing countries. Women play a hugely vital role in the fight against hunger, yet it is sometimes unrecognised by the outside world.

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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St George’s Day is on Friday 23rd April 2010 and to celebrate one man’s battle against a mighty foe, the Concern Worldwide gift shop is asking you to help their fight against one of the world’s biggest adversaries – the battle against malnutrition. With over one billion people across the globe going to bed hungry every night, now is the time to join the cause and help slay this worldwide dragon.

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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If you are bored of buying chocolate for friends and family at Easter, then why not give an innovative present from the Concern Worldwide Shop? A Concern gift will certainly be something different, with a great selection of presents for every taste and budget.

For those who love eggs at Easter, why not buy Six Chickens for a family living in poverty in Cambodia for just £11. Each hen lays up to 200 eggs a year providing food and a vital source of income, plus at just £11, you won’t have to ‘shell’ out to much money!

For just £16 you could buys 20 sachets of Plumpy Nut, which is full of vitamins and nutrients to help underweight child regain their health. These great sachets can be taken home, meaning children and parents don’t have to spend months at a treatment centre.

Or you could even purchase a Community Bakery for just £48. The bakery could be used by women in Afghanistan to make bread to eat and to sell, giving them money to buy the essentials that their family require for day to day living.

When you purchase an exciting charity gift from Concern, not only will you be purchasing something completely original and a real conversation starter, but each gift comes with the satisfaction of knowing that you’re making a real and lasting difference to people living in extreme poverty around the world.

Do something ‘eggs-traordinary’ this Easter, buy a Concern Gift!

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If you’re still scratching your head wondering what to buy your Mum this Sunday then look no further than the Concern Worldwide Gift Shop. If your Mum loves gardening, why not get her a vegetable pack for just £28 and provide someone living with HIV with the seeds and tools they need to grow healthy, nutritious vegetables.

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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