Humanitarian aid

Support people facing extreme poverty

Concern Worldwide works to end extreme poverty and reduce suffering in fragile countries, providing food, health care, education and income-generating opportunities. In 2025 it worked with 23 million people in 27 countries and territories, with over 87% of donations going directly to its programmes. It specifically prioritises countries affected by conflict or fragile governance, where fewer organisations are willing to operate.

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The over 87% of donations going directly to programmes is a useful number to compare against other poverty and humanitarian charities here if overhead ratio matters to your decision. Deliberately prioritising conflict-affected and fragile countries also means Concern often works in places fewer other organisations are willing to operate in at all.

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Other ways to help with humanitarian aid

Support children worldwideUNICEFDonate to Save the ChildrenSave the Children InternationalSupport MSF's emergency medical teamsMédecins Sans FrontièresFight poverty and inequality with OxfamOxfam International