Our Emergency Response: Sri Lanka Civil War

World Concern and the International Red Cross are helping many civilians who were wounded in a Sri Lanka war zone.

World Concern is one of only a few agencies permitted to help.

Working in hospitals just outside the conflict area, World Concern disaster response experts are providing the wounded with meals, dining supplies, bedding, toiletries and clothing.

Additionally, we’re supporting hospital staff with food, beds and other services to help them cope with the sudden influx of patients.

Learn more about how we're helping.

Donate to Sri Lanka war relief efforts.

New Disaster Relief Blog

World Concern disaster response expert Merry Fitzpatrick writes about her experiences responding to a variety of disasters, natural and man-made. From hurricanes to encounters with hostile militia groups - it's a fascinating look at how we work.

Read the latest entry on the Disaster Relief blog.

World Concern helps rebuild after Haiti storms

World Concern fieldworkers in Haiti are helping families in rebuild their homes and receive food and water after a series of severe storms ripped through the country, causing severe flooding.

Learn more about our Haiti disaster response.

Donate to World Concern relief efforts in Haiti in US dollars or Canadian.

Helping Myanmar recover from cyclone Nargis

World Concern continues its wide-reaching disaster response effort in Myanmar. In May of 2008, an intense cyclone killed about 140,000 people in the country, many from fishing villages in the delta region of the country.

Since the cyclone, World Concern has responded in many ways, rebuilding homes, livelihoods and providing supplies of clean water.

Read more about how we're helping.

From the Humanitarian Blog:

• A very troubling photo
• Rebuilding lives and homes for families

Photos from around the world

Perspective on disaster response

• Myanmar cyclone aftermath causes need for relief agencies to feed 924,000 people over the next nine months
• Thousands of people in Sri Lanka who survived 2004 tsunami remain without housing, clean water or sanitation
• Refugees and displaced people must survive in camps in Chad for the foreseeable future
• 2,000 - 4,000 displaced people arrive each month in Goz Beida, Chad, to escape Darfur crisis
• Without outside food and environmental guidance, health of displaced people and refugees would fail
  • sources: ReliefWeb, World Concern

Working with partners to rebuild communities

• World Concern and its subsidiary, WCDO, works with governments to implement aid in difficult-to-reach areas
• We are already established in certain countries and regions and able to respond quickly
• Using a developmental approach to disaster response, we don’t just replace material goods people have lost, we seek to help them rebuild their lives in ways that will make them less vulnerable in the next crisis
• We also work with other relief agencies, when appropriate, to determine who is best suited logistically to lead a relief effort