The worst humanitarian crisis in the world is taking place right now in an area known as the Horn of Africa (Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia). On the heels of the most severe drought in 60 years, the U.N. has declared a famine in this region. More than 12 million people are in need of life-saving aid.
World Concern has worked in Kenya and Somalia for more than 30 years and is uniquely positioned to provide food, water and supplies to some of the most vulnerable, underserved families.
We’re providing immediate aid, as well as long-term solutions for clean water and sustainable food sources. In underserved communities along the Kenya-Somalia border, we're repairing existing wells and increasing their capacity to serve large numbers of refugees arriving daily. We're also providing emergency rations of food and supplies. Working through partner organizations, we're providing medical care to malnourished children and families.
The situation is growing worse each day. More than half a million children are at risk of dying. We need your help to respond to this urgent and massive need. Please donate today.
As South Sudan forms the world's newest nation, a sharp increase in the number of people fleeing violence along the border has resulted in severe food and water shortages. Refugee families are facing an immediate, critical need.
Imagine being just a teenager and having to leave everything you’ve ever known behind. Fleeing violence in your home town, you and your family walk for days to find food, water and a place to stay. Now, imagine doing that with your 4-month-old in your arms. Seventeen-year-old Arual is one of those we're helping.
"It was May 19 when the incident intensified and thus we had to move out on foot just carrying with me a small bag containing some clothes for my baby boy. In the process, we were separated from our mother and I had to take care of my brother and sister. We have not heard anything about my mother, whether she is still alive or dead."
We’re working in strained host communities that are scrambling to register people and provide them with emergency food, water and cooking supplies.
We’ve already been able to feed about 6,000 people, but we need your help to do more.
Please help us reach those who are suffering with life-saving food and supplies. Donate now.
Immediately following the massive earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010 and left the capital city of Port-au-Prince in shambles, people faced a critical need. You stood with us to meet that need. With your help, more than 100,000 people received emergency supplies, including food, water and tarps for shelter. We reunited panicked children with their parents, if their parents survived.
Now, we're in the rebuilding phase and are repairing, rebuilding or completely replacing dozens of houses each week to make sure families have permanent shelter.
We’ve worked in Haiti for 31 years, serving the poorest, and our staff of 100+ will walk with the victims as long as it takes — supplying their immediate needs, then equipping them with tools to earn income again and live better lives. Please stand with us in this response to a massive disaster, which will undoubtedly take many years to recover from.
Download a project profile about the rebuilding efforts in Haiti.
When armed militia drove tens of thousands of people from their homes in Darfur, Sudan and Easter Chad, burning villages and killing family members along the way, those who survived had nowhere to go. World Concern is helping create a safe place to live in camps for displaced people. After critical needs for clean water, shelter and food are met, we've begun the long process of helping farmers acquire land to cultivate crops and providing employment for others through our Cash for Work program, which enables them to earn enough to feed their families each day.
Read more about our work in Chad on our blog.
Download a project profile about our work with Darfur war refugees in Chad.
Download a project profile about our disaster response work.
