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Q13 Fox News in Seattle talked with World Concern Senior Director of International Operations Jacinta Tegman in the studio on the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. Jacinta shares about progress in Haiti and what it looks like now, compared to right after the disaster. Watch the interview here.
The New York Times social change column, Fixes, provides an excellent description of World Concern's innovative use of vouchers to deliver food aid in a challenging environment. Read it here.
Rod Robison, VP for Development at Family Life Radio, talks about how he and his extended family raised $3,000 this Christmas to buy a well for a village in Somalia through World Concern's Global Gift Guide.
As one of the few agencies able to provide famine relief in Southern Somalia, World Concern was interviewed for this October 2011 article, "Aid on the Edges" in Christianity Today.
World Concern's commitment to delivering aid to people in need - even in challenging places - is highlighted in this Epoch Times article.
"The situation in Somalia is unbelievable. Sometimes you just think, 'Can people even live here?'" said Ngaira Musamba, World Concern Kenya country director.
Read the complete article here.
July 27,2011. World Concern Emergency Coordinator Tracy Stover speaks with KOMO News Radio about the famine response in Eastern Kenya and Somalia. URL to Tracy Stover Interview
"Seattle-based World Concern also is assisting in the relief effort.
Tracy Stover, a Northwest native who has worked for World Concern for nine years, mostly in Africa, boarded a flight Wednesday for Kenya, where for six months she will coordinate Somalia efforts."
The Seattle Times interviewed World Concern's Derek Sciba for this editorial on South Sudan's indpendence.
As the citizens of South Sudan celebrate their independence, World Concern is responding to the massive humanitarian crisis.
World Concern Sudan Program Manager Harun Ringera has sacrificed a lot to serve the poor in one of the most difficult places in the world.
The expertise of World Concern's Asia staff is highlighted in an article about child trafficking prevention in the December 2010 issue of Monday Developments magazine.
The August 2010 issue of the Christian Examiner features a full-page story on World Concern's progress building shelters in Haiti, including an interview with our president David Eller.
An article in the Puyallup Herald explains how World Concern shipped school desks and Kids Healing Kits to Haiti, and employed local homeless people to help load the container.
As a shipping container was being packed with school desks and kids' healing kits, bound for Haiti, Q13 Fox News showed up to cover this exciting occasion.
Epoch Times reporter Kremena Krumova interviewed World Concern Marketing Manager Derek Sciba about the rebuilding effort in Haiti as hurricane season looms ahead. Read Derek's insightful comments in the article.
Epoch Times article, June 3, 2010
The Shoreline Area News, a popular news blog in our neighborhood, covered World Concern's 5k run and walk to combat human trafficking. One thousand runners took part in the event. Read more here.
1,000 runners take a stand against human trafficking
Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, donations poured in to many humanitarian organizations. Watch KOMO's video of how World Concern put those donations to immediate work.
KOMO News earthquake relief video
Just days after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, we learned one of our volunteers had died in the disaster. The Seattle Times reported on Angela Thermidor's passing.
Seattle Times article, Jan. 18, 2010
World Concern staff members were interviewed just one day after the earthquake in Haiti. Read about our initial contacts with our field staff there following the disaster.
Seattle Times article, Jan. 13, 2010
Our humanitarian aid to war refugees in Sri Lanka captured the attention of Kurt Campbell, co-owner of Campbell Nelson Volkswagen. The company's donation helped World Concern serve 23,000 people in Sri Lanka.
High School senior Megan Edmonds organized a successful charity auction for World Concern in November 2008, raising $7,000 for water wells in Africa. She tells the Everett Herald about her motivation.
Link to story on Everett Herald website.
Download a PDF of the article. or a PDF of the letter to the editor.
See photos and read a blog entry about the event.
