These hills are hard. Hard to get to. Hard to leave. Hard to cultivate. Hard to navigate. Hard to survive. Welcome to Yawan. High in the foothills of the Hindu Kush near the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, its steep slopes are sprinkled with tiny villages of rough stone, connected…

Mark Johnson, Concern’s Emergency Programme Manager in DRC’s North Kivu region, details a recent trip to a camp where at-risk displaced people are not far from conflict. ‘Extremely difficult days’ in Eastern DRC It is Friday afternoon in Goma and our team has just returned from an extremely difficult mission in North Kivu. I am the…

After 30 years of working in some of the toughest and most remote areas of Mozambique, it is with a heavy heart that Concern finishes up its activities and bids farewell to such a beautiful and vibrant country. …

Just a few miles from the idyllic shores of the world’s longest unbroken sea beach, and down the road from the region’s top holiday resort, an epic human tragedy is unfolding. Words and images by Kieran McConville. It is beyond hot in the bamboo and plastic shelter that clings to…

Awil Raage stands in the wind and dust and searing heat, staring at his feet, reluctant to make eye contact. It’s as if he’s somehow ashamed of what has happened here. But it’s not his fault. Scattered around us are dozens of carcasses of dead sheep and goats. “I came…

As Concern closes the doors of the Concern Tanzania country office, we celebrate the achievements and resilience of this land. It is always with mixed emotions that we close a country office. Having completed our operations in Laos, Cambodia, Angola, India and others, we have had some experience of saying…

Agnes is a mother who lives in Karamoja in the Napak District of northeastern Uganda, a region facing high rates of malnutrition due to ongoing poverty and poor access to food. …

Ongoing conflict in South Sudan has caused a myriad of problems for the world’s youngest nation. The potential of South Sudan is enormous. With rich natural resources and agricultural potential, and a young population, this is a country that should be thriving. But as you read this article, South Sudan…

then Reborn Health promoter Marian Keikula (left) during a home visit. How Former Traditional Birth Attendants are Saving Mothers and Babies in Sierra Leone By Stephen Morrison and Eve Heyn Standing in the doorway, Marian Keikula washed her hands with bleach water, as is the norm in an era of Ebola, and called out to a pregnant woman. The woman emerged from the dim interior, trailed by her son and elders…