Concern Worldwide U.S.

2017 Annual Report Syria Where We Work 3 Who We Are and What We Do 5 Lebanon A Message from the Chief Executive Officer & Turkey Board of Directors Chair 7 9 - 10 Our Activities 11 Overseas Programs 11 Somalia -- Emergencies 13 Ethiopia -- Livelihoods 15 -- Health 17 -- Education 19 Rep of Sudan -- Integrated Programs 20 South Sudan Safeguarding 23 Working with Partners 24 21 - 22

Contents Our Donors 27 DPR Korea Board of Directors 33 Bangladesh Nepal Afghanistan 25 - 26

DR Congo Zambia

Highlights 2017 Uganda Malawi Mozambique 31 - 32

Photo: Mamie Morray, mother of nine children, lives in Bo District, Sierra Leone, where Concern’s Innovations for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health initiative has retrained over 200 former traditional birth attendants to become maternal and newborn health promoters. Photo by Kieran McConville / Concern Worldwide.

1 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 2 Where We Work 2017 In 2017, Concern worked in Concern by the Numbers

27 of the world’s poorest and Concern Worldwide US financial summary statement of activities for year ending December 31, 2017 (with summarized amounts for 2016) most vulnerable countries, 2016 Financial Performance 2017 Total 2016 Total

Support and Revenue directly reaching more than Contributions and non-government grants 4,542,364 7,555,579 Support from Concern Worldwide - 3,534 Government Grants 29,338,450 30,892,636 10 million people. Special Events - net 2,840,287 3,046,210 Investment Income 6,746 7,826 Total Revenue and Support 36,727,847 41,505,785

Democratic People’s Turkey Republic of Korea Expenses

Syria Afghanistan Program Activities 32,096,204 39,246,599 Lebanon Iraq Overseas Relief 30,624,517 32,886,225 Pakistan Nepal Innovations 471,879 5,318,202 Bangladesh Development Education 999,808 1,042,172 General and Administrative 1,651,506 1,685,773 Niger Republic Chad of Sudan Yemen Fundraising 2,074,037 1,637,595 Total Expenses 35,821,747 42,569,967 Sierra Leone Central South Ethiopia Liberia African Sudan Somalia Philipinnes Republic Uganda Change in Net Assets 906,100 (1,064,182) Kenya Net Assets at Beginning of Year 6,981,432 8,045,614 DR Rwanda Congo Burundi Net Assets at End of Year 7,887,532 6,981,432

Malawi Zambia Analysis of Expenditure (Gross) Mozambique

Program Activities 90% Afghanistan Nepal Bangladesh Niger General and Administrative 4% Burundi Pakistan Fundraising 6% Central African Republic Republic of Sudan Chad Rwanda Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Sierra Leone Democratic Republic of Congo Somalia Ethiopia South Sudan Haiti Syria/Iraq Kenya Turkey Lebanon Uganda

Liberia Yemen Concern Worldwide US, Inc. is a New York-based not-for-profit corporation exempt from Malawi Zambia federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3). Tax Identification Number: 13-3712030 Concern Worldwide US, Inc. supports projects carried out in the field by Concern Worldwide, Mozambique registered in Ireland.

3 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 4 Our Core Values We focus on extreme poverty: We We are courageous: Taking necessary are driven by a clear focus on eliminating risks, balanced with sound judgement, Built on our history and the poverty in the most vulnerable places allows us to work in the most challenging Concern and responding to humanitarian crises. contexts. voluntary, compassionate commitment of Concern’s We believe in equality: People are We are committed: We go the extra founders: equal in rights and must be treated mile to support communities in times Worldwide with respect and dignity. of need and in the face of very difficult operating environments. We listen: Listening and partnership are key to empowering the poorest and most We are innovative: Finding effective Who we are vulnerable to transform their own lives. solutions requires innovative thinking combined with a pragmatic approach. We respond rapidly: People affected by disasters are entitled to have their We are accountable: Accountability and what we do most basic needs met through rapid, and transparency are central to all of effective, and principled responses. our actions and use of resources.

Our Identity – Who We Are Concern Worldwide US (Concern) is a non- governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working toward the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

Our Vision for Change We believe in a world where no one lives in poverty, fear, or oppression; where all have access to a decent standard of living and the opportunities and choices essential to a long, healthy, and creative life; and where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.

Our Mission – What We Do Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives that last and spread without ongoing support from Concern.

To achieve this mission, we engage in long-term development work, build resilience, respond to emergency situations, and seek to address the root causes of poverty through our development education and advocacy work. Fatuma Mohamed and her husband, Abdulahi Osman, with their two boys: Yusuf, who is only three and a half weeks old, and two-year-old Mohamed, who recovered from moderate acute malnutrition following treatment at an outreach clinic in Kenya. Photo by Peter Caton.

5 Concern Worldwide US 20172017 Annual Annual Report Report 6 “ With this report, we hope to tell A Message from the a story of an organization that finds the existence of hunger, Chief Executive Officer suffering, oppression, mass Colleen Kelly & displacement, inequality, and disease simply unacceptable.” Board of Directors Chair Joanna Geraghty

It started with one emergency response countries, working directly and side by side corporate donors, board members, and Democratic Republic of Congo as well as in one country 50 years ago. It continues with more than 10 million people toward thousands of individual supporters across in Bangladesh, where we are helping to today with 65 responses to 24 outcomes that touched the lives the US. support and sustain the nearly 700,000 emergencies – large and small – in the of some 27 million. Rohingya refugees who arrived in 2017. last year alone. This refusal to accept extreme poverty and The Syria crisis is in its seventh year, with The challenges we would face in 2017 its root causes increasingly requires our no end in sight, and South Sudan and As we write this in 2018, we mark were laid bare from the year’s outset. Dire nearly 4,000 staff members worldwide Somalia continue to teeter between with great pride Concern Worldwide’s warnings of hunger crises in January gave to go to the most difficult areas, often conflict and climate disaster. 50th anniversary. It’s a celebration of way to the declaration of in part of in conflict zones, to reach the most our consistent, steadfast commitment South Sudan. In all, more than 20 million vulnerable. Last year, it drove us to reach Such massive challenges require to working with the world’s poorest to people across South Sudan, Somalia, more than 256,000 people in Syria with maximum efficiency and effectiveness, transform their lives and a sobering Nigeria, and Yemen were pushed to the improved water systems, sanitation, and we are proud to report that 90% of reminder of how much work remains brink of famine as the year went on. food, and essential household items; to funds raised in 2017 directly supported before us, challenging us to renew reach 319,000 people in Somalia with our programs. that commitment. Our colleague Dominic MacSorley, cash transfers, education, nutrition, and CEO of Concern Worldwide in Dublin, clean water; and to supply seeds, tools, We look forward to reporting to you at this In March 2018, the president of Ireland, said, “To declare a famine is to declare a and training to 363,000 farmers in time next year on efficiency and impact Michael D. Higgins, hosted a reception failure of the political will to prevent it from Mozambique, among hundreds of other that are sustained and growing. We look in Dublin marking the milestone. He occurring. To have four countries facing initiatives reaching millions more. forward as well to sharing accounts of remarked, “I would like to thank Concern famine at one time is unprecedented and commemorations and celebrations of our most profoundly for all that you’ve the continued failure of the international We accomplished a great deal together 50 years. Our commitment now, as it will be achieved, not just for the work that you’ve community to prevent or adequately in 2017, but there is much more to be next year, is to redouble our efforts so that done, but for the work you continue to respond to them is unacceptable.” done. Hunger, disease, and conflict we are not needed 50 years from now. do. Through your work, you crafted a vital continue to threaten tens of millions in bridge between the Irish people and some It was a clear echo of our founding in underreported mass emergencies in the Above all, we thank you. of the poorest people in our world.” 1968 by a small group of ordinary citizens who agreed that famine in Biafra was That vital bridge was as strong and simply unacceptable. They acted, and effective as ever in 2017, and indeed it the movement that would become stretched not just from Ireland, but from Concern Worldwide was born. our communities in the UK, South Korea, and here in the US as well. With this report, we hope to tell a story of an organization that finds the existence In this annual report, we share with you of hunger, suffering, oppression, mass an accounting of our activities, income, displacement, inequality, and disease and expenditure in 2017. We are proud of simply unacceptable. It’s an ethos that the contributions of Concern Worldwide drives our staff in New York and US to Concern Worldwide’s global impact every day, shared by our US government – in 12 short months, we operated in 27 and foundation funding partners, generous Colleen Kelly Joanna Geraghty Chief Executive Officer Chair, Board of Directors

7 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 8 Syria 2017 Iraq Lebanon Highlights Turkey

Syria/Iraq 50% People reached: Over 1.1 million Syria In Syria, we hired almost 3,000 people through cash-for-work projects to Lebanon help maintain living and hygiene People reached: Over 158,000 standards within two camps for internally displaced people. Over 50% Iraq of those hired were women, which Turkey provided a crucial source of family People reached: Over 200,000 income for those who fled conflict Lebanon without their husbands. Turkey 90 In Lebanon, we worked to build 90 kitchen gardens in informal tented settlements. We also provided training and gardening kits to 900 low-skilled refugees, enabling them to grow their own food and secure work as farm laborers in their host communities.

21,950 1,100 4,000 256,839 In Lebanon, where the majority of Syrian We worked with over 1,100 Syrian In Syria, our rapid emergency Our emergency humanitarian response Photo: Iman lost 19 members of her refugees live in residential buildings that refugee children from ages three response to 4,000 families fleeing in Syria reached 256,839 people family, including her husband, all of are overcrowded and in poor condition, to five who were living in informal conflict saved lives during an through the rehabilitation of 22 water her children except one daughter, and we have negotiated rent-free, rent- tented settlements to prepare them intensification of violence that supply systems and 13 sewage all of her grandchildren except one freeze, and rent-reduction agreements for enrollment into the Lebanese led to thousands of casualties systems as well as through the grandson, in a bombing attack on their for tenants for periods of one year school system. during 2017. distribution of food baskets, hygiene home in Syria. She lives in a garage and longer, coupled with support to kits, kerosene stoves, and kits with in Lebanon that has been weather- landlords to rehabilitate their properties. essential household items. proofed and installed with plumbing Our work in emergency shelter support by Concern Worldwide. Photo by has reached 21,950 people. Kieran McConville / Concern Worldwide.

9 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 10 Our Activities Overseas Programs Emergencies Livelihoods Health In 2017, Concern reached approximately 10.1 million people in 27 of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. Education

Our work spans fi ve main areas: emergencies, livelihoods, health, education, and integrated Integrated programming. The broad goals of each program, the objectives that we have set for ourselves, and some illustrative examples of our work in each area are described in the following pages.

Salifou Ahment, a 70-year-old farmer in Kossoma, Niger, used to struggle to feed his livestock during the dry season. Now, instead of having to travel miles to buy food, there is an animal feed “bank” established by Concern that is a short walk from his home. The bank, run by the community, keeps animal feed in stock all year round and sells it to local farmers at a fair and affordable price. Photo by Chris de Bode / Panos Pictures for Concern Worldwide.

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In 2017, we responded Some of our achievements Improving access to food, water, On the island of La Gonave in Haiti, Left: Nyirakamana Bakenga Jeanne and healthcare we responded to the urgent needs of is staying with her family in temporary to 65 emergencies in 24 in 2017: In South Sudan, we worked in 17 over 1,500 families by distributing cash accommodations at a school, where countries, directly reaching emergency nutrition sites across the vouchers so that people could buy food they have lived since they fled their Responding rapidly in order to country, treating in excess of 59,000 and meet their basic needs. village in the Democratic Republic six million people. save lives and reduce suffering children and mothers for acute of Congo after it was attacked. By March 2017, drought and conflict malnutrition. After famine was declared In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Photo by Kieran McConville / The places where we work are often at had left nearly 23 million people in in Leer, we scaled up our emergency our work to provide safe water to more Concern Worldwide. greater risk from disasters, both natural South Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, and response and deployed mobile teams than 40,500 people in 103 villages and manmade. In an emergency, Concern Ethiopia in urgent need of humanitarian to reach people seeking refuge in has reduced deaths from water-related Above: Aneesa watches a Concern acts quickly to save lives. Once the assistance. Concern expanded its inaccessible areas such the swamps of diseases and improved the health of cash distribution from the window immediate crisis has passed, we remain on emergency response to assist 1.5 million nearby islands and temporary protection extremely vulnerable communities. With of her house in Pakistan. Photo by the ground, helping to rebuild livelihoods people directly in the most vulnerable areas (TPAs) in Unity State. reduced medical bills, families are able Sharjeel Arif / Concern Worldwide. and infrastructure so that communities communities. to save money for investment in their are better prepared for future crises. In In Ethiopia, to meet the urgent needs livelihoods and gradually lift themselves addition, we advocate for changes to the In Bangladesh, our rapid scale-up during of those facing extreme food and out of poverty. way the world responds to emergencies. the influx of an estimated 671,000 water shortages, Concern expanded its Rohingya refugees fleeing conflict in emergency response to the pastoralist Preventing and reducing the impact Objectives and activities Myanmar demonstrated the flexibility areas in the Southern, Afar, and of emergencies The goal of our emergency program is and agility of the organization’s systems Somali regions. Last year, we reached In Afghanistan, we worked with more to fulfil our humanitarian mandate and in coping with the sudden arrival of an over 805,000 people with these than 85,000 people living in 124 effectively respond to and mitigate against unprecedented number of refugees. In emergency programs. communities vulnerable to natural natural and human-influenced disasters. Cox’s Bazar District, we screened over disasters – such as avalanches, droughts, 61,000 children under five for malnutrition In Somalia and Somaliland, our earthquakes, flash floods, and landslides Our main objectives are to: and provided therapeutic feeding for emergency response program – to build flood defenses and better around 2,700 severely malnourished ›R› espond rapidly in order to save implemented cash transfers for irrigation systems in order to protect farms children. We also provided health, lives and reduce suffering some 28,000 families, enabling them to and homes from future disasters. nutrition, and counseling services ›I› mprove access to food, buy food, pay medical bills and education to over 13,000 women. water, and healthcare fees, and repay debts. In the Punjab, Balochistan, and Sindh ›P› revent and reduce the impact provinces in Pakistan, our work to build As a result of heavy rains in Sierra Leone, of emergencies In Syria, our emergency humanitarian the resilience of local communities to a massive mudslide swept through the response reached almost 257,000 people flooding disasters reached over 110,700 capital of Freetown. Within a few days of through the rehabilitation of 22 water people through the provision of drainage the emergency, we reached over 30,000 supply systems and 13 sewage systems works in villages and the establishment of people with hygiene kits and clean water. as well as through the distribution of food disaster management mechanisms. baskets, hygiene kits, kerosene stoves, and kits with essential household items.

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In 2017, we directly Some of our achievements Strengthening our social protection Strengthening our climate-smart Promoting graduation to economic Left: Jackson, age 11, is a programming, work skills, and agriculture programming productivity grade‑three student at primary reached one million in 2017: support systems In Zambia, our Realigning Agriculture to In Rwanda, the success of our work school who sometimes looks after his people through our In Bangladesh, we supported Improve Nutrition (RAIN) program came has been recognized by the Ministry family’s five goats after school. His Reducing hunger approximately 2,100 people to start to an end. Results showed that over of Local Government, which has family has benefited from Concern’s livelihood programs. In the Central African Republic, farmers microenterprises by providing them with the life of the program, the number of provided land to the extreme poor in the graduation program in Burundi. Photo we helped in 2016 through seed fairs training, grants, and assistance to develop farmers producing both iron-rich foods communities where we work and has by Chris de Bode / Panos Pictures Our livelihood programs address some and trainings in improved cultivation business plans so that they could engage and vitamin A-rich crops grew by 97%, nominated us to co-chair on learning and for Concern Worldwide. of the underlying problems that affect methods produced surplus crops in 2017, in savings and trade initiatives. We also with a corresponding increase of 89% in capacity development within the social people’s ability to earn a living. We work enabling them to serve as seed suppliers worked with employers to identify gaps in the number of homes where children were protection sector. From this position, Above: Kadiatu Conteh is to enhance access to markets, provide and to take greater charge of their own the labor market and provided vocational receiving more meals per day. In 2017, we are advocating for lessons from our a member of the Tawponeh small-scale credit to invest in business livelihoods without external support. training so that over 350 people were able we reached over 6,100 families. graduation program — in which extremely Women’s Group who benefits from development, and train people in to secure jobs. poor communities are mentored and the Linking Agriculture, Natural vocational skills that create employment In Mangochi, one of the districts in In Somaliland, our work with farmers supported with asset transfers — Resource Management, and opportunities. We also promote climate- Malawi that was worst affected by the We established 27 community saving and to improve dryland and climate-resistant to be integrated into the national social Nutrition program in Sierra Leone. smart agriculture practices that help El Niño-induced drought, we worked with loan associations (CSLAs) in Liberia so agriculture techniques demonstrated protection program. Photo by Jennifer Nolan / Concern mitigate the impact of extreme weather approximately 15,600 families to build that members could plan and establish significant gains for farmers who Worldwide. and climate change. community capacity for sustained food new businesses and take charge of their established fruit tree nurseries. They In Bangladesh, Concern provided skills production through cash-for-work projects. own futures. We provided training to over produced an average of 13 bags a training, business development assistance, Objectives and activities This included establishing backyard 140 management committee members on year of each fruit type, allowing them to and employment generation to over The goal of our livelihoods program is vegetable gardens; planting over 438,000 handling transactions and bookkeeping keep one-third for their own needs and 66,400 extremely poor people in urban to be a leader in delivering services that trees in woodlands, around homes, and and we also provided each of the CSLAs to sell the surplus for profit. areas and the coastal region to enable enable extremely poor people to have on bare hills and riverbanks; constructing with start-up supplies such as record them to build their productive assets secure livelihoods. roads; and planting vetiver grass to reduce books, saving boxes, and padlocks. In response to the effects of climate and improve income levels. erosion in flatlands and gullies. change in Ethiopia, we promoted natural Our main objectives are to: Working in the Grand Ravine slum in Haiti, resource conservation, climate-smart ›› Reduce hunger Across ten municipalities in rural we employed people from the community agriculture, and land rehabilitation to help ›› Strengthen our social protection Lebanon, we supported 250 Lebanese to plant around 3,000 seedlings of forest communities withstand the effects of programming, work skills, and farmers and 320 Syrian workers through and fruit trees to stabilize the soil in slum weather shocks. support systems 11 farmer field schools to grow potato, gullies and to provide a source of food and ›› Strengthen our climate-smart tomato, citrus, and quinoa crops to sell income for families living there. agriculture programming in rural and urban markets. ›› Promote graduation to economic productivity

15 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 16 Health

In 2017, Concern’s Some of our achievements In drought-affected communities in Sindh, In the Central African Republic, we In DPR Korea, we constructed new Left: Marie Chantal Kwizera works as Pakistan, over 190,000 people benefited supported 11 struggling health facilities latrines and sanitation facilities in homes, a Concern-supported “light mother,” work directly helped to in 2017: from our nutrition program. We provided with medicines, supplies, equipment, and farms, and schools in Kangwon and North giving tips to other mothers in her improve the health of malnourished pregnant mothers with food incentives so that health personnel could Hwanghae Provinces, reaching more than community in Burundi on the best Preventing undernutrition and supplements and children under five with effectively treat the ill. 2,000 people. ways to care for their children. Marie 1.6 million people. extreme hunger therapeutic food and nutrition services. educates community members on When increasing numbers of people were Concern partnered with health center staff In the West and South Kordofan states In some of the poorest parts of the hygiene improvement, preparing affected by political conflict and instability The success of our child survival project in the Tahoua Region of Niger to provide of the Republic of Sudan, where South world, we save lives and reduce suffering nutritious meals, and kitchen gardens. in South Sudan, we expanded our work in training community health workers training, monthly supervision, and support Sudanese refugees fleeing conflict have by strengthening health systems and Photo by Darren Vaughan / Concern in health and nutrition centers, helping to across ten slum communities in Freetown, to community-level health representatives settled, our emergency water projects improving access to maternal and child Worldwide. prevent and treat malnutrition. By scaling Sierra Leone increased the rate of to treat over 9,200 young children for reached over 21,000 people with a safe health, clean water, and sanitation. up, we were able to reach over 18,500 maternal deliveries attended by skilled malaria, diarrhea, and pneumonia close to water supply. This included over 3,000 On the ground and in national and Above: Mama Joelle Inamulongo children under five — nearly three times caregivers from 74% to 95%. Our work their homes and within the first 24 hours of people who were provided with new global forums, we tackle hunger and stands at the Congo River in as many as the previous year. to support health structures and improve illness when intervention is most beneficial. latrines in their homes and at least 2,600 malnutrition, which underpin many Tanganyika, Democratic Republic the treatment of illnesses in children and children who were provided with adequate of Congo. She says that Concern’s preventable health problems. In Burundi’s Kirundo Province, where newborns reached over 34,400 children Improving access to clean water sanitation facilities in schools. installation of a new water source in severely malnourished children were and over 37,000 women. and sanitation her village has had a positive impact Objectives and activities suffering in a crisis that was largely In Liberia, we established 30 water In rural Ethiopia, we rehabilitated on her life. She used to spend at ignored, we designed a two-month The goal of our health program is to Strengthening health facilities committees that were trained on the two boreholes and a spring, giving least one hour every day collecting nutrition treatment program for children contribute to the achievement of health The Lac region of Chad has seen an sustainable management and the use approximately 10,500 people access water from the river. Photo by Kieran under five, along with a wider household and nutrition security for poor people. influx of refugees from neighboring and maintenance of water resources. to clean water for domestic consumption, McConville / Concern Worldwide. program to help families grow their countries and is also home to around The project was part of an integrated which has increased water supply on Our main objectives are to: own food and start small-scale businesses. 118,000 internally displaced people as effort to break the cycle of chronic average from five gallons to 20 gallons ›› Prevent undernutrition and We reached over 40,000 people. well as vulnerable host communities. malnutrition and reduce diarrheal per household. There have been very few extreme hunger To help these populations, Concern disease in vulnerable children. As a reports of diseases associated with water ›› Strengthen maternal and child health Strengthening maternal and child constructed a health center that provided follow-up in 2018, we are building 15 since this project was completed. ›› Strengthen health facilities health maternity medical equipment and new wells and rehabilitating a further ›I› mprove access to clean water In Marsabit, Kenya, over 600 community delivered a nutrition program to over 15 with the participation of the newly and sanitation health volunteers joined Concern in 19,800 children and mothers. Using a trained committees. partnering with the Ministry of Health to community‑based approach, we helped screen and refer cases of malnutrition prevent malnutrition through a network of In Bangladesh, we installed 12 tube wells and provide health education through 104 community health volunteers working and 480 rainwater harvesting systems to the community conversations model. in 39 villages and four sites for internally ensure safe water for over 10,700 people. With this approach, extremely poor displaced people. communities come together to devise grassroots solutions to their own very specific problems. In North Horr, the rate of pregnant women receiving iron-folic acid supplementation between January and July of 2017 more than doubled to 84% coverage in the 13 communities that were mobilized.

17 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 18 Education Integrated Programs

In 2017, Concern’s Some of our achievements Providing access to education for In 2017, we directly Some of our achievements In Ethiopia, where over 80% of those children in emergencies living in rural areas are dependent on education programming in 2017: In Turkey, we work in collaboration with reached over one million in 2017: rain-fed agriculture and are particularly supported over 170,000 the Turkish Ministry of Education and people through our vulnerable to weather-related shocks, Increasing school access and attendance local partners to help Syrian children In conflict-affected Kouango in the we worked to build the resilience of people directly. In Grand Bassa County, Liberia, over access quality education to support their integrated programs. Central African Republic, we established communities through multi-sectoral 6,800 primary students and 386 teachers learning and well-being. In 2017, Concern 29 farmer field schools in 29 villages, programs that focus on livelihoods, food Concern places education at the heart The challenges faced by the extreme benefited from improved classroom helped over 5,700 school-aged Syrian providing training on harvesting security, natural resource management, of development, using it as a key to break poor are multi-dimensional. We believe instruction and psychosocial services girls and boys enter the formal education techniques, seed preservation, and the and health and nutrition. In the Amhara the poverty cycle and improve health, that more effective and lasting solutions as well as parent-teacher associations, system with Turkish language support and use of biopesticides. Our integrated and Southern Nations Nationalities and nutrition, income, and opportunities for can be found in interventions that deliver which reduced dropout rates. accelerated learning programs. program, which also includes fishing and Peoples’ regions, we reached more than all children. a range of integrated programs with the cash-for-work projects, is reaching nearly 23,300 extremely poor families. same target group, in the same area, and Improving learning outcomes In Lebanon, through our education 35,000 people. Objectives and activities in a coordinated manner. In Saut-d’Eau, Haiti, we are working with program targeting 5,300 children in In response to the urgent humanitarian The goal of our education program is over 3,300 school children, teachers, and informal tented settlements, we trained We are working in 91 villages to enhance needs of temporarily displaced people and Objectives and activities to improve the lives of extremely poor parents to improve the literacy of children 229 teachers in first aid and child local communities’ resilience in the Sila vulnerable, drought-affected families in children in a sustainable way by increasing through teacher training and the distribution protection and also conducted awareness The goal of our integrated programs is to region of Chad. In 2017, we reached over Pakistan, we reached over 1.25 million access to quality primary education. of books and other school items. sessions for parents to support their improve the lives of the extremely poor by 37,500 people directly. This integrated people through a multisector response. children’s educational achievement addressing their needs in a holistic way program uses techniques such as climate- Our efforts focused on economic recovery Our main objectives are to: In 43 schools with which we work in at home. that focuses on the interrelated barriers to smart agriculture, homestead gardening, through livelihood training projects and ›I› ncrease school access Mukuru slum in Nairobi, Kenya, head their development. and agroforestry to build family assets livestock support; delivering emergency and attendance teachers reported in 2017 that all In Syria and Iraq, our work in child while preserving the local ecosystem. healthcare services and supporting ›› Improve learning outcomes children in classes 1, 2, and 3 can protection benefited more than 1,200 The objective of the program is health facilities; providing safe water ›› Improve school facilities now read Kiswahili and English at children through the establishment of nine to deliver sustained improvements In DPR Korea, we worked in 42 drought- and restoring essential infrastructure; ›P› rovide access to education for their level and that attendance rates child-friendly spaces. The spaces were in the overall living conditions of affected cooperative farms in Kangwon and constructing transitional shelters children in emergencies have significantly improved. designed to meet the psychosocial needs targeted communities. and North Hwanghae provinces with to protect vulnerable families. of children dealing with the trauma of integrated programs to grow food Improving school facilities conflict and upheaval. Activities included sustainably, build community resilience, Water and hygiene are essential for healthy drawing, music, and sports as well as improve irrigation systems, and modernize schools and students, and in Chad, we extra tuition in reading and writing to food processing facilities. We reached over provided water and sanitation facilities in complement schoolwork. 48,600 people last year, involving farmers 23 schools serving over 8,600 children. in advanced sustainable practices such These new facilities will also reach at least as conservation agriculture, vegetable 11,500 people in over 17 villages. production under solar greenhouses, and the System of Rice Intensification (SRI). Two years after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, we continued our work in Above: Ismael Ali and his son Halimo 44 schools to develop strong disaster Above: Mariam participates in Concern’s Hassan. Halimo is being treated for severe management systems and improve water non-formal education program that acute malnutrition with the support of and sanitation infrastructure. We also focuses on early childhood education Concern Worldwide in Somali Region, retrofitted 11 schools to withstand future in Lebanon. Photo by Chantale Fahmi / Ethiopia. Photo by Jennifer Nolan / earthquakes, including renovating toilets Concern Worldwide. Concern Worldwide. and water facilities.

19 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 20 Somalia 2017 Ethiopia Kenya Highlights South Sudan Rep of Sudan

Somalia 70,000 People reached: Over 639,000 Somalia Throughout July and August in South Sudan, where torrential rains damaged Ethiopia crops, Concern supported vulnerable People reached: Over 3 million farmers with climate-smart techniques through 40 farmer field schools. We Kenya provided training on improved farming Kenya practices, such as seed preservation, pest People reached: Over 3.7 million management, and general agronomic skills. In total, we reached over 70,000 people through the program, which also Republic of Sudan Ethiopia included the construction of dykes and People reached: Over 1.4 million ponds as well as the distribution of fishery and farming kits. South Sudan Republic of Sudan People reached: Over 839,000 2,100 In Somalia, our resilience program South Sudan supported over 2,100 vulnerable families in Gedo and Mogadishu with cash transfers and a further 500 families with cash and materials to construct or rehabilitate their shelters.

319,000 21,000 23,000 16,800 In response to the drought in During drought in Marsabit County, In Ethiopia, where over 80% of those living In the Republic of Sudan, parts of Photo: Scholastica Mbinya, a mother Somalia, our emergency projects – Kenya, Concern ensured that major in rural areas are dependent on rain-fed Darfur, and eastern Chad, we reached of three in Kenya, was assisted including cash transfers, education, breakdowns in water infrastructure agriculture and are particularly vulnerable to over 16,800 mothers with maternal by Eunice, a Concern-supported nutrition, and water and sanitation were promptly addressed. Boreholes weather-related shocks, we are working to and child health education services, community health volunteer, – reached over 319,000 people and were rehabilitated and hand pumps build the resilience of communities through including skilled delivery, antenatal before, during, and after her recent helped to avert major loss of life. and solar pumping systems were multi-sectoral programs that focus on care, post-natal care, nutrition and pregnancy. Photo by Peter Caton. installed, ensuring that over 21,000 livelihoods, food security, natural resource health counseling, and immunization. people received four gallons of safe management, and health and nutrition. In the Approximately 48,270 children also drinking water per person per day, the Amhara and Southern Nations Nationalities received health services. recommended international standard. and Peoples’ regions, we reached more than 23,000 extremely poor families.

21 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 22 Safeguarding Working with Partners

Maintaining the safety and protection We employ a protection adviser at Concern cannot achieve its mission In the private sector, Concern works of the communities with whom we work our head office and in a number of alone. We believe we can achieve greater in partnership with Nethope and and of our staff is of primary importance our program countries. The advisers Balkissa Matsallabi lives with her impact working in collaboration with other Google, which support our information to Concern. We are a signatory to the have supported and strengthened the husband and six children in Niger. organizations and institutions. and communication technologies for Statement of Commitment on Eliminating integration of humanitarian protection Her daughter Malika has recently development initiatives; with Zurich Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN and into programming through the recovered from malnutrition after Partnerships may involve Concern Insurance Group, which supports our flood Non-UN Personnel and to the Red Cross development of good humanitarian receiving a life-saving, high-energy, participating in joint operations, supporting resilience programming and learning; Code of Conduct. protection practice and the dissemination peanut-based paste. Photo by and monitoring work, or funding local with EY and Accenture, which support and application of the P4 and COC Chris de Bode / Panos Pictures partners to deliver services. In many cases, our organizational development activities; Concern places particular emphasis on throughout the organization. for Concern Worldwide. a large part of Concern’s input has been and with Web Summit, which provides standards of behavior that we expect – and will continue to be – focused on technical and design support. from our staff, visitors to our programs, Concern is a certified member of the Core capacity building for our partners. and our local partner staff. To this end, Humanitarian Alliance. This means that As a founding member of Alliance2015, we developed a Program Participant our policies and procedures are designed Partnerships are evident to different a partnership of seven European Protection Policy (P4) and Concern Code to ensure that we are accountable to the degrees in all our programs, with organizations with a presence in of Conduct (COC) to which all Concern people with whom we work and they have livelihoods representing 30% of partners, 89 countries, we continue to work in employees must adhere. The policy sets been externally audited and found to be health 18%, education 3%, integrated collaboration with our fellow members out the standards of behavior expected operating effectively. 32%, and emergencies 17%. The country at program and policy levels. from all employees in relation to each with the largest number of partners in other, our program participants, and other While we believe that our systems are 2017 was Pakistan with 26 partners. In 2017, we provided more than relevant parties. working, we are committed to their $17 million to 129 partners. ongoing development. Over the course We continue to work in strategic We have a Complaints Response of the next year, we plan to work closely partnerships. For example, we are an Mechanism and are committed to with governments, peer organizations, active member of the Scaling Up Nutrition investigating allegations of behavior in and other relevant bodies to identify and movement. In the academic arena, we breach of the P4 and COC. All complaints implement measures that will enhance collaborate closely with Sonke Gender are investigated, following established policy and practice in this area. Justice; International Food Policy Research investigation guidelines, and, where Institute (IFPRI); Feinstein International substantiated, disciplinary action is Center, Tufts University; Institute of taken, up to and including dismissal. Development Studies, University of Sussex; Development Studies Association of Ireland; Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Trinity College Dublin; Irish Forum for Global Health; University College Dublin; and the University of Ulster.

23 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 24 DPR Korea 2017 Bangladesh Nepal Highlights Pakistan Afghanistan

DPR Korea 76,000 People reached: Over 133,000 DPR Korea In Nepal, after the heaviest rainfall in 60 years, our emergency floods response Bangladesh met the urgent humanitarian needs of People reached: Over 800,000 thousands of displaced people. With lands and homes destroyed and flooded wells Bangladesh and pumps creating a water crisis, we Nepal worked with our Alliance2015 partners, People reached: Over 99,500 Welthungerhilfe and People in Need, to distribute food and other essential items to over 76,000 people. Nepal Pakistan People reached: Over 3.7 million

Afghanistan Afghanistan 85,000 People reached: Over 680,000 In Afghanistan, we worked to build the resilience of more than 85,000 people living in 124 communities that are Pakistan vulnerable to natural disasters – such as avalanches, droughts, earthquakes, flash floods, and landslides – by building resilience walls, check dams, and irrigation systems to protect farms and homes. 2,000 133,000 4,000 34,000 In Afghanistan, we built a 164-foot In DPR Korea, we reached over In Bangladesh, we ran 12 In Pakistan, our work to provide Photo: Women carry clean water in suspension bridge to connect three 133,000 people. As part of our Pavement Dweller Centers, safe drinking water and sanitation mud pots from a communal well in districts, allowing 2,000 families water projects, we installed a providing facilities and services facilities in 52 schools benefited Sindh province, Pakistan. Photo by access to medical facilities and three‑mile, solar-powered water to around 4,000 regular users to over 34,000 students in the Sharjeel Arif / Concern Worldwide. enabling children to get to school pipeline, connecting taps to 83 help them lift themselves out of Balochistan province. safely without fear of drowning. homes and two schools for 335 poverty. In addition to providing Farmers in the area can now people living in remote areas. nighttime shelters and job take their livestock and products placements, we also facilitated to market. birth registrations and national ID cards to increase access to basic health and education services.

25 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 26 Our Donors

$250,000+ $25,000 - $49,999 $10,000 - $24,999 Dan and Marian LeSaffre $5,000 - $9,999 Dr. Joe Mulvehill Our sincere thanks for the Jackson Lewis P.C. Mulvihill Family Foundation Anonymous (1) Anonymous (4) Anonymous (6) Anonymous (9) Live Technology Holdings Inc. John and Carly Murphy most generous support of the charity: water The American Ireland Fund Robert Arthur Apex Exchange Alexi Lubomirski Northwell Health MetLife Foundation Rosemary T. Berkery Dave Barger Diane Aramony United States Government. The Lupin Foundation Deirdre O’Connor W.K. Kellogg Foundation Bristol-Myers Squibb George E. Barker Molly Ashby US Agency for International Development Brona Magee Optimum Nutrition Joan Ganz Cooney Anthony Belinkoff The Baird Group US Department of State Magellan Corporation Optiver $100,000 - $249,999 Eagna Philanthropies Bimeda Betsy Benoit Manhattan College William Pender Anonymous (2) First Data Bloomberg Philanthropies John Whelan and Aine Brazil Burns Family Charitable Ed and Pat McCarrick Kevin Brennan The Penrose Our deepest thanks to Center for Disaster Philanthropy Kevin Fortuna The Eleanor Crook Foundation Foundation Liam and Olive McCarthy Michael Brewster Martin Perry and Christopher Kelly and our individual, corporate, John and Theresa Greed Caron Treatment Centers Maria McManus and Barbara Williams Perry Joanna Geraghty Carolann Brown Jim and Kelly McShane Mark Gibson Louis Perwien Didric Cederholm Devon and Yvonne Bruce and foundation donors Tom Moran and Joan Squires Loretta Brennan Glucksman Rich McMenamin and Joseph and Susan Power Cobb Strecker Dunphy Kevin Buckley Mutual of America Robert Charles Golden and & Zimmermann Inc. Patty Mulvihill Mr. and Mrs. Christopher who are leading the way in Maureen Moore James Burns Denis O’Brien Collins Engineers, Inc. Jeff Kasser and Katie McShane C. Quick Theodore Gurnick Joe Cahalan and Carolyn Perla supporting Concern’s mission. Iris O’Brien Foundation Dan Casey and Molex Peter Rigby Michael and Joanna Hanrahan Dolores Connolly Drs. Martin and Ann Murphy The Concord Group Brendan Ripp $50,000 – $99,000 Holy Cross Catholic Church Will and Ginger Conway Dave Nikkel Foundation Noreen Culhane Satin Fine Foods Sarah De Blasio John and Christine Bakalar KPMG LLP Mr. and Mrs. Gerald C. Crotty Niall O’Brien and Pauline Alan Schriesheim and Donoghue Mary Ellen and James Duffy Kay Torshen The Boeing Company Lot18 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Emer Baydon and Megan Fischer The Arch W. Shaw Foundation International Relief Teams Eileen McDonnell John Dee O’Hanlon Lisa Flaherty Shoreline Marine Company JetBlue Airways MCS Brands Harry and Betty DeVerter Ted O’Lear The Kelly Gang The Durst Organization Bridget Flanagan Michael and Brittany Siciliano The McShane Foundation PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Ed and Brigid Kenney Enright Kearney Foundation Matt Franco Martin and Catherine Slark Henry E. Niles Foundation Prudential Joe and Irene King Terry George Bernard and Margaret (Peggy) The Penn Mutual Chris and Karen Festog Newman’s Own Foundation The Rabinowitz Charitable Thomas Gilliam Smyth Life Insurance Company Fitzpatrick Hotel Group Foundation Omnicom Media Group Ted Herman Alan Stillman The Rose Family GlobalGiving Gretchen Rubin The Spurlino Foundation Jae and Joon Hong Jonathan Stolarz Jim and Frances Roth Bruce Grivetti Schwab Charitable Fund Tent Foundation Joe and Eileen Hummel Thomas and Barbara Sullivan Madeleine Schachter Scott Gutterson Stradley Ronon Stevens & United Refining Company Icon International, Inc. Dan Fingleton and Time, Inc. Matthew Hagopian Young, LLP Alicia Sweitzer Inc. Media University College Dublin Jack and Kathy Haire Tait, Weller & Baker, LLP Tone Networks Ireland Network Chicago Billy Haire Trinity Foundation Gemma Toner Irish America Magazine iHeartMedia Turner Sports Broadcasting Andrew Toole Clarke and Beth Keough Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 24 Seven Enterprises Inc. Rick and Natalie Trump Kimberly Keywell Jones Lang LaSalle Vantis Life Insurance Company Alfie and Colleen Tucker Erik Engquist and Kris Kim Mary Beth Kearney and Family Lynne Wheat 21st Century WWOR Robert Kirk Amir and Angela Lear-Bozorgmir The Wren Bar and Restaurant UM Holdings Ltd. Maricarol Lacy Tim and Kate Waters Linesight The Harry and Jeanette Amit Malhotra Weinberg Foundation Hank and Barbara Mawicke Westbuilt George and Barbara Medlin Wilfie & Nell LLC Emily and David Merjan 27 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 28 Our Donors continued Our Donors continued

$1,000 - $4,999 Colleen Collins Michael Farrell Pamela Jones Maureen McGrath Mike and Kathie Phillips Peter Tedone CORPORATE Anonymous (9) Anne Collins Fassforward Consulting Group Star Kalatzan Carolyn McGuinness John and Joan Polcari Janice Terhaar MATCHING GIFTS Richard Aborn Vanessa Confessore FEARless Michael Kane Michael McGuire Deborah Prince Cherryl Thomas AbbVie Foundation Employee Kamal and Randa Aboul-Hosn John Connorton Karen Fedyszyn Georgiana Kane William and Rosetta McKenna Joseph and Mary Louise Quinlan Cameron Trefry Engagement Fund Carmen Ackerley Matthew and Brooke Conway Fordham University School Sean Kearney Michael McLochlin Kevin Quinlivan Trellus Management Company, AIG of Law LLC Karen Agnifilo Philip Harnett Jr. and Michael Kearney William McMenamin Peter and Kathleen Quinn American Express Foundation Margaret Corboy Forest Hill Financial Group Colleen Tully William Allen Marty Keating Grainne McNamara Quinnipiac University Ameriprise Aiden Corr Fortress Investment Group Stacey Turner Amalgamated Life Insurance Martin Kehoe Thomas McNeil Erin Ramsey Bank of America Company Ellen Coury Bud and Miriam Frankel Eugene Keilin Sheila McShane Tom Reid Robin Turner Birchbox Rick Anderson June Coyle T. Bondurant French Carol Kellermann Molly McShane and Justin Reilly Jeff Tyner Dell Angel’s Envy Thomas Crage Peter French Colleen Kelly George Schafer Wayne and Gina Reuvers UL LLC Deutsche Bank Americas The Atlantic Philanthropies Credit Suisse Americas Jessica Friedland Mary Kelly Aferdita Merkel Roy and Heather Riah Rory and Michelle Vandamme Foundation Foundation Autodesk Foundation Mike Galatioto Sheila Kennedy C. Dean Metropoulos Donald Rice Dr. Kristina Varade and Duke Energy Brendan Creegan Dr. Andrea Ferroglia Christopher and Meggan Bailey Ben Garcia and Scott Fabianek James and Margaret Kenny Bruce Meyer The Richard R. Howe Foundation Ford Foundation Dodie Culkin Karen Vento Gretchen Beidl Jason Garrett Niamh King and Edward Luce Irene Miller Leslie Richmond Geico Philanthropic Foundation Ruairi Curtin Rebecca Gerstung Dawn Miller David Joseph and Goldman Sachs Hillary Bell The Kiplinger Washington Peter Robbins Kathryn Ann Vogel Linda Cushman Patrick and Kathy Glasow Editors, Inc. Jay Miller Google Colm Bennett Sheila Roche and Autumn Von Der Stuck Cushman & Wakefield James Gleeson Sean and Rosalie Kivlehan Mike Miller Aileen Blackwell Grainger Richard and Dorothy Bewley Frank Wall Anne Daly Eily Gorman The Kline Family Charitable Fund Laura Molen Douglas Rodriguez Illinois Tool Works Foundation Patti Bidwill Denise L. Walmsley Patrick and Kate Daly Sabrina Gracias Knights of St. Patrick Inc. Marisa Moore Sean Rolinson JP Morgan Blistex Inc. Dominic Walsh Jennifer M. Schulte and Dr. Cathal Grant Eric and Sue Koetting Michael Moran Melanie Rosen LinkedIn Liza Blumenthal Patrick Daugherty Warady & Davis LLP Andrew and Moira Griffin Daniel Krebsbach John and Kathy Moran Rosie O’Gradys Merck Partnership for Giving BNY Mellon Reuben David Ware Malcomb The Guardian Life Insurance Annie Krug Rodolfo Moreno Dom Rossi Microsoft Kirk Bradley Ian Deason The Weather Company Company Laura Kunard Stanley and Dale Morin Paul Ruane Motorola Mobility Foundation Brian and Marian Brady Michelle DeCillis Jeffrey and Nina Weissman Alan and Kathy Guarino Ted Kung Elizabeth Morris Brian Sanvidge Mutual of America Cynthia Brady Carol Deely Rich Wellen Rosemary Gunnison Mary Claire Lagno Leah Muller Julienne Scanlon Pepsico Foundation Braunstein Turkish LLP DeHayes Consulting Group Wells Fargo Jared and Debra Gutman Katherine Lederer Sabina Munnelly Ruth Schaefer Pfizer Foundation Brave Asset Management Michael DeKoning Deborah Wiley H&L Ornamental Ironworks Ellen Leemputte Maggie Murphy James and Mary Schaefer Qualcomm Richard James Bringewatt Jamie Delaney Corp. Randy and Hilary Wilkin Michael and Ronnie Levine Michael and Margaret Murphy Peter Schlax Stanley Black & Decker Inc. Allyson Brown Kenney Dell EMC Brett Haire Chris Wilkinson Paul Levy Denis Naughton Tim Schlax and Laura Howe UBS Zach Bruning DePaul University Michael and Kathleen Hanlon William Blaire & Margaret Lombardo Sinéad Naughton and Carol Schmidt Verizon BSS Monitoring Corp Rosemary DiCarlo Carissa Hansen Company Foundation Kathryn Lu Scott Robertson Joseph and Denise Schorn BUA New York LLC Rob DiOrio Kevin and Carla Harrison John Winterhalder Taylor H. Lukof Christopher and Kristen Neimeth Brian Severin Margaret Buccellato Discovery Communications Thomas and Theresa Harwood Rebecca Woan Lundstrom Insurance Newmark Knight Frank Jeffrey Shaffer James Buckland Disney ABC Television Group Bill Heater Nancy Wong William and Kathleen Lynch Matthew Nimetz Lorcan Shannon Alfred and Leigh Buettner Melissa DiTosto Molly Helfet Thomas and Pamela Workman M 4 Marketing Inc. Angela Nuss Sean Shea Dara Burke Brian Dolan Joseph Henchey World Bank Community Clark Machemer Nutrisystem Inc. Rolanda Shine Connections Fund Jesse Butterfield Jeffrey Donaldson Helen Henry Zachary Madin Bill Obenshain Caroline Simmons-Mahon Jeanne Marie Wrenn Aiden Byrne Donate Well-Good Done Great James Hewlett Gavin Manley John and Jeanne O’Connor Mary Lou Skalkos Caren Yanis Salvatore Candela Brendan Donoghue William Higgins John Manuele Kenny O’Connor Sky Vista Middle School Donald Zagoria Philippa Cannon Christopher Dorville and Eric Hirshberg Steven Margolis Mary Pat Lyons O’Connor Matthew Smith Dennis K and Sharon Carroll Annie Marsh Ryerson Michael Hoffman Maura Markus Catriona O’Dea Gregory Smith Joan Carroll David Downs Hospital for Special Surgery Iliana Martinez John O’Donnell Mihal Spiegel Larry and Courtney Carroll Brendan Driscoll James Houlihan Mason Hayes & Curran Charles and Lynne O’Donnell David Srere Michael and Eleanor Carter Kerri Duffy Michael Eric Houston Paul Masse Brian O’Donoghue John and Patricia Stack Chicago Beyond Carson Dunbar IBM Employee Service Center Briony McCarthy Paul and Mary O’Hara Robert Stawik Corina Chicoine Robert Dunne Irish Arts Center Kathy McCauley Tom O’Loughlin II and Lauren Steinberg Gabe and Kychelle Chino Jessica Dunne Irish Network NYC Teresa O’Loughlin Barry McConnell Jeffrey Stern Danny Chon Tony Dunne Ithaca College Fr. Robert O’Neil Conor Mccoy Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP CHUBB Corporate Giving John and Molly Durkin Mark Jacobs John Overbeck James and Maureen Geoffrey Sullivan Jason Ciaglo Mary Durkin Family John James Benefits Group LTD Barry Owen McCutcheon Jr. John Sullivan Citco Fund Services Egan & Sons Craig and Heidi Johnson Brian Owen Barbara McDonald Surf Development Citizens Crime Commission Michael Elms Jay Johnson Kristen Packett and Vinay Radia Jeanne Rose McElroy Sweet Afton Pub Lauren Cohen Larry and Mary Esbjornson Timothy Johnson David Peters Steven McEvoy Christopher Symons Barbara Coleman Wallace Candace Fabri Sheila Johnson Robbins Philip H. Corboy Foundation

29 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 30 Mozambique 2017 Malawi Uganda Zambia Highlights DR Congo

Mozambique 30 People reached: Over 151,000 Mozambique In Malawi, we worked with teachers, parents, boys, and girls in 30 schools in Malawi Phalombe District to improve learning People reached: Over 2.1 million conditions for female students who are often exposed to gender bias, violence, Malawi and abuse and who suffer from poor Uganda class performance and a high dropout People reached: Over 1 million rate. In 2017, over 1,000 girls attended girls clubs that are held bi-monthly and target girls both in and out of school. As Zambia Uganda a result, some girls re-enrolled in school. People reached: Over 170,000

DR Congo Zambia 363,000 People reached: Over 367,000 During our El Niño emergency drought response in Mozambique, we supported over 10,300 families DR Congo with food vouchers so that they could buy supplies at local markets. Along with agricultural training, we also distributed seeds and tools through a separate voucher system for approximately 363,000 vulnerable farmers to support their livelihoods. 242% 326,800 61,000 97% In Mozambique, our livelihoods work In response to the large influx In territories across the two In Zambia, where our Realigning Photo: Muragije Nyiramigisha at helped farmers in climate‑vulnerable of South Sudanese refugees in provinces of Haut-Lomami and Agriculture to Improve Nutrition (RAIN) Bushani camp in Masisi, Democratic areas to increase their agricultural Uganda, we partnered with UNICEF Tanganyika in the Democratic program came to an end, results Republic of Congo. Her family received yields by 83% and increase earnings to scale up life-saving nutrition Republic of Congo, over 61,000 showed that farmers producing both essential supplies from Concern. The by 242%. assistance in 162 health facilities people — around half of whom iron‑rich foods and vitamin A‑rich family was forced to flee their home across 18 refugee settlements. were displaced as a result of crops both grew by 97%, with a when fighting broke out between armed We reached over 326,800 people, conflict — were supported during corresponding increase of 89% in groups. They only managed to bring one including mothers and children. an emergency response with the number of homes where children cooking pot and the clothes they were water and shelter. were receiving more meals per day. wearing. Photo by Kieran McConville / We reached over 6,100 families in 2017. Concern Worldwide.

31 Concern Worldwide US 2017 Annual Report 32 Concern Worldwide US Board of Directors

Joanna Geraghty Scott Gutterson Brendan Ripp Chairperson, Concern Worldwide (US) Attorney Executive Vice President President & Chief Operating Officer The Law Offices of Scott Gutterson Fox Network Group JetBlue Airways National Geographic Partners Jack Haire Jim McShane Madeleine Schachter Vice Chair, Concern Worldwide (US) Edward J.T. Kenney Assistant Professor Chief Executive Officer Special Consultant Weill Cornell Medicine The McShane Companies Mutual of America Margaret (Peggy) M. Smyth Page Thompson Joe King Chief Financial Officer Vice Chair, Concern Worldwide (US) National Grid Chief Executive Officer Edward R. McCarrick Omnicom Media Group Executive Vice President Gemma Toner North America ICON International, Inc. Founder Chart One Media Joan Carroll Thomas J. Moran Treasurer, Concern Worldwide (US) Chairman Emeritus John Treacy Mutual of America Chairperson, Concern Worldwide (IRL) Colleen A. Kelly Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Shane Naughton Sport Ireland Concern Worldwide (US) Managing Partner Artech Holdings Frank Wall Senior Vice President Joseph M. Cahalan Denis O’Brien Turner Broadcasting Chairman Dolores T. Connolly Digicel Kate Waters Chief Executive Officer Senior Vice President Sterling Engineering, Inc. Deirdre O’Connor Morgan Stanley Managing Director Jumana Culligan Global Asset Management Founder Paper, Ribbon and Wrap, LLC Frances O’Keeffe Volunteer Investing in change. Kevin Fortuna Concern Worldwide Investing in change. Founder Lot18 Stephanie Pappas Trusting in Concern. Chief Executive Officer Trusting in Concern. MCS Brands We began working with the world’s poorest people We began working with the world’s poorest people to transformto transform their their lives lives in 1968.1968. To To mark mark our our 50th50 anniversary,th anniversary, we we areare seeking to to raise raise $1.968 $1.968 millionmillion to to help help us us renew renew the commitment commitment we we made made then,then, to to meet meet the the urgent urgent andand growing growing needs needs of aof a CONCERNUSA.ORG/50FUNDCONCERNUSA.ORG/50FUND worldworld in inturmoil. turmoil. You You cancan helphelp us us reach reach the the most most vulnerablevulnerable people people in in thethe mostmost di di cult cult places. places.

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