Oct 17
Global Awareness Days, Poverty International Day for Eradication of Poverty No Comments
Mother and child in Ethiopia
Today, the day after World Food Day, the United Nations encourages us to celebrate International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. It’s no coincidence that the two observances fall so closely to one another! Poverty and hunger are closely intertwined. Everyday, the gap between rich and poor grows.
Jul 29
Poverty, Student Voices Concern, Top Ten No Comments
Melissa Bean at the Concern office!
Before I started working for Concern my general humanitarian involvement was limited to the community service club at my high school. Even though I’ve been on a three-week Student Ambassador trip to Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji and traveled to South Africa, interning at Concern this summer was my first real foray into international service.
Jul 05
Poverty, Student Voices 1 Comment
Photo: Concern Worldwide, Liberia
Part of me always hoped that the world wasn’t based on luck. I always suspected it was, but really hoped it wasn’t. I didn’t want the world to be ruled by arbitrary happenstance. But as I got older, I realized that I couldn’t believe that the world wasn’t simply dictated by luck if I wanted to believe that sometimes horrible things happen to perfectly good people.
Jun 29
Poverty, Student Action Book, Concern, Writing Competition No Comments
The votes are in! The winners of Concern’s creative writing competition have been announced.
This year, the competition has truly become worldwide. We received 776 entries from 39 countries spanning five continents. Thanks to all those who took part. We had a very high standard of entries and our judges, top journalists from Ireland and the US, had an extremely difficult task in deciding the winners.
We started the competition to provide an opportunity for people to let us know, in a creative and engaging way, their thoughts and views on a wide range of development issues.
Apr 28
Poverty, Student Action Concern, Fundraiser, Run, St. Jean Baptiste, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Trevor Day School, Trinity School No Comments
Students from Trevor Day School at Concern's Spring Run
On Saturday, April 9th, over 1,500 runners gathered together in Central Park to participate in Concern’s most highly-attended Spring Run. The annual event rallies individuals and teams to fundraise towards Concern’s programs through a fun 4-mile race. This year, six GCC schools participated, each school rallying club members and students to join the run and fundraise.
Apr 18
Poverty, Student Voices Concern, Poverty, Twitter, Writing Competition No Comments
Writing Competition tweets @concernGCC
We asked you – globally concerned writers - to send us a tweet summary of your Writing Competition article to @concernGCC so we could share your ideas. This year’s competition asked you to imagine you were a journalist stationed in a developing country, writing for an internationally renowned newspaper.
Apr 15
Poverty, Student Voices Concern, Poverty, St. Vincent Ferrer High, Writing Competition, Zimbabwe 1 Comment
Nutrition gardens in Zimbabwe (photo: Concern Worldwide)
Despair. Starvation. Poverty. These are some of the hardships that a child born today will be forced to face in a developing country. It is unimaginable to most of us how difficult and challenging their lives must be. Fortunately, for many children living in the U.S., they do not need to worry about dealing with those uncertainties. Here, we are lucky enough to say that we DO have a place that can be called a “home”.
Mar 31
Poverty, Student Voices Concern, Pakistan, Poverty, Writing Competition 1 Comment
Girls at a refugee camp in Pakistan (photo: Concern Worldwide US)
Read. Eat. Sleep. Play sports. Play computer games. Text. Shop. Ride bikes and scooters. Complete homework. Watch movies. Go to zoos, parks, museums. These are only several of the many things a child or teen usually does. At least, that is what most people think. Most of us classify those activities as what any ‘average, normal kid’ would do. But do we consider what those living in poverty are doing?
Jan 23
Poverty, Student Action Concern, Writing Competition 1 Comment
Speak Out! The Concern Global Writing Competition provides an opportunity for you to let us know your thoughts on a wide range of development issues. Over 2,000 of you, from 30 different countries, have entered the competition in the past three years.
YOUR TASK
For this year’s competition, we want you to imagine that you are a journalist, stationed in a developing country, writing for an internationally renowned newspaper.
Aug 06
Poverty, Voices from the Field Child Survival, Concern, Education, Field Visit, Livelihoods, Rwanda No Comments
The team in front of the Concern office in Kigali
In July 2010, I was part of a team of students, educators, and staff who went to Rwanda on a Concern field visit. The purpose of the trip was to learn firsthand about Concern’s work and to bring our experiences back to our schools and respective environments to inspire others to take part in fighting poverty.
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