Apr 27
Sylvia WongStudent Action, Student Voices Concern, Writing Competition
Students in Cork showing their 2050 developing world word map
Need some help with your article for Concern’s Global Writing Competition? Concern hosted a series of writing workshops with middle and high school students in Dublin and Cork and we wanted to share some of their tips with you. Below are some suggested writing activities to help guide your own process as you prepare your entry. It’s not too late – the deadline is on May 25th so get your creative writing hat on!
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Apr 09
Sylvia WongStudent Action, Student Voices Concern, Writing Competition
Enter Concern’s 2012 Creative Writing Competition and win a chance to become a published author!
Your task
This year we look to the future…the year is 2050 and the population of the world has surpassed 10 billion people. You have been asked to write a 1,000 word chapter for the 2050 State of the Developing World Report. What will you write about?
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Nov 11
Francesca ConlinEducation, Student Voices Concern, Education, Field Visit, Kenya, Livelihoods
Francesca visiting with students at Brilliant Academy in Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya
I walked down a dusty hill and into a small classroom constructed of sheet metal supported only by wooden branches. In the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, wide-eyed school children greeted me with a song and a dance. Their smiles jumped right out at me. As my eyes began to scope out the area I was in, I was astonished by the fact that such beautiful faces could be in such severe poverty.
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Oct 07
Sinead NaughtonPeople and Places, Voices from the Field Concern, Education, Field Visit, Kenya, Livelihoods
Women weaving mats from a Concern-supported livelihoods project in Kisumu, Kenya
From the moment our delegation from Concern, which included two high school students, myself, and a staff member, arrived at the Nairobi airport until our departure a week later, the word that rang the loudest was “community.” Our Kenya field visit trip provided me with a stronger understanding of that word than perhaps I have ever known.
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Sep 28
Brett HahnEducation, Student Voices Concern, Education, Field Visit, Kenya
Brett with students from Brilliant Academy in Mathare slum, Kenya
Step out of a van and onto a dusty road. Surrounded by smiling faces, a new place filled with fruit vendors, hanging clothes, and children playing soccer with bare feet, the street calls out to you like no other before. The warm phrase, “How are you,” echoes in your ear. Reach out your hand and it is touched by the gentle fingers of youth; you are not just anywhere, you’re in Kenya.
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Sep 09
Elizabeth StoltzHealth, People and Places Concern, Sierra Leone
Students of Alhadi district school in the Madora Village. Photo: Sierra Leone, Concern Worldwide
What kind of health education did you receive in school? Did you attend a nutrition or gym class? For students in Sierra Leone, health education is a critical component of school. In a country where spending on health and education is among the lowest in the world, it’s no surprise that a preventable disease like malaria is responsible for the deaths of 40% of children under the age of 5.
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Sep 02
Elizabeth StoltzEducation, People and Places Burundi, Concern, Education
Concern's school supply distribution to the Batwa in Burundi. Photo: Mugina Commune
Burundi is an east African country bordered by Rwanda, the DRC, and Tanzania. Since 1994, over a decade before civil war ravaged the nation, Concern has worked in Burundi providing health, education, and livelihood support. As millions of students in America head back to school this September, we take a look at education in Burundi!
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Aug 01
Melissa BeanPeople and Places, Student Voices Concern, Interns
GCC interns Lu (left) and Elizabeth (right) with Concern's Education Officer
Concern Worldwide US is a small office. It’s no more than 30 people spread out over the 19th floor of a midtown Manhattan office. The fact that Concern managed to have seven interns over the course of this summer is amazing.
Now that the summer is winding down and soon all the interns will go back to their studies, we thought it would be nice to introduce everyone and salute their efforts before they all leave. So here they are, Concern’s 2011 interns:
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Jul 29
Melissa BeanPoverty, Student Voices Concern, Top Ten
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.
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Jul 15
Elizabeth StoltzHunger, Maternal & Child Health Concern, Niger, Nutrition, Plumpy'nut
Staff at the outpatient therapeutic care center (OTP) supported by Concern Worldwide. Here the child is monitored once a week and the parent is given a supply of Plumpy'nut to bring home and feed the child. Photo: Concern Worldwide
Imagine that you’re a mother or father living in Niger. Drought devastated your village and you’ve been unable to harvest enough food to feed your family. You can’t even remember the last time you or your children didn’t go to bed hungry. You know that your two-year-old daughter isn’t getting enough to eat and you can see the brightness from her eyes is gone. You know she needs treatment, but the closest feeding center is miles and miles away.
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