Grants and Contributions

With GAC’s support, Concern Worldwide is providing WASH and nutrition assistance for up to 129,000 displaced and conflict-affected people in Unity State.

February 2021 - Prior to the outbreak of conflict in the Tigray region in late 2020, Ethiopia was already facing ongoing acute humanitarian need, arising from sporadic but widespread intercommunal conflict, regional drought and flooding, swarms of desert locusts, the economic pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of hosting nearly 800,000 refugees throughout the country. Together, these crises have led to widespread food insecurity, high levels of acute malnutrition, and significant population displacement. Although ongoing fighting and other access restrictions have hindered full needs assessments in Tigray, an estimated 29 million people in Ethiopia are likely to require humanitarian assistance in 2021.

With GAC’s support, Concern is identifying and treating acute malnutrition amongst under-five children and pregnant and lactating women in the South Sudanese refugee population living in Ethiopia’s Gambella region. Project activities include: (1) conducting ongoing surveillance to identify acute malnutrition; (2) providing supplementary and therapeutic feeding to treat acute malnutrition; and, (3) providing training and support to improve dietary diversity amongst South Sudanese refugees in Gambella.

In recent years, the growing number of space debris, more generally resident space objects (RSO), have become a significant concern worldwide.

The goal of the project is to extend the current nanosatellite star tracker (ST) capabilities for space-based space surveillance and demonstrate a novel approach to RSO identification and tracking.

With GAC’s support, Concern Worldwide is providing emergency water, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition assistance for up to 132,985 displaced and conflict-affected people in Unity Equatoria state.

March 2020 – Ongoing drought and population displacement caused by intercommunal conflict since late 2017 have left at least 8.4 million Ethiopians in need of humanitarian assistance, including emergency food rations, treatment for acute malnutrition and other healthcare services, and safe water and sanitation services. Additionally, some 700,000 refugees, from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and Sudan, are now living within Ethiopia’s borders and remain reliant on international assistance to meet their basic needs.

With GAC’s support, Concern is providing treatment to address acute malnutrition for 20,000 South Sudanese refugees living in Ethiopia’s Gambella region. Project activities include therapeutic and preventative interventions to lower the rates of moderate and severe acute malnutrition.

With GAC’s support, Concern Worldwide is providing emergency water, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition assistance for up to 113,366 displaced and conflict-affected people in Unity and Central Equatoria states of South Sudan.

With GAC’s support, Concern Worldwide is providing nutritional assistance to an estimated 19,500 South Sudanese refugees and host communities in the Gambella region of Ethiopia.

March 2018 - An estimated 7 million people across South Sudan are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection across the country as a result of armed conflict, food insecurity, malnutrition, economic decline and disease. Approximately 1.9 million people are internally displaced within South Sudan and over 2.4 million South Sudanese have sought protection in neighbouring countries. An estimated 5.1 million people are currently severely food insecure, with malnutrition rates over emergency thresholds. Outbreaks of communicable diseases have strained an already overwhelmed health system. Humanitarian access remains restricted in many conflict areas and large numbers of people are accessible only by air drops.

With GAC’s support, Concern is providing emergency water, sanitation, hygiene, nutrition and livelihoods services for up to 91,438 displaced and conflict-affected people in Unity and Central Equatoria states. Project activities include: (1) Rehabilitating and protecting 17 boreholes equipped with hand pumps in Rubkona and Guit counties for up to 57,000 people; (2) Constructing 79 communal latrines, 40 latrines for people with disabilities and 200 handwashing stations benefiting up to 33,377 people; (3) Delivering outpatient therapeutic programs, targeted supplementary feeding programs and infant and young child feeding services for 16,323 children and 3,750 pregnant and lactating women; and (4) Training 540 mother-to-mother support group members in community gardening.