Concern Worldwide Liberia

Concern Worldwide Liberia is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide and supports the Concern network by recruiting staff, supporting program development, creating public awareness of humanitarian issues and financially supporting programs.

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

Concern Worldwide in Liberia—through its work in emergencies and long-term development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering and provided opportunities for a better standard of living for the people of Liberia.

Concern Worldwide first started working in Liberia in 1991, in response to Liberia’s civil conflict. Unfortunately due to the severity of the fighting Concern Worldwide was forced to leave in 1992, but returned again in 1996, continuing to support emergency programmes in Liberia throughout the subsequent conflict and to the present day. During the conflict, Concern Worldwide implemented emergency programmes distributing NFIs in IDP Camps, as well as livelihoods and emergency environmental health, focusing on clean water, sanitation and hygienic practices.

Today, Concern Worldwide is implementing in three counties five-year thematic programme strategies, delivering comprehensive programmes in Grand Bassa, Lofa and Montserrado counties, in the areas of:

Environmental Health (WASH) – focusing on access to safe water and sanitation facilities (e.g. through latrine and water point construction/rehabilitation) and health and hygiene promotion.

Education – focusing on primary education, increasing access to and quality of education, as well as protection and governance within the sector.

Livelihoods – focusing on increasing food security (particularly through increased and diversified agricultural production), income generation activities and adult literacy.

HIV and AIDS – focusing on providing care, treatment, support, and livelihoods opportunities to people living with and/or affected by HIV and AIDS.