Extreme Poverty

The Ripple Effect of COVID-19 on the Poorest For Sokina Begum, a young mom in rural Bangladesh, it’s not the threat of a deadly virus that keeps her

One year ago, World Concern staff were evacuated from Wau, South Sudan, when armed conflict broke out in the area where we're working. Although our

With all that’s happening across our world, we wanted to take a moment and thank you for all that you’re doing. The work of World Concern happens

Updated November 1, 2017 A small bag of flour. A two-liter bottle of soda. A pair of work boots. Little Nala. Each of these weigh 5 pounds. A child

What does it take to become the top fundraiser for the World Concern Free Them 5k for four consecutive years? Mark LeMaster recently described the

It’s been a year since the earth shook in Nepal. A little before noon on Saturday, April 25, a huge chunk of rock sitting miles below the busy

It’s a rainy Friday afternoon in Myanmar’s Shan State and some 50 concerned villagers, who represent six different villages in the region, have come

After living in Haiti for two years where I worked with World Concern, I returned to the U.S. a couple weeks ago. Aside from getting used to much

In December 2013, the world’s newest nation, only two years into a season without war, plunged back into crisis-mode. Though the explanation for this