Dominic MacSorley

Concern Humanitarian Ambassador, volunteer, Country Director, CEO & now Ambassador, privileged to work with this Irish rooted humanitarian aid organisation

[Dominic MacSorley @aidwkr]

Appalling attack on Sudan's health facilities in a war that rages on as the world looks elsewhere.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

.@WHO has verified yet another attack on health care in #Sudan. This time, Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur’s capital, Al Deain, was struck, killing at least 64 people, including 13 children, two female nurses, one male doctor, and multiple patients.

As a result of this tragedy, the total number of fatalities linked to attacks on health facilities during Sudan’s war has now surpassed 2000. Over the nearly three-year conflict, WHO has confirmed that 2036 people have been killed in 213 attacks on health care, including Friday night’s strike in Al Deain.

This latest attack also injured 89 people, including eight health staff, and damaged the hospital’s pediatric, maternity, and emergency departments. In total, more than 720 people have been injured in attacks on health care during the war to date.

Beyond the devastating human toll, attacks on health care have immediate and long-term consequences for communities already in desperate need of both emergency and routine medical services.

Al Deain Teaching Hospital is currently non-functional due to the extensive damage caused by the attack, resulting in a critical interruption of essential medical services.

WHO is supporting local health partners to help fill urgent gaps by scaling up capacity at other health facilities. This includes strengthening primary health care services to provide outpatient, pediatric, and obstetric care; increasing capacity to treat the injured; and deploying trauma care supplies and essential medicines.

Enough blood has been spilled. Enough suffering has been inflicted. The time has come to de-escalate the conflict in Sudan and ensure the protection of civilians, health workers, and humanitarians.

Health care should never be a target. Peace is the best medicine.

[Concern Worldwide @Concern]

"The humanitarian needs that this conflict is creating will last long after the last missile is launched and the last bullet is fired . . ."

Concern's Middle East regional director Fiona Gannon writing in today's Irish Daily Mail. ⤵️

[Concern Worldwide @Concern]

Beneath the ruins: resilience and recovery in Izium, #Ukraine

After four years of conflict, find out how Concern and @welthungerhilfe are working with communities near the frontline to rebuild their lives. ⏬

https://t.co/sfDPGbuTWD

[Filippo Grandi @FilippoGrandi]

A few weeks before the end of my UNHCR tenure I am where I started working as a UNHCR field officer 38 years ago — Sudan, which is going through the worst humanitarian and refugee crisis worldwide. Here not only to close a loop but also to call for peace, attention and resources.

[Concern Worldwide @Concern]

Concern’s Hananno project is working to prevent child wasting in young children in the ‘Mandera triangle’ along the Kenya/Somalia/Ethiopia border.

Funded by @Irish_Aid and working with strong local partners, it is making a real impact.

This panel discussion on Kenya’s NTV provides an update on the ambitious programme and how it is progressing. Read more about the programme here https://t.co/7lL2nItLSd

[Concern Worldwide @Concern]

Children cool off under a water pump in their village.

When floods contaminate water sources like this one, diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera, and typhoid surge. During flooding in 2022, daily cases of diarrhoea in Sindh Province peaked at 90,000.

Concern Worldwide, as part of the @ZCRAlliance, supports communities in Sindh Province to prepare for, and recover from, extreme weather events.

We work with communities to strengthen Early Warning Systems, and foster disaster preparedness at a grassroots level.

Read more ➡️https://t.co/E2QtRzzKP1

📸 Arif Shad

[Ireland at UN @IrishMissionUN]

Today marks 25 years of 'Arrival', the national gift of Ireland to UN Headquarters.

'Arrival' honours the Irish people who travelled the 🌎 in search of a better life – including many driven to leave by An Gorta Mór, the Great Famine – as well as those nations which welcomed them.

As 🇮🇪 approaches 70 years of UN
Membership, we remain committed to working at @UN for a world where all people can live in dignity and thrive.

[Ciara Begley @CiaraBegley]

Scaling Up Nutrition meeting with the Vice President today to push for a little more work on political will and domestic resource mobilisation in Liberia @Concern glad to represent INGOs. Hopes are high.

[Dominic MacSorley @aidwkr]

We thought situation in Sudan could not get much worse, yet it has

https://t.co/WGdf9PuaAA

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

Des millions de personnes dans l'est de la RDC font face aux déplacements, aux maladies et à la faim.

Merci à la France et au Togo d'avoir organisé une réunion cruciale et pour leur engagement en faveur de la paix dans la région.

Mon discours à la Conference de Paris.

[UN OCHA Sudan @UNOCHA_Sudan]

Nearly 82,000 people have fled El Fasher and surrounding areas since 26 October due to conflict - @IOMSudan

Thousands have arrived in Tawila, where humanitarian teams continue to support, but needs far exceed resources.

🔵We need donors to step up in solidarity.

[Irish Foreign Ministry @dfatirl]

COP30 begins today as world leaders including @MichealMartinTD gather for the Leaders’ Summit. In a time of geopolitical uncertainty, #COP30 is an important moment to bring the world together to face a common threat.

Find out more about Ireland at COP30: https://t.co/0Ly2O2YVOP

[Ciara Begley @CiaraBegley]

Grateful to @Irish_Aid @irlembliberia for the support to @Concern @ACF_France programme working hard to reduce malnutrition and build resilience in rural Liberia.

[Concern Worldwide @Concern]

We're honoured and delighted to have been awarded for our financial reporting at the @CharteredAccIrl Published Accounts Awards last night.

This is the 22nd time in 30 years that Concern has won at the Published Accounts Awards.

👏 Congratulations to all the other nominees and winners.

Pictured are Concern's Nicolas Dupont, Tom Moloney and Barra Ó Fianáil who accepted the award in the category, Not for Profit – Large.

[Dominic MacSorley @aidwkr]

Darfur, Sudan thinking of the @Concern team thst I had the privilege of working with last year, who go out every day with courage & commitment to support their communities in extreme crisis.

[Concern Worldwide Malawi @ConcernMalawi]

@ConcernMalawi held a simulation & drill exercise in Nsanje flood-prone areas, to train communities on search & rescue for quicker & safer flood response.

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

Excellent discussion with Tánaiste @SimonHarrisTD, Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs in Dublin.

We focused on our scaled up humanitarian effort post Gaza ceasefire. Irish generosity is saving lives.

[Concern Worldwide @Concern]

"It is at times when our principles and values are most challenged that we must fight hardest to protect them."

Concern's CEO Dominic Crowley spoke passionately about the importance of tackling gender inequality in our bid to fight extreme poverty at #WomenofConcern25 event this afternoon.

Women right's activist @berabose_ is this year's honouree. She is the founder of LUNA, a women's health platform expanding access to reproductive health across Africa, and the creator of The Circle, a healing and wellness space supporting Rwanda’s post-genocide generation through safe spaces, dialogue, and mental health services.

#WOC25

[Concern Worldwide @Concern]

Would you be able to name the 10 hungriest countries in the world?

The Global Hunger Index 2025 used available data for hunger to analyse hunger levels.

Here are the 10 hungriest countries ⬇️

https://t.co/WMdaMXU4l5

[Dominic MacSorley @aidwkr]

@"As the UN turns 80, there has never been such sustained human suffering played out every day & yet conflict resolution is at its lowest in 50 years."https://t.co/1K5fpPZ4fz on @LinkedIn