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This podcast series looks back at a fascinating moment in Irish history when the people of Ireland were moved to help save the lives of people they'd never met and developed a kinship with a...

Episodes

17 episodes

Special episode: Highlights from Season 1 of Pod Worldwide

In this special episode of Pod Worldwide we bring you some of the highlights from season 1 including: How a motor bike helps reach remote co...

24:18Sep 18, 2024

12. Ibe Sesay in Sierra Leone, Concern's investigation's team & 55 years of Emergency Responses

In the final episode of Pod Worldwide for this season: We travel to Sierra Leone with Ibe Sesay as he visits Concern’s programmes around the...

20:05Jul 25, 2024

11. Parent groups in Ethiopia, and Gender Equality in Central African Republic

Episode 11 of Pod Worldwide hears from Ethiopia, and how mother and father groups are helping reduce child malnutrition. We find out what it...

25:39Jun 21, 2024

10. Starting a Humanitarian Response in Yemen, & Give Peace A Chance; How a John & Yoko Anthem is Supporting Concern's Work

In Episode 10 of Pod Worldwide: We hear from the newest country Concern has started working in – Yemen. We find out what item ensures that c...

25:28May 9, 2024

9. Thirteen years of conflict in Syria; Finding Jobs as a Young Person in Somalia

In this episode we hear from Syria as the conflict there enters its 14th year. The image, and story behind it, that gives photographer, Must...

22:30Apr 5, 2024

8. Ukraine Marks Two Years of Conflict & The Power of a Photograph

In this episode we hear from Ukraine, as it marks two years since the escalation of the conflict; what daily life is like and hopes for the...

22:16Feb 29, 2024

7. Life in Chad for Sudanese Refugees & Busting Some Myths in Concern's Comment Section

In this episode, we hear from Chad, where more than half a million people from Sudan have fled since the outbreak of the conflict there in A...

22:46Jan 31, 2024

6. Why be a Concern street fundraiser? Getting unstuck in Kenya, and on tour with Hozier

In the latest episode, we take to the streets of Dublin with Concern's street fundraisers ahead of Christmas, to hear what it's like to appr...

20:08Dec 18, 2023

5. Tackling a Changing Climate: Flood Warnings in Bangladesh, and Concern’s Youth Climate ambassador

With COP 28 at the end of November – the United Nations’ annual climate change conference - climate is the focus of much of episode 5. We le...

20:30Nov 2, 2023

4. Daily life in Haiti; the good & the bad, and travelling in Sierra Leone

In episode 4 of Pod Worldwide, we hear from Haiti, the challenges it is facing after 8 months of violence and the people affected. We go to...

19:32Sep 21, 2023

3. Türkiye and Syria Earthquakes - Six Months On

In episode 3 of Pod Worldwide, we hear from Türkiye, six months on from the devastating earthquakes, and learn how art is helping children t...

24:03Aug 17, 2023

2. All Things Football; the power it has for change

It's all football, football, football for episode two of Pod Worldwide in honour of the Women’s World Cup kicking off in Australia and New Z...

21:02Jul 19, 2023

1. Cooking in Malawi, Sudan update and debating!

Curious about the world and want to find out what's happening in countries that don't make the news? In this our first episode, we’ll hear h...

18:58Jun 15, 2023

Turkana: A documentary from Concern

Travelling to a remote part of northern Kenya, this special one-off programme features the incredible stories of three remarkable women conf...

24:44Sep 19, 2019

S.O.S Episode 3: We bought a ship

As the Joint Biafran Appeal is going from strength to strength in Ireland, a brave young teenager joins the aid effort and embarks on an unf...

30:39Sep 28, 2018

S.O.S Episode 2: Providence

This episode introduces the story of two people in Ireland who mobilised a nation to help save lives of people in Biafra, sparking an inter-...

28:59Sep 28, 2018

S.O.S Episode 1: A War and a Press Conference

‘S.O.S: How Ireland helped a nation’ podcast is a series by Concern Worldwide. It documents the war in Biafra in 1967 and the events which l...

30:46Sep 27, 2018