About Concern Worldwide Concern Worldwide is an international non-governmental humanitarian organization dedicated to alleviating human suffering and eliminating extreme poverty in the world’s most vulnerable nations. Operating in Afghanistan since 1998—initially responding to the catastrophic earthquake in Takhar province—Concern delivers both immediate emergency assistance and long-term development programs. Its core interventions across Takhar and Badakhshan provinces focus on livelihood security, primary education, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services.