# Concern expects close to €60 million income in 2005

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/01/17/concern-expects-close-e60-million-income-2005/
- Published: 2006-01-17T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**As 2005 ended Concern Chief Executive Tom Arnold has expressed his gratitude to
the Irish public for their generosity in a year which has seen some of the worst
humanitarian disasters of modern times. The response in Ireland to Concern appeals
will total nearly €60 million.**

Beginning with the tsunami in South East Asia, followed by a food crisis in Sub 
Saharan Africa and then a devastating earthquake in Pakistan the world has been 
confronted with one humanitarian crisis after another.

I would like to thank all Concern supporters for their remarkable generosity during
2005 which was a year of unprecedented challenge for the organization with the number
of disasters which occurred, said Mr Arnold.

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By the end of November fundraising from the Irish public had exceeded all forecasts.
Due to the incredible public response to Concern appeals a figure in the region 
of €57.5 million is expected to have been raised by the end of 2005.

In the aftermath of the devastating tsunami in South East Asia the Irish public 
gave Concern well over €6 million, before Ireland’s leading aid agency stopped accepting
donations.

With government contributions on top of the money raised from the public Concern
have been able to spend nearly €13 million in the tsunami affected areas and still
have that amount left for the vast amount of work that still needs to be done over
the coming years.

Concern raised €6.2 million for the food crisis in Sub Saharan Africa in August 
and September while over €5 million was donated for the earthquake in Pakistan.

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