Since its foundation in 1968, Concern has gone on to work in over 50 countries, responding to major emergencies and implementing a range of long term development programmes. Today, Concern’s multi-national staff help people to achieve major and long-lasting improvements in their lives. As one of the foundation’s first grantees, HDF funded a primary education support programme in Niger and a substantial rehabilitation project in North West Pakistan following the devastating earthquake in 2005.