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Climate and energy crises

The climate crisis affects vulnerable people’s access to clean energy and requires drastic changes. NORCAP supports communities, organisations and governments in their work to face these challenges.

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Fleeing for their lives in Central America

Butting their heads against walls – visible and invisible.
Migration from Central America to the United States is nothing new. But some of the reasons why people are leaving their homes are relatively new. More and more people are fleeing to find protection. It’s a matter of life and death.

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70.8 million displaced people

19.06.2019 |

Here are the crises that forced the most people to flee in 2018

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The world’s most neglected displacement crises

Every year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes a list of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world. This is the list for 2018.

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Sahel - The world’s most neglected and conflict-ridden region

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The Norwegian Refugee Council is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, where we help save lives and rebuild futures.

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Venezuela | 14. Aug 2019

Global funding appeal offers hope to vulnerable Venezuelans

Millions of vulnerable people in Venezuela could be handed a vital lifeline following today’s launch of the UN Humanitarian Response Plan, which is seeking $223 million to reach 2.6 million people in need. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is urging donor countries to support the appeal and for the Government of Venezuela to grant humanitarian agencies unrestricted access to reach those desperately in need.

Afghanistan | 14. Aug 2019

Displaced Afghans resort to desperate measures as support dwindles

One year after the worst drought on record forced nearly half a million Afghans to leave their homes, many families remain in tents on the outskirts of Herat city. Unable to return home due to ongoing conflict, they struggle to survive as support is cut back

Lebanon | 09. Aug 2019

Calling on Lebanese Authorities to Stop the Demolition of Refugees’ Homes

Joint statement by the Lebanon Humanitarian INGO Forum (LHIF), of which NRC is a member.

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Longreads

Currently, Suleiman works together with other fishermen to provide a living for his family. But it is not easy to find enough work. He has a wife, 7 children and 1 grandchild. He works for a daily fee between 3000 to 5000 Yemeni Riyals, and he needs many things for his family to live as he and his family left everything behind when they fled.

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Yemen

How fishing communities are fighting back

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Europe

Hour of reckoning for European refugee policy

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A sixteen-year-old’s flight from IS-group to Norway

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Honduras

When violence has taken control

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DR Congo

Never too late to learn

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Iraq

Training farmers to tackle environmental challenges

Opinions

Cameroon | 02. Jul 2019

Africa’s next full-blown war can still be averted

Global | 22. Jan 2019

Do not criminalise aid work

Global | 10. Jan 2019

Three crises we cannot ignore in 2019

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NORCAP: Global provider of expertise

Midwife Kristin Næss Andresen and health expert Nada Hamza working together to build capacity on women's and children's health in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh. (Photo: Ingrid Prestetun/NRC)

About NORCAP

NORCAP is a global provider of expertise to the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sectors. We build partnerships with international organisations and national actors to protect lives, rights and livelihoods.

Partners and donors

NORCAP works with partners on national, regional and international levels in order to contribute effectively to humanitarian operations. We provide expertise in various fields to support to a wide range of organisations and countries through the deployment of expert personnel.