Giving hope to children

NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD 2017
Zannah Mustapha, the 2017 winner of UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award, has been awarded in recognition of his work for displaced children and widows, whose lives have been upended by the conflict with Boko Haram.

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65.6 million displaced people

For the fifth year in a row, the number of people displaced worldwide due to war and persecution continued to increase from an already historically high level. The number of people forced to flee has increased by more than 50 per cent over the last five years, up from 42.3 million in 2012.

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The world’s most neglected displacement crises

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Every year, NRC presents a list of displacement crises the world has neglected.It is about crises where people have had to flee their homes because of war and persecution, and who do not receive sufficient humanitarian assistance to meet their needs.

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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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Somalia | 25. Sep 2017

A clean marketplace

Pay-as-you-go latrines have carved out a new business model at this busy Mogadishu market.

Sabah 30years old has lost her two children within one week , lack of access and poor living conditions was the hinders behind taking her children to the hospital on time.
During cholera hygiene household promotion campaign NRC hygiene promoter noticed that Sabah’s daughter Afaf was sick and advised her to take her 21month old girl immediately to the nearest clinic, Sabah was not even able to afford transportation, the team sympathy for the case and paid transportation. Unfortunately it was late as the girl died one day later in the hospital. The case was diagnosed as severe acute malnutrition. As a response to the team question about her new born baby who also died a week ago the mother said he was not in a good health condition and for the same reason she could not afford take him to the hospital.
Photo:Nuha Mohammed/ NRC

Yemen | 22. Sep 2017

Failed diplomacy strangles civilians in Yemen

“Privileged neighbours and regional powers bring fuel to the fire, while Yemeni civilians pay the price for the war,” said Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, ahead of a scheduled meeting today at the UN General Assembly to discuss Yemen’s escalating humanitarian crisis.

Every morning and evening, the village community collects clean water from tap stands constructed by NRC.

The humanitarian crisis has worsened in drought-stricken Ethiopia, with almost three million additional people in need of humanitarian aid this year.

8.5 million people are in dire need in Ethiopia due to worsening drought and a deteriorating food security situation, up from 5.6 million in January, according to the United Nations. Despite this, the international aid appeal for the country is only one quarter funded, nine months into the year.

“Civilians living in rural areas in the south and east of the country are the worst affected,” said Gabriella Waaijman, Regional Director of the Norwegian Refugee Council. “The nation is facing its worst drought in decades. 8.5 million men, women and children need immediate food assistance. We are calling on donors to urgently scale up the funding needed to meet the massive needs we are witnessing.”

The periodic heating event El Niño is in its third successive year of wreaking havoc on lives and livelihoods in Ethiopia. This has left the country among the most drought-affected countries of Africa.
Photo: NRC/Meftehe Mekonnen

Ethiopia | 21. Sep 2017

A fresh refill in the morning

In drought-ridden Ethiopia, new water stations are giving families clean water to drink and cook with.

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