Why not cash?

Cash is humanitarian assistance in the form of cash or vouchers. Distributed to people or communities, this type of aid allows them to acquire the exact food, products and services they need. See how we provide smart aid.

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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

01.06.2017 |

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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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DR Congo | 23. Oct 2017

UN ‘Level 3 emergency’ declared in DR Congo highlights scale of crisis

The United Nations’ activation of its highest level of emergency for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will allow lifesaving resources to be channelled to the under-funded crisis.

Greece | 23. Oct 2017

Greece: Asylum seekers in abysmal conditions on islands

(Athens, October 23, 2017) – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras should end the Greek government’s “containment policy” of confining asylum seekers to the Aegean islands, 19 human rights and humanitarian aid organizations said in an open letter released today.

Global | 20. Oct 2017

Disasters will displace 14 million people every year

Unless we act now, nearly 14 million people will be forced to from flee floods, earthquakes and storms every year in the next two decades, warns a new report on climate change and internal displacement.

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NORCAP: Expert deployment

Hans Christen Knævelsrud working on camp management for UNHCR in Zaatari Camp in Jordan (Photo: NRC/Christian Jepsen)

About NORCAP

NORCAP is the Norwegian Refugee Council’s expert deployment capacity. We aim to improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. We do this by bringing actors together and by sending experts to the UN and to national, regional and international organisations and institutions.

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.