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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We protect displaced people and support them as they build a new future.
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We protect displaced people and support them as they build a new future. We started our relief efforts after World War Two. Today, we work in both new and protracted crises across 35 countries.
- - Burkina Faso
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Djibouti
  - DR Congo
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Kenya
  - Libya
  - Mali
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Somalia
  - South Sudan
  - Sudan
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - El Salvador
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Mexico
  - Panama
  - Venezuela
- - Ukraine
- - Iran
  - Iraq
  - Jordan
  - Lebanon
  - Palestine
  - Syria
  - Yemen
NRC works to protect the rights of displaced and vulnerable persons during crisis. We specialise in six areas: food security, education, shelter, legal assistance, camp management, and water, sanitation and hygiene.
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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. NORCAP is a part of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize 2022 Recipient

NRC awarded 2022 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize

We are delighted to be awarded the 2022 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize – the world’s largest annual humanitarian award presented to a non-profit organisation.

Latest news

One millionth person displaced by Somalia drought

11. Aug 2022 - Somalia

One year since Taliban takeover, Afghan people are paying the highest price for peace

11. Aug 2022 - Afghanistan

Gaza: NRC calls for international investigation into killing of three children supported by its trauma care programme

10. Aug 2022 - Israel|Palestine

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Longreads

Afghanistan: Paying the price of peace

Afghanistan: Paying the price of peace

15. Aug 2022 - Feature

A bright future beckons

01. Aug 2022 - Perspective

No more fetching water for Amal

27. Jul 2022 - Perspective

NRC's response to the Ukraine crisis

NRC is now scaling up efforts inside Ukraine and in neighbouring countries to provide aid to people forced to flee.

Livelihoods and food security

Information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA)

Shelter and settlements

Buy gifts that save lives

Blankets

It hurts to freeze. Give a family protection against the icy cold.

Stove

Winter cold kills. Give a gift that saves lives.

Protection for girls

Girls who have been forced to flee their homes are among the most vulnerable.

School books

For children who have experienced conflict and crisis, going to school provides a sense of security and hope for the future.

More gifts that save lives

Opinions

Displaced families in Plaine Savo camp, DR Congo.

Don't let Ukraine war eclipse other humanitarian crises

People filling water cans.

The ‘Ukraine effect’ on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable

11. Apr 2022 - Global

An Afghan woman with three of her children sitting in front of their tented shelter. The mother and the daughter are looking at something to their left, while the two sons are looking into the camera.

Afghanistan is facing a total economic meltdown

19. Oct 2021 - Afghanistan

NORCAP: Global provider of expertise

NORCAP expert Sabine Nana follows up with Sauiana, a local nurse she has trained to be a midwife. They also held a session for women on contraception – including birth control pills and condoms.

UNFPA with support from NORCAP expert, Sabine Nana, has set up tents for sexual and reproductive health programs at the health facility in Macharote, which is one of many in the area destroyed during Cyclone Idai.

Photo: NORCAP/Oda Lykke Mortensen

Who we are

The community is also helping with data collection. Here is NORCAP expert Bintou Diallo with local community representatives putting in place a rainwater-measuring device. This enables the community to track rainfall and report to the National Meteorology Office. (Photo: NORCAP/Mina Weydahl)

Partnerships

Mohammed Arouki is seconded from NORCAP to support UN´s response to the crisis in Greece. Here he is distributing food to refugees who have just arrived in Chios together with Nicholas Panteloukas from NRC. Photo: Tiril Skarstein, NRC

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