NRC

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.
About NRC
Never before have more people been forced to leave their homes and everything they own behind. They need your help.
Support people forced to flee
We started our relief efforts after World War Two. Today, we work in both new and protracted crises across 40 countries, where we help save lives and rebuild futures.
Where we work
- - Burkina Faso
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Djibouti
  - DR Congo
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Kenya
  - Libya
  - Mali
  - Mozambique
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Somalia
  - South Sudan
  - Sudan
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - El Salvador
  - Guatemala
  - Honduras
  - Mexico
  - Panama
  - Venezuela
- - Moldova
  - Poland
  - Romania
  - Ukraine
- - Iran
  - Iraq
  - Jordan
  - Lebanon
  - Palestine
  - Syria
  - Yemen
NRC works to protect the rights of displaced people during crisis. We specialise in six areas: food security, education, shelter, legal assistance, protection from violence, and water, sanitation and hygiene.
How we work
NORCAP works to better protect and empower people affected by crises and climate change. We collaborate with partners on finding solutions to meet the needs of people at risk.
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Burkina Faso is the world’s most neglected crisis

NRC and the IKEA Foundation partner to support forcibly displaced people on the road to self-reliance

30. May 2023 - Kenya|South Sudan

Bangladesh: A downward spiral towards starvation and death

27. May 2023 - Bangladesh

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Jan Egeland in a classroom in Niger. He is asking the students a question and they are raising their hands to answer.

Educating the world’s children of conflict

09. Feb 2023 - Global

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

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Families who have been forced to flee need a home. A place to be safe together that keeps the cold away.

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Displaced children are the most at risk. Give these little ones a better start to life.

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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

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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)

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