70,000 refugees at risk after heavy snow and floods

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NRC's team is on the ground responding to the impact of storm Norma that hit Lebanon this winter. The field staff are distributing hygiene kits that include dshwashing liquid, laundary powder, bleach, toilet brush, sanitary pads, soap, bathing soap, hair shampoo, tooth paste, and tooth brush, that can help refugees cope with the harsh winter conditions.

Photo: Nadine Malli/NRC

Lebanon | 18. Jan 2019

NRC assisted 8,700 across Lebanon

The Norwegian Refugee Council has so far assisted 8,700 Syrian refugees after storm “Norma” and “Miriam” caused damage to informal settlement and substandard shelters in Lebanon.

Afghanistan | 16. Jan 2019

Snow fall brings severe risk to displaced Afghans

This year’s first snow has fallen in the centre and northeastern parts of Afghanistan. More snow and temperatures as low as minus 15 degrees Celsius are expected this weekend posing severe risk to displaced Afghans in makeshift shelters.

Ethiopia | 16. Jan 2019

Teaching science and hope in an Ethiopian refugee camp

GAMBELLA, ETHIOPIA: In a refugee camp hosting more than 85,000 refugees, a young mother of two have paved her way as one of the most popular teachers in the camp.

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Conflict, violence and drought forces millions to flee.

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Hundreds of thousands have fled from violence in Myanmar and Afghanistan

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Refugees are meeting closed doors

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Gul Ghotay and her daughter Naseema and Naseema's friend Latifa in blue.

Gul Ghotay, a widow lives with her two daughters and a son in Feristan IDP settlement. Her husband died five year ago. Her oldest son is separated and living in Herat with his family. Her second son has become an opium addicts and she doesn’t know about his fate anymore. Zalmay, 17, her youngest son and her lost hope has been affected with Tuberculosis TB in the settlement. The family was living in substandard makeshift home in the river bed of Feristan settlement.

Though Zalmay is suffering from Tuberculosis, but he is the only breadwinner for his family of four. He has recently started selling sandwich in the market.

“we weren’t bothered by heat neither were we cold in our village. We are suffering all the time since we have been displaced. My son was healthy and now he coughs for hours or sometimes he brings out all his clothes and the other time he feels cold and asking me to put all the blankets over him. He acts weirdly and sometimes he doesn’t want to eat for days. The doctors say he has to eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and chicken meat, but the problem is that where can I get those all for him?”

“The doctors in Badghis told us to take him to Herat. We didn’t have enough to take him there. So I borrowed 10,000 AFN (Approx. $140) from my brother and took him there. The doctors give him some medicine and asked to visit them frequently. Now I don’t have enough to take him in Herat or buy him medicine."

Zalmay, 17, is infected with tuberculosis in Feristan IDP settlement where he and his family lived for over five months.

“I felt pain in the chest at the beginning and then was coughing. I didn’t tell my mom unless it got worst. I went to doctor and the doctors said I have been infected with tuberculosis. They gave me medicine for two months and asked me to visit them again. There have not been any changes or progress in my health. I still feel pain in my chest and coughing up blood.”
Photo: NRC/Enayatullah Azad

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