A deadly earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan on 31 August 2025, killing more than 2,200 people and destroying or damaging over 6,700 homes. NRC is on the ground to save lives and assist survivors.

A cholera outbreak in the making.

Thirty-two water facilities have been destroyed so far this year, impacting nearly 300,000 people according to a group of 13 national and international organisations providing humanitarian and development assistance in the country. Targeted attacks have ranged from direct hits on water points and water trucks, purposeful contamination of water resources to sabotaging public water network’s generators.

NRC Somalia delivers complete WASH packages in synergy with other essential services. Safe drinking water, sustainable hygiene systems and supplies, and awareness raising are core to our life-saving work and resilience-building efforts.

This report presents the main results of an evaluation of five core competencies of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Norwegian Capacity (NORCAP) commissioned by NORAD.

This summative evaluation of the 2010-2012 ECHO shelter projects in Pakistan captures lessons learned and recommendations for future planning, program design and implementation. It focuses on the provision of shelter, NFI distribution, hygiene promotion and ICLA activities in KP and FATA.

Hassan Dhore, 70, used to spend half a day walking to distant wells to collect water for his family. Now, a new borehole in his village has transformed daily life for him and his neighbours.

Renk County in Upper Nile, South Sudan, is currently grappling with a dire humanitarian crisis.

Methaq, 31, is a father of six. He lives in Al-Rahaba camp for displaced people in Yemen’s Jabal Habashi district, Taiz. Previously, he worked as a shopkeeper in his hometown, but when the conflict reached his village in March 2021, he had no choice but to flee to safety.

Overwhelmed aid agencies in Uganda are armed with insufficient resources to respond to South Sudanese refugees spilling across the border, after renewed violence pushed over 85,000 people into Uganda’s West Nile region since July.