DRC has a long history in Eastern Europe beginning in Bosnia in 1992 at the height of the war. DRC was bringing in convoys carrying emergency aid – an effort followed by 18 years of reconstruction, aid to returning refugees and providing support NGO’s and civil society.

DRC Programs has been established in Serbia 1993, Kosovo 1998 and Ukraine in 2007. DRC has responded to the complex and unresolved problem of refugees and internally displaced in the war-torn region through different but at the same time interdependent humanitarian initiatives.

The DRC effort includes emergency aid, reconstruction, logistics support, transport, income generating activities, social rehabilitation of IDPs, returnees and affected populations, legal aid and supporting civil society as well as advocacy promoting the rights of refugees, internally displaced, minority populations and asylum seekers.

Leaving Bosnia in 2009 DRC remains one of the most experienced international humanitarian organizations in the Balkan region.