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Ten years in Mine Action (17.12.07)

Thousands of people have been able to return home to restart their life, since the Danish Refugee Council started its Mine Action unit, Danish Demining Group (DDG), ten years ago. To day, Mine Action...

Unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Somalia (31.10.07)

International NGOs cannot adequately respond to the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Somalia.

DACAAR employees released (08.10.07)

DACAAR is pleased to announce that two employees held hostage for nine days have been released. The two DACAAR staff members, a driver and a skilled labourer, were kidnapped in Logar province by...

Repatriating to South Sudan (03.10.07)

“We returned voluntarily to settle down and develop…” and that is exactly what Anyasi Kiko is doing. She is now the Chairman of one of the 40 Farmer Field Schools in South Sudan set up by the Danish...

The Internal Displaced People (IDPs) from the Eastern part of Sri Lanka (07.09.07)

Danish Demining Group (DDG) which is a part of the Danish Refugee Council has now completed the mine and UXO clearance of the village of Poonagar, situated in the Eastern district of Trincomalee in...

Program finds opportunity and optimism (31.08.07)

DRCs livelihood support program in Lebanon support refugees through in-kind grants to support family businesses, apprenticeships and vocational training.

Safe drinking water in Afghanistan (22.08.07)

DACAAR provides safe drinking water to 7,000 families in Farah

and Herat provinces.

Rebuilding a community affected by the LRA (14.08.07)

The Danish Refugee Council provide non-food items, shelter, agricultural input and safe water to Southern Sudanese villages that have lost their basic assets for living after being attacked by LRA....

DRC staff member killed in Sri Lanka (23.07.07)

The incident is now being investigated by the local authorities in Jaffna. The victim was 26 year old, working on various humanitarian relief projects in the Jaffna area.  “We are all shocked by...

Back to Liberia (10.07.07)

Peace has come to Liberia after 15 years of civil war. Hundreds of thousands of refugees are returning home to a country destroyed by war. Marie Garteh is one of the returning refugees the Danish...