More emergency aid and support from the Danish Refugee Council is on the way to Dadaab. It is new funds from the UNHCR enabling an increase of efforts in the world's largest refugee camp.

The Danish Refugee Council is not only the largest Danish relief organisation in the Horn of Africa, but also a Danish aid agency with many years of experience in the Dadaab camps in Kenya.

Both Danish and international donors and governments have in connection with the current humanitarian crisis increasingly channeled economic aid to the Horn of Africa through the Danish Refugee Council. UNHCR has recently allocated additional funds that along with the Danish Refugee Council's own means allow for strengthened assistance in the world's largest refugee camp, Dadaab.

Working extensively in the Dadaab camps since 2005, the Danish Refugee Council is one of the aid agencies who enjoy widespread international respect and recognition for its longstanding work. With renewed financial support from the UN, the Danish Refugee Council as the largest Danish aid organisation in the Horn of Africa reinforces ongoing relief efforts.

- Our vast experience in the Dadaab camps is crucial when it comes to mobilizing and providing assistance to refugees in the complicated camp structures. With the Danish Refugee Council having been in Dadaab since 2005, we can now play a key role when it comes to providing assistance to the many new refugees arriving every day, says Peter Klansoe, regional director for the Danish Refugee Council Horn of Africa & Yemen.

The Danish Refugee Council is coordinating relief and development efforts in the Horn of Africa & Yemen from the regional office in Kenya's capital Nairobi. Being situated there, the Danish Refugee Council is able to provide fast and efficient emergency aid reaching out to hundreds of thousands of victims of drought and conflict.

Today, Dadaab is the world's largest refugee camp with an estimated up to 500,000 people residing there, mainly from Somalia. The camp is located in northeastern Kenya on the border to civil war and drought-ridden Somalia, where the Danish Refugee Council provides additional massive relief efforts. 

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