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A Glimmer of Hope (20.01.12)

From Ethiopia

Following the launching of DRC’s solar electrification project for Somali refugees in Eastern Ethiopia Refugee Camps, 35 Barefoot -Solar engineers graduated after a one month training organized by...

Finding solace and opportunities in poultry keeping (29.12.11)

East and Central Africa

Groups of resource poor men and women enter the DRC poultry keeping project in West Darfur – and exits with the power to fend for their families once again.

Women's Empowerment and Protection Project in Syria (22.12.11)

From Syria

Empowering women case by case seems to be the recipe for the success of the Women's Empowerment and Protection Project in Syria – a partnership between The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and UNRWA,...

16 Days of Activism at Little Wlebo Refugee Camp (12.12.11)

From Liberia

16 Days of activism at Little Wlebo Camp commenced with a full day celebratory programme hosted by DRC. Over 500 refugees participated in the day and attendees included Government agencies, INGO’S,...

A Carpenter’s Tale (01.11.11)

From Azerbaijan

DRC has been working in Azerbaijan since 1996, principally supporting the livelihoods of IDPs and refugees. One of the many ways DRC currently does this is by working with Small and Medium...

Growing up in Gali (19.10.11)

From Georgia

DRC has been working in Abkhazia since 2005, primarily providing shelter rehabilitation and livelihood support. In 2008, DRC began to work in the education sector, and now runs a School Drop-out...

Meeting a host family – the story of Aisha Ahmed (23.09.11)

From Ethiopia

From August 2010 until May 2011 Anja Simonsen worked as in intern for the Danish Refugee Council in the Somali region in Ethiopia. During this period she visited communities hosting Somali refugees....

Durable Solutions for the Long-Term Displaced (05.09.11)

From Georgia

The history of the South Caucasus region, home to Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, is long and bloody. As the Soviet Union fell apart in the early 1990s, nasty wars erupted in and around Abkhazia,...

20 cents a day (19.07.11)

From Somalia

Every day, the Danish Refugee Council distributes 100,000 meals in soup kitchens in Mogadishu. It costs about 20 cents a day to provide food for one person, which is not much – the number of people...

License to design (11.07.11)

From Somalia

Help us develop a weapon lock for the AK-47, the most common weapon in the world! Tasked by the Danish Refugee Council's demining unit, an industrial designer began work. Sylvia Holthen came up with...