The NRC at a glance

«NRC is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation which provides assistance, protection and durable solutions to refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide.»

What is NRC? 

NRC promotes and protects the rights of refugees and people who have been displaced within their own country. We take action during situtations of armed conflict, and engage in other contextes where our competences will add value.

The majority of our more than 4700 staff members are national employees in NRC’s projects in around 25 countries worldwide. All our projects are supervised by the NRC Head Office in Oslo.

NRC was established in 1946 under the name Aid to Europe, to assist refugees in Europe after World War II. Today NRC is organised as an independent, private foundation. We cooperate closely with the UN and other humanitarian organisations, around the world as well as in Norway.

NRC has operated in Lebanon since September 2006, pot the July War and gave assistant sicne then to Lebanese returnees, Palestinian refugees in camps and gatherings, Iraqi refugees, and Syrians.

Current areas of opearion: South, North and Bekaa.

Main Office is located in Ain Mreisseh, Beirut.

What does NRC do?

Programme Activities:

NRC’s main activity is the deliverance of humanitarian aid through programme activities in the field. NRC specialises in five programme areas, or core competences - Shelter, Food Security, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Education, and Information Counselling and Legal Aid (ICLA). The core competences are adaptive to different contexts and mutually reinforcing.