A woman and her granddaughter are sitting on a rock in front of the church in Ezo, South Sudan, where they sleep at night.
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Når alarmen går
Slik redder vi liv der krigen raser
Håpløse valg i et sønderknust land
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Libanon
Håpløse valg i et sønderknust land
A group of young women smiling and posing for a selfie.
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Sør-Sudan
Unge på nett skaper fred
A young Afghan girl is trying her new winter boots outside her tent. She is wearing red trousers, a skirt and a red knit jacket. The ground is wet and snowy.
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Afghanistan
Farida (3) fikk nye vintersko
A small, grey and white bird in a cage. It is sitting on worn, green stick. The wall behind it is pale red.
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Jordan
Sang fra vinterland
Kraften til å bestemme
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Innovasjon
Kraften til å bestemme
Gjenoppbygger håp i Cox’s Bazar
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Bangladesh
Gjenoppbygger håp i Cox’s Bazar
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Året 2021
Øyeblikk av håp
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Sør-Sudan
Flyktningene som gir tilbake
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Gaver som redder liv
Melat smiler igjen
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Gaver som redder liv
3 grunner til at du skal bry deg
Vann er en gave
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Nigeria
Vann er en gave
Portrait of a woman. She is wearing a pink shawl and a purple jacket.
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Den største gaven
Barnet som skal komme
Nødhjelp for vinteren
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Afghanistan
Nødhjelp for vinteren
Rekordjulehandel kan snus til gode gjerninger
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Den beste gaven er den du gir
Rekordjulehandel kan snus til gode gjerninger
The family that built a farm
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Colombia
Familien som bygde en gård
Interview of psychologist Zemir Popovac about the importance of giving. Photo: Beate Simarud/NRC
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Gavens psykologi
Plutselig er man ikke lenger alene
“I thought that I would come to Jordan for a month, two months...a year or two, but I have stayed here to this day. Now there is no hope of returning to Syria. Our city Homs was badly destroyed, our house was levelled because of the bombing” Muhammad is a Syrian refugee from Homs. He fled Syria in 2012 to Jordan and now lives in Mafraq city in northeastern Jordan. Muhammad never thought that he would be a refugee in Jordan drying bread for a living, which is the only option he now has to provide a simple income for his family. Capture date: 26/09/2021 Photo: Sherbel Dissi/ NRC
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Jordan
– Det vanskeligste var å tilpasse seg
In November 2020 Aklilu packed his bags for a trip from his university in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to meet his family in Humera, a small town nestled in the most northwestern part of the country. Like other soon-to-be college graduates, Aklilu was already job hunting and planning to celebrate. “I’ll see you in five weeks for our graduation ceremony,” Aklilu told his friends. A few days after Aklilu returned to his family home in Humera, mortar-fire ripped through the small town. Conflict started between the federal government of Ethiopia and the Tigrayan Defence Force. Aklilu hurried across the border into Sudan for safety. Today, over 60,000 Ethiopians have poured into Sudan for safety like Aklilu. Aklilu fled into Sudan with nothing and left his education in Ethiopia behind. Once proficient in the backroom politics of Chelsea football club and a top structural engineering student, Aklilu kicks dirt and waits for updates about the war in Ethiopia. He wonders if the past five years of college education have been for nothing. “We never expected this could happen. I had heard there were issues, but to me they were just politics. I never knew things could become this bad,” Aklilu says. When Aklilu arrived at the Um Rakuba refugee camp he lived with his mother, brother, grandmother, aunt, uncle and cousins under a blue tarp that hung over bundled-together wood. A latrine was nearby and the smell overtook the morning coffee his grandmother made. A few weeks later, his family relocated to another space and were given a white tent with a gracious opening in the front and back. But in the rainy season the tent became a parachute. Aklilu and other refugees became bleary eyed by holding the tent down each night to stave off the winds. “When I was in Ethiopia, I loved the rainy season. You can’t do anything but sit and watch the rain come down. That was my favourite moment,” says Aklilu. Around 1,655 other university students feel abandoned in the refugee camps like Aklilu. In Umm Rakuba there are 76 university students who have formed a group, called the Tigrayan Refugees University Students in Sudan Association, or TRUSS. The association’s document lay out why their future is in doubt. “Going back is like choosing death,” one letter the association wrote to a visitor says. “Universities in Tigray are highly damaged and destroyed…universities outside of Tigray are giving services at this time but most Tigrayan University students are afraid to go there because of their identity." Youth like Aklilu cannot back home to continue their education in the universities of Ethiopia in fear of the violence and discrimination they might encounter for being Tigrayans. “A result of the conflict in Ethiopia is that some of the brightest minds in the country are confined to refugee camps in Sudan,” said Will Carter, Sudan Country Director at the Norwegian Refugee Council. “If these students are given a chance somewhere, they’d be a spark for whomever accepts them.” But TRUSS students want more than acceptance into a University — they want a university to recognize their past work. Many hurdles stand in the way of Aklilu getting his degree. When the violence started, many like Aklilu fled and left behind most of their valuables, including their civil documents, identity cards, and education records. As result, they are now unable to provide proof for who they are or how far along they got in university. Also, in a camp where the scarce amount of money they have is barely enough for food, the students cannot afford paying for registration, books, transportation, and accommodation. The only solution would be a full-board scholarship. Recently, Aklilu has been exploring going to a university in Ghana under a scholarship. However, this scholarship likely means that students lose the progress they have made in university and start from scratch. Aklilu, like the other senior students in the camp, is frustrated that he probably has to spend another five years studying for a Civil Engineering Degree he was only five weeks away from receiving. “We are waiting for the opportunity for a university that will accept to acknowledge the credit we have from the university back home. If we accept to start over, we will be 30 years old by the time we graduate. We might not find a job for a long time over. We will be wasting a lot of time in our life,” says Aklilu.On a Friday morning, members of the association gather in a communal tent for their weekly meeting. They have organized themselves into committees and are planning their week ahead. One group will fundraise among other refugees to help an isolated elderly woman in the camp; another one will meet other students and youth in the camp to connect them with NGOs. While they wait for education, the students in TRUSS and other youth act like community mobilizers. Truss has been helping organizations like NRC to re-build shelters, organize cash distributions, facilitate children registration in school, as well as raising community issues. They receive stipends from organizations, which help them support their families. “I liked watching movies and series back home, but I like it even more now because there’s nothing much else to do,” says Bisrat, one of Aklilu’s close friends, who now works for NRC. The students feel trapped in part because they are. The 2014 Asylum Act gives refugees the right to move and seek an education, but in reality, they are contained to the camp. The encampment policy enforced for refugees prevents all the residents to leave the site, cutting them access to jobs and markets and curtailing their freedom of movement. “Tigrayan refugees cannot leave the camp unless they acquire a permit from authorities for worthy reasons, linked to education, health, or jobs. Unfortunately, these permits are very hard to get – it becomes a vicious circle. They can’t get many opportunities to leave the camp, if they can’t leave the camp to look for them,” says Silvia Beccacece, former NRC Gadarif Area Manager. Kids in the camp get access to education but are not much better off. Thanks to help from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affair, NRC was one of the first organizations to respond to learning needs in Umm Rakuba. Since then, NRC has been able to expand the quality and durability of the schools with the help of Education Cannot Wait. Around 2,050 children, aged between 6 and 14, go to the four schools NRC has built in different areas of the camp. Resources remain limited. The only textbooks available were ferried across from Ethiopia, and the children attend their classes by sitting on the floors of sand. Still, students are grateful for what they receive. Nati Teame, 10, is one of NRC’s schoolchildren in the Um Rakuba camp. “I wake up in the morning and pass the time until it’s time for school. I’ve never been late,” Nati said. “My parents never got the chance to be educated, and I don’t want the same thing to happen to me.” Photo: Ingrid/Prestetun
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Sudan
– Den største gaven er å ha vennene mine rundt meg
Edge of the Valley
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En film fra Flyktninghjelpen:
Edge of the Valley
10 ting du bør vite om fordrivelsene i Øst-Jerusalem
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Palestina/Øst-Jerusalem
10 ting du bør vite om fordrivelsene i Øst-Jerusalem
A man playing with his three-year-old daughter by throwing her up in the air.
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Palestina
Å være pappa i konflikten som aldri tar slutt
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Slik blir barn på flukt diskriminert i Libanon
Uønsket
Handlet da de med minst trengte det mest
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Handlet da de med minst trengte det mest
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Verdens lærerdag
Et fristed fra krigens mareritt
Flyktninghjelpen blir grønnere
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Flyktninghjelpen blir grønnere
Nuela stands outside of her home in Boali, Central African Republic. Nuela Ngaiboma is a 29 year old woman originally from Birlo village in Central African Republic. During CAR’s post electoral violence in December 2020, armed groups attacked Nuela’s village, Birlo. She fled and after an arduous journey she made it to Boali to stay with her aunt. In Boali, she received cash assistance from NRC to get back on her feet. She lives with her three childre, (two sons and a daughter) and sells food outside her house in Boali. “When I was in the fields, I saw many people had started to run. When I asked why they were running, they said an armed group had entered the village and they had taken control of the village. I asked those running if they had seen my children. They said they had just fled as quick as they could. I had no choice but to go back and try to find my children. They tried to stop me from going to the village saying it was too dangerous. I told them I can’t abandon my children, and that I’m going to look for them so we can all stay together in the bush. When I returned to the village, I saw the armed men had taken the village. I heard gunshots coming from all directions. There were no villagers anywhere, there were not even any animals. I found my children and I ran with them to the bush until I reached the edge of a stream. When my aunt here in Boali learned about the attack, She called me and told me to come to Boali with a taxi-moto. I told her that there were no taxi-motos anywhere. How am I going to make it all the way to Boali? So my aunt asked some young people from Boali, to come to try to find me. They crossed through the bush on foot and they found me. It was around 9am when they found me and so we crossed through the bush together. It was around 4pm when we arrived here in Boali. As soon as my aunt saw me, she started to cry. She asked me to stay here and that’s why I’m here to this day. While I was here, NRC came here. They provided me with around $90 in cash in assistance. This helped to reduce my hardship here a little. One of my challenges right now is that my children are not going to school. They’re staying at home because their school is too dangerous. The children can’t go there because the school is surrounded by mines. I have many problems and I’m living in fear. I want there to be peace so my children can continue to go to school. I have so many worries on my mind. Because I am afraid. I am worried that what I just experienced might happen all over again. I just want peace for my country. So that we can work in our fields, go about our business, and see our children go to school while we live in peace. Then we will move past the memories of conflict and live in peace.” Nuela Ngaiboma, 29. Photo: Itunu Kuku/NRC Date: 13 July 2021
Perspektiv
Den sentralafrikanske republikk
Nuelas mareritt
– Jeg er sulten
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Afghanistan
– Jeg er sulten
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Vannkrise i Syria
– Mennesker, dyr og natur - vi er alle avhengige av vann for å leve
Når elever, lærere og skoler blir angrepsmål
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Angrep på skoler
Når elever, lærere og skoler blir angrepsmål
– Humanitær katastrofe truer
Perspektiv
Afghanistan
– Humanitær katastrofe truer
DO NOT USE (embargoed by head office) Photo: Daniel Wheeler/NRC Description: Ala (22) poses for a portrait. Factual information First name: Ala Age: 22 Current location: Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan From: Daraa, Syria. Fled to Jordan in 2012 Occupation: Seamstress at NRC’s youth programme. NRC beneficiary: Yes, Ala received seamstress training as part of NRC’s youth training programme and now works as a seamstress as part of the programme. Interview Ala’s words “I fled Syria in 2012 because of the heavy fighting. I left on foot at 10pm and arrived at the Jordanian border at 6am the next morning. We travelled at night because we were terrified of being attached on the way. There was around 100 of us and many people were injured. When we arrived at the border and were met by the army (Jordanian Army) I felt like a drowning person that had been saved. I felt on edge the entire journey and now I had soldiers telling me ‘You are safe now’, it was all so overwhelming. I live with my five sisters and five brothers. I am the eldest, so I feel responsible for them, and I looked after them during coronavirus. I found out about NRC’s youth programme after doing a four-month sewing scholarship with a different organisation. I became very passionate about sewing so I wanted to continue my training and the programme at NRC seemed perfect. When I started on the programme, I realised that I still had so much to learn, and it was very intensive but rewarding. The programme is delivered in three phases, with the first stages being training and the third phase being an employment opportunity. I live on the other side of the camp and walk an hour each day to get to the centre. It’s a long walk in the desert heat but it’s so worth it. An average day for me is waking up at 6am and after getting ready, I walk to the centre and we started work at 8:30am. At 12:30am we have a lunch break and then we work until 3pm. After I walk back home, I usually have a nap because the work is tiring but very rewarding. When asked what the programme means to her, she replies with: “This opportunity that NRC has given me has provided me with financial independence and an opportunity for success in my life. My father is so proud of me and that is very important to me.” When asked what she wants to do in the future, she says: “In the future, I want to open my own sewing centre for women which has integrity and quality – just like NRC.”
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Jordan
Alas pågangsmot gir resultater
Skolestart
Slik skaper vi morgendagens ledere
Lærerens livsviktige jobb: Gir trygghet i kaoset
Skolestart
Lærerens livsviktige jobb: Gir trygghet i kaoset
Skolestart
Skolebarn med krigstraumer
Alltid redd for at det fæle skal skje igjen
Barna er krigens største ofre
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Afghanistan
Barna er krigens største ofre
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