Current affairs

Removing explosive remnants of war in Ukraine

Accidents caused by unexploded ordnances have been frequent in east Ukraine since 2014 when the conflict in areas along the border with Russian Federation started, and since when DRC has worked with humanitarian mine action in the Donbas region and beyond.

Plastic pays

Refugees can make a living out of plastic collection in Nairobi.

Ongoing displacements in Myanmar

In Myanmar, civilians continue to bear the brunt of armed conflict, which has been escalating in several areas over the last few months.

Joint Statement: NGOs Call for Urgent Funding Surge as Somalia is Expected to Face Famine

Horn of Africa: DRC Drought Response Appeal

DRC will save lives and alleviate immediate suffering for the most vulnerable and hard-to-reach drought-impacted communities in the Horn of Africa.

Crossing Afghanistan’s Border to Survive: The Story of Nargina

A year after the Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021, millions of people in Afghanistan are living in situations of protracted displacement. Read the story of Nargina and her family who, like many others, attempted to flee to Turkey but were met instead with violence and human rights violations.

Return to Ukraine and back in the warzone

In the crowd of people gathered in the high ceiling waiting room at the first floor of Lviv Railway Station is a small elderly lady trying to find her way to the queue in front of the Ukraposhta (national post service) counter. Her name is Maria*, an 81-year-old Ukrainian woman from east Ukraine, looking for help.

Growing needs for protection and shelter in Ukraine

Vsevolod Borovets – or Seva as he is called by friends and colleagues – is a young doctor from Ukraine who has recently joined DRC. He is now part of a DRC Protection team that offers services and guidance to people displaced by the ongoing crisis.

War in Ukraine – six months on

On 24 August 2022, Ukraine marks a tragic milestone with active fighting in the country continuing to cause large-scale displacement and a humanitarian crisis in the heart of Europe and as needs for urgent help is growing by the day.

Local charity assembles aid kits to civilians caught in Ukraine conflict

'We are lucky to be alive'

A Ukranian family of four tells a story of miraculously surviving a string of accidents during March 2022 – right after the Russian Federation offensive was launched on 24 February. Back in Chernihiv, where their hometown is located, DRC meets them at what they describe as a site marked by great misfortune and incredible luck.

DRC street lawyers offer legal aid at shelters for displaced in Ukraine

Abandoned dormitory transforms into emergency shelter

The Soviet-era dormitory building looks empty, just until the door opens and a couple of children appear in the doorway and run out to play in the empty parking lot outside. They are far from where they origin in east Ukraine, but the dormitory is their shelter and home for now.

Fleeing into the woods

Escaping areas hit by intense shelling for months in eastern Ukraine, 20 people find interim homes and peace of mind in a national park in western Ukraine where foresters are working to turn all extra space into desperately needed shelter for displaced.

DRC launches new efforts to address climate related displacement

What is the link between climate change and displacement of people? How do effects related to climate change affect vulnerable population and force them to flee their homes? These were some of the questions debated during the recent Climate Social Camp in Italy.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Cookies for peace

Children in Bosnia and Herzegovina raise nearly 1,000 Euros for DRC to help Ukrainian and other refugee children.

Humanitarian Mine Action: DRC aid workers trained in Denmark

New threats from types of munitions never seen before and in numbers increasing by the day are among the challenges that bring humanitarian mine action delegates from all over the world’s current and post-conflict zones to Skive in western Denmark.

DRC supports drought stricken families in Ethiopia through cash support

The Danish Refugee Council in Ethiopia is scaling up its response to the ongoing drought, particularly in the Somali Region.

Joint Statement

Ahead of the end of the current UN-led truce agreement on 2 August 2022, humanitarian organisations in Yemen urge all parties to the conflict to adhere to and extend the agreement to protect civilians across the country and allow them to rebuild and recover their lives.

Restoring the dignity of drought-affected families in Somalia

Following four consecutive failed rainy seasons, close to 800,000 people have been displaced by the severe drought in Somalia. Combined with ongoing conflicts, the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, desert locust infestation, and the ongoing war in Ukraine, the drought has taken a heavy toll on millions of Somalis, whose livelihoods have been wiped out as the situation worsens.