Norwegian Refugee Council

Last modified: 
09/01/2023 - 1:29pm

NRC provides humanitarian aid to refugees from Syria, Palestine, and vulnerable Lebanese communities. This assistance includes education, shelter, community management and coordination, water and sanitation, and information, counselling and legal assistance services. NRC also engages in advocacy with governments and donors to expand and safeguard refugee rights and protection.
NRC has worked in Lebanon since 2006 and has offices located in Beirut, South, North, Bekaa & Beirut and Mount Lebanon. Because refugees in Lebanon live side-by-side with the Lebanese, we also work to serve the local communities hosting displaced people.
With an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees, Lebanon has the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. Lebanon was host to an estimated 278,000 refugees from Palestine before the Syria crisis, and is now hosting an additional 32,000 Palestine refugees from Syria. This has created an extraordinary strain on Lebanon's infrastructure and public services.

Areas of intervention:
EDUCATION:
There are an estimated 490,000 school-aged Syrian refugee children currently in Lebanon. NRC works to support students' access to schooling, create non-formal education opportunities (such as catch-up classes), train teachers and provide vocational and language training. NRC also provides services in Palestine refugee camps.

ICLA:
Information, Counselling, and Legal Assistance services help refugees to access support including documentation of residence, marriage and birth registration, and navigating the legal and courts systems. ICLA teams also conduct outreach to raise refugees1 awareness of how to access services and fulfill their rights in Lebanon.

SHELTER:
NRC works to ensure that people affected by displacement have access to adequate shelter. NRC's shelter programme includes emergency shelter, transitional shelter through the Occupancy Free of Charge programme, work towards longer term housing solutions for Palestine refugees, and infrastructure support to communities, including schools.

WASH:
Water Sanitation and Hygiene programming seeks to reduce mortality and morbidity, increase the protection of household economies, and environmental sustainability through the provision of safe water supplies, sanitation facilities and services, and improved hygiene practices. NRC's Community Support Projects extend WASH services to Lebanese host communities.

 

Acronym: 
NRC
Organisation Type: 
International Civil Society Organisation
Founding Year: 
2006
Country of Origin: 
NO
Scope: 
International
Country/ies of Operation: 
Lebanon
Intervention Sector(s): 
Education
Refugees
Rehabilitation
Shelter and Non-Food Items
Water sanitation and hygiene
Contact person's position: 
HR Officer
Contact person's email: 
Contact person's phone number: 
N/A
Address: 
CBM Bldg. / 1st floor
Street 11 |Sin El Fil, Charles de Gaulle , 880 https://goo.gl/maps/hpePNKewnTbsAL9S7
Beirut , Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: +961 1 366 113(4)(5)
Beirut LB
Beirut
Lebanon
LB
City: 
Beirut
Street: 
Street 11 |Sin El Fil, Charles de Gaulle , 880
Additional: 
https://goo.gl/maps/hpePNKewnTbsAL9S7
Phone: 
+961 1 366 113(4)(5)
Contact person's name: 
Tracy Salameh
Partnerships: 
N/A

Resources

Resource

In December 2013, NRC launched a report entitled ‘The Consequences of Limited Legal Status for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: NRC Field Assessment in Aarsal and Wadi Khaled’ (Part One) based on the findings of an assessment that NRC conducted between

Resource

This Regional Analysis of the Syria Conflict (RAS) is an update of the April RAS.

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Jobs

Job

The ICLA (Information, Counseling and Legal Assistance) Information Field Assistant is responsible for assisting in the day to day implementation of the ICLA program in Beirut and Mount Lebanon through providing quality information and counselling to beneficiaries to develop better understanding of the protection situation for the target communities.

Monday, 1 April 2024
Job

The Finance Coordinator budget and reporting is responsible for ensuring technical financial support on operational and reporting processes while ensuring adherence to NRC’s policies, legal and donor requirements.

Friday, 5 April 2024

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REGIONAL ANALYSIS SYRIA

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30 May 2013

Overview

This Regional Analysis of the Syria Conflict (RAS) is an update of the April RAS....