Danish Refugee Council

Founded in 1956, Danish Refugee Council is a non-governmental organisation based in Copenhagen, Denmark working on refugees & migration, humanitarian aid & disaster relief, human rights +1 more.

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a private humanitarian organisation founded in 1956 and described as Denmark's largest humanitarian NGO. It supports refugees and other displaced people worldwide through emergency aid, reconstruction, protection, advocacy and durable solutions, including help for those returning home. Its East Africa & Great Lakes regional office works in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, focusing on preventing displacement, mixed migration, borderlands and building resilience and peace. In Denmark it provides asylum and integration counselling and guidance, and it runs a press office, a knowledge centre and an online shop. The organisation works in nearly 30 countries with around 6,000 employees and thousands of volunteers, and has offices in Copenhagen, Brussels and Geneva.