'We landed on our feet again' - NRC's reaction to the tsunami of December 26th 2004

Author(s)
Kruke, B., Einar Olsen, O., Reiss Mathiesen, E. and Scharffscher, K.
Publication language
English
Pages
68pp
Date published
01 Oct 2005
Publisher
Norwegian Refugee Council
Type
Evaluation reports
Keywords
Development & humanitarian aid, Disasters, Forced displacement and migration, Response and recovery
Countries
Indonesia, Sri Lanka
Organisations
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

The main purpose of this report is to discuss whether NRC managed to perform as an emergency organisation after the tsunami. The evaluation highlights strengths and weaknesses in NRC’s emergency organisation both at the headquarters (HQ) in Oslo and in the field operations in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. It is discussed to what extent NRC has the capability to work in the different phases of an emergency, and what actions are needed to improve NRC’s performance in future disasters.