Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which has been awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Prize for helping millions in crisis, talks about unprecedented challenges and dreams of a better future.
Iraqis displaced from the city of Fallujah collect aid distributed by the Norwegian Refugee Council, which has been awarded this year's $2.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize.Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
In recognition of these efforts, the council this year has been awarded the world's largest annual humanitarian award for a nonprofit — worth $2.5 million.Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, in his office in Oslo. His reaction to the Hilton Humanitarian Prize being awarded to the council:"It's a considerable sum of money but of equal importance is the recognition and prestige. I regard this as the Nobel Prize for humanitarian work.
And now much media attention and global funding is going to Ukrainian refugees. The Russian invasion was launched in February. What has changed for Ukrainian refugees? How do you work effectively in countries where the government is one of the forces who have driven people from their homes?We live and breathe by the humanitarian principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence. This means we teach our colleagues not to take sides and not to get close to a government which is a party to the conflict. But at the same time, we still need to have the respect, and the protection, of those parties.
You returned from Somalia in June of this year. What is it like seeing a country in the grip of drought and starvation?
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