ZOA Refugee Care is an international relief organisation dedicated to supporting refugees and internally displaced persons in Africa and Asia. The countries where ZOA works have a history of conflict and violence that left much of the physical and social infrastructure non-functional or dysfunctional, thus seriously weakening the capacity of the social centerfield and the executive local government systems. Because of these typical circumstances, especially in countries where ZOA expects to be for an extended period, ZOA often needs to conduct activities and projects for which local organisations or authorities have insufficient means. At the same time, ZOA aims to increase the capacity of local counterpart organisations, enabling ZOA to cease operational involvement over time.