At the height of the refugee reception crisis in 2015, a large number of volunteers across Norway mobilized to bring assistance in different forms. The two most notable initiatives were Refugees Welcome Norway (RWN) and A Drop in the Ocean (Dråpen i Havet, DiH). RWN focused on those arriving in Norway and DiH on those arriving in Greece. Looking at these two initiatives’ organizational trajectories together allows us to examine how they managed the transition from the immediate ‘crisis’ and large volunteer mobilization to finding a role for themselves in the longer-term. Drawing on social movement theory and literature on humanitarian action, the article argues that the two organizations, while adapting in different ways, focused their organizations around ‘making it easy’ for volunteers to help. The article explores how this allowed to forge their distinct identity in the organizational landscape, while also engaging with volunteers’ ‘need to do something’.

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使之变得“容易帮助”：挪威难民自愿行动的演变

在2015年难民接待危机最严重的时候，挪威各地的大量志愿者动员起来，以各种形式提供援助。最著名的两个倡议是“挪威难民欢迎”（RWN）和“向海洋降落”（Dråpeni Havet，DiH）。RWN的重点是到达挪威的人，DiH的重点是到达希腊的人。综观这两项举措的组织轨迹，我们可以研究它们如何应对从当下的“危机”和大规模的志愿者动员到长期寻找自己的角色的过渡。文章借鉴了有关人道主义行动的社会运动理论和文献，认为这两个组织虽然以不同的方式进行了适应，但将其组织的重点放在了“使志愿者变得容易”上。本文探讨了如何在组织环境中树立自己的独特身份，同时还与志愿者的“需要做某事”互动。