Humanitarian Mine Action

Deminers and Technical Advisor at Work

Humanitarian mine action refers to activities undertaken to reduce the effect caused by land­mines and other explosive remnants of war in terms of social, economic and environmental impact of mines and UXO. The objective is the reduction of risk to a level where people can live safely and where economic, social, and health development can occur without hindrance from landmines.

Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) has specialised in humanitarian mine action activities, sin­ce we started our first mine action project in Cambodia in 1992. NPA has worked with mine action in more than 20 countries around the world, and become one of the leading NGOs in the field of humanitarian mine action.

NPA’s focus for all involvement in humanitarian mine action, is centred around three core objec­tives: quality, impact, and cost-efficiency.

Please navigate through the links on the left side of the page for further information on NPA Mine Action in South Sudan.
 


Land released after mine clearance

After first declaring land in Sudan safe from explosives, NPA followed up the affected communities with a Rural Development programme, resulting in a farmers group; planting of twenty four hectares of land; and establishment of a tree nursery.

Read more(09.12.2009)

Women-only demining teams tackle South Sudan's legacy of war

- When Faiza Annet waves her daughter off to school, it's the seven-year-old who warns her mother to take care.

Read more(06.07.2009)