Mine Action and Disarmament
The First Mine Free Province in Cambodia declared
Cambodia was the first country for Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) to support on mine action. NPA started up demining activities in 1992 in preparation for the resettlement of refugees returning from the border camps in Thailand, but also to make land safe for communities affected by landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive ordnance.
14 Nov 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
NPA Vietnam hosts special visitors from Norway
NPA's Director of Mine Action and Disarmament and Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA)'s Senior Advisor paid a visit to NPA Vietnam programme
11 Nov 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Completion of Non-Technical Survey of Galdogob District, Puntland, Somalia
On 8 November 2022, NPA Somalia's Programme Country Director Mr Robert Iga Afedra handed over Non-Technical Survey (NTS) completion reports for Galdogob District, Puntland State, to the Director of the Somalia Explosives Management Authority (SEMA) Puntland Office, Mr Mohamed Musse Jama.
10 Nov 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Successful celebration of NPA's 15-year anniversary in Vietnam
NPA Vietnam celebrates 15 years of success
03 Nov 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
44 national and international NGOs call for renewal and expansion of truce in Yemen
With the current truce agreement set to expire on 2 October 2022, humanitarian organisations remind all parties to the conflict that the future of the people of Yemen is in their hands.
29 Sep 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
NPA QUANG BINH WELCOMES THE UNITED STATES DELEGATION
The US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Programs and Operations visits Quang Binh
19 Sep 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
US Delegation visited NPA Vietnam
NPA Vietnam was pleased to welcome Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the United States Department of State, and an accompanying diplomatic delegation, to Quang Tri province on 9 September 2022.
12 Sep 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
A great victory in the fight against urban warfare
After well over a decade of advocacy and political pressure, Norwegian People's Aid and other civil society actors were able to unleash their cheers at the UN on 17 June. Finally, a political declaration regulating the use of explosive weapons in populated areas is becoming a reality.
07 Sep 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Ready to clear mines in Ukraine: On a scale that no one has seen since World War II
The commemoration of Ukrainian Liberation Day on August 24 was also the commemoration of six months of war. During these months, Norwegian People's Aid has gone from having no activity in the country, to get our perhaps largest mine clearance programme to date up and running.
07 Sep 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Living the American dream
9 of NPA's retired Mine Detection Dogs recently started a new life chapter - in the United States.
16 Aug 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Farmers in al-Khasfa can finally use their land again following clearance of improvised minefields
Mohammed Khleef (30) and Maher Rafe’e (26) are cousins who together own a piece of farmland in al-Khasfa, a small village in the Haditha district of Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
19 Jul 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Norwegian People's Aid Peru completes operations in Pisco
Based on funding from the US Department of State (PM/WRA), Norwegian People's Aid are conducting Arms Management and Destruction (AMD) operations in Peru. In May, the team destroyed a total of 41 tons of obsolete munition at a Peruvian Air Force Base in Pisco, taking the country one step closed to destroy all obsolete weapons.
30 Jun 2022