Where we work

Where we work
Where we work
Where we work
Countries where NPA has Mine Action and Disarmament programmes

Angola
Mine Action and Disarmament in Angola

Somalia
Mine Action and Disarmament in Somalia

Zimbabwe
Mine Action and Disarmament in Zimbabwe

Cambodia
Mine Action and Disarmament in Cambodia

Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)
Mine Action and Disarmament in Lao PDR

Palau
Mina Action and disarmament in Palau

Thailand
Mine Action and Disarmament in Thailand

Tajikistan
Mine Action and disarmament in Tajikistan

Vietnam
Mine Action and Disarmament in Vietnam

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mine Action and Disarmament in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kosovo
Mine Action and Disarmament in Kosovo

Peru
NPA assists Peru with disposal of arms and ammunition, and destruction of stockpiled cluster bombs.

Afghanistan
Mine Action and Disarmament in Afghanistan

Iraq
Mine Action and Disarmament in Iraq

Lebanon
Mine Action and Disarmament in Lebanon

Syria
Mine Action and Disarmament in Syria

Yemen
NPA provide mine detection dogs (MDDs) capacity for the Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC)

Mozambique
Mozambique has vast, unknown quantities of poorly managed, unserviceable ammunition that pose a risk of unplanned explosions.
Demining
Demining
Demining
We clear mines and explosives after war and conflict.

Risk Education
Norwegian People's Aid teach people in mine affected communities how to stay safe.

Global Training Centre
Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) runs a breeding and training center for mine and explosive detection dogs in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina - recognized as one of the best in the sector.
Advocacy
Advocacy
Advocacy
We take a leading role in the development of international weapons policies.

Convention on Cluster Munitions
The Convention on Cluster Munitions is the international agreement prohibiting cluster munitions.

Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Explosive weapons with wide-area effects are a major cause of harm to civilians when used in populated areas.

Mine Ban Treaty
The Mine Ban Treaty was adopted in Oslo 1997, and entered into force in 1999. As part of ICBL, Norwegian People's Aid played a key role in the process.

Nuclear Weapons Ban
Norwegian People's Aid are proud members of The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

Lethal autonomous weapons systems – killer robots
We must ban lethal autonomous weapons systems - so-called killer robots - before they are developed, and maintain human control of life and death decisions.
Conflict Preparedness and Protection
Environment

WHERE WE WORK

Since 1992, Norwegian People's Aid has been clearing landmines and explosive remnants of war in a total of 40 countries. Today we have 22 Mine Action Programmes in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Balkans, and the Middle East.