Where we work
Where we work
Where we work
Since 1992, NPA has cleared one billion square metres of land and removed more than 2 million landmines and explosives in 45 countries.

Angola
Mine Action and Disarmament in Angola

Zimbabwe
Mine Action and Disarmament in Zimbabwe

Cambodia
Mine Action and Disarmament in Cambodia

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

Palau
Nearly 80 years after the end of World War II, Palau is still contaminated with Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) on land and in the sea.

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.

Ukraine
The humanitarian impact of the ongoing conflict and the extensive use of explosive weapons in populated areas in Ukraine has been unparalleled in Europe since the Second World War.
Clearance
Clearance
Clearance
NPA clears landmines, cluster munitions and explosives left after war and conflict.

Mine Detection Dogs
NPA is renowned for its Mine Detection Dogs, bred at the Global Training Center in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Stockpile Destruction
Policy
Policy
Policy
NPA has taken a leading role in the development of international weapons policies.

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

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

The 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.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Norwegian People's Aid are proud members of The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

Stop Killer Robots - autonomous weapons systems
We must ban lethal autonomous weapons systems - so-called killer robots - before they are developed, and maintain human control of life and death decisions.

Environmental mainstreaming
We take the lead on environmental protection in the Mine Action and Disarmament sector.
Protection
Protection
Explosive Ordnance Risk Education
Teaching civilians in mine affected communities how to stay safe until land has been cleared.

Conflict Preparedness and Protection
NPA’s approach to civilian self-protection during war and conflict.

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.

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Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) has been active in Peru since 2012. As of June 2022, NPA is running an Arms Management and Destruction (AMD) project in the country – funded by the US Department of State (PM/WRA). NPA is supporting the Peruvian Air Force (FAP) in disposal of obsolete, unserviceable or at-risk stockpiled ordnances, especially ordnances and weapons considered attractive to criminal organizations, or ammunition which could put at risk civilians living in the vicinity of ammunition storage areas. Additional components of the project include physical security & stockpile management and explosive management capacity-building for the FAP. NPA Peru have disposed a total of 298.3 Tons of obsolete and surplus ammunition since the beginning of this project in November 2017 up to date.

In May, NPA Peru together with the FAP have disposed 41 Tons of Obsolete Munition at Pisco FAP Base in the frame of the WRA Project. Going forward, NPA Peru are planning to dispose additional 142 Tons of Obsolete and Cluster Munitions in a combined operation at Arequipa FAP Base.

NPA Peru would like to thank the WRA for their support in funding AMD projects in Peru. These projects are highly important to ensure the safety of civilians by securing ammunition storage areas and remove and destroy obsolete weapons. ¨

For 2023-2024 the plan for NPA’s operations in Peru is to support the FAP in finalizing the disposal of the 497 cluster munitions with more than 62,000 submunitions left in their stockpiles in Pisco and Chiclayo, thus enabling the Republic of Peru to meet its obligations under Article 3 of the Convention on Cluster Munitions and complete their destructions of all stockpiled cluster munitions within their deadline 1 April 2024.