Mine Action and Disarmament
NPA with paper in The Journal on innovating better Personal Protective Equipment
Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) has received a grant from Innovation Norway to investigate the criteria for and facilitate the development of the “Next generation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Mine Action and Disarmament.
16 Feb 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Urged Taliban to declare continued support for humanitarian mine action in Afghanistan
In a meeting in Oslo NPA conveyed to the Taliban a request for official statement of support and ownership of the humanitarian mine action programme and secure continued delivery of mine action activities in Afghanistan.
25 Jan 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Visit of Col. Eric Larsen, Director, USARPAC Asia-Pacific Counter IED Fusion Center
On the morning of 20 January 2022, NPA Vietnam was honored to receive Col. Eric Larsen, Director, USARPAC Asia-Pacific Counter IED Fusion Center, at the clearance site of the Scorpion team in Gio Hai commune, Gio Linh district, Quang Tri province.
21 Jan 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
New Humanitarian Mine Action Programme in Syria
Norwegian People’s Aid is establishing a Humanitarian Mine Action Programme in Syria.
21 Dec 2021
Development Cooperation
PPIMA Partner Coalition advocates for land for public cemeteries
Advocacy efforts by PPIMA partners on the lack of public burial space or cemeteries gained traction among Central Government Decision Makers
15 Dec 2021
Development Cooperation
Impact of PPIMA on the Livelihoods of Governance Focal Persons (GFPs)
The current 2020 – 2024 PPIMA phase is supporting 3,882 active GFPs who facilitate the community scorecard and citizen participation processes in 1,219 cells of 16 districts (3 GFPs per cell for 1,219 cells).
15 Dec 2021
Development Cooperation
Citizens prioritise the construction of a Technical School through the Community Scorecard
Through the Community Scorecard, citizens of Ntarabana sector successfully advocated for the construction of a technical school.
15 Dec 2021
Mine Action and Disarmament
سرقة المتفجرات من مخلفات الحرب من موقع عمل منظمة مساعدات الشعب النرويجي في البصرة/العراق
تعمل منظمة مساعدات الشعب النرويجي برنامج شؤون الألغام ونزع السلاح في العراق منذ عام 2003، التي تقوم بإزالة الألغام الأرضية والذخائر العنقودية والذخائرغير المنفجرة.
13 Dec 2021
Mine Action and Disarmament
Theft of Explosive Remnants of War from NPA worksite Basra, Iraq
On 8 December, 10 explosive remnants of war items that had been identified for destruction by NPA in Az Zubayr District, Basra Governorate, Iraq, were stolen from the worksite.
10 Dec 2021
Mine Action and Disarmament
Mine-free Brcko within reach
On 8. December 2021 NPA hosted a visit from the Norwegian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina H.E. Olav Reinertsen, BHMAC Director Sasa Obradovic and representatives from the government of the Brcko District and local media in the village of Lanista.
09 Dec 2021
Mine Action and Disarmament
Norwegian People's Aid in place in Yemen
The United Nations has called Yemen “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis of our time”.
07 Dec 2021
Mine Action and Disarmament
Opening of the IM Training for military at VNMAC
NPA participated in a special event today 6 December 2021, hosted by Vietnam National Mine Action Center (VNMAC), to launch a 5-day training course on the use of the national Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) database for 58 military officers in charge of Information Management from 26 northern provinces within the four Military Regions.
06 Dec 2021