Japanese Grant
Amman, Dec 27 (Petra) – Jordan and the Japanese government on Monday signed an agreement under which the latter would extend a grant of
$357,000 to support a de-mining project in the Kingdom's northern borders.
The grant will go to the Jordanian-Syrian border De-mining Project which is supervised by the National Committee for De-mining and
Rehabilitation (NCDR) and implemented by the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) since 2008. read more
Condolences
On Tues. 21st of December 2010, one of the best NPA Deminers Mr. Omar Mohammed Al Makableh (48 years old) was killed during of the disarming of M19 AT mine, the tragedy accident took place on the NPA Jordan Northern Border Demining Program, Mr. Al Makableh had joined NPA since 2008 after he served for more than 20 years on Jordan Army as EOD Specialist, and he was married with eight children.HRH Prince of Jordan Mired Bin Raad and hundreds of Officials, Citizens and all NPA Jordan staff were shared his family on the Omar’s Funeral at his original town of Balila, NPA Jordan is paying their deepest sorrow to Omar’s family, friends and colleagues, and consider his death as the saddest accident and day ever in Jordan Program, God Bless His Soul and counted him as Martyr paid his blood in the line of serving humanitarian and peace goals.
Farmers look forward to regaining their mine-free land
JABER VLLAGE/RAMTHA - For the past 35 years, Salman Awad has been unable to cultivate his land as it is heavily implanted with landmines, but he hopes to transform it into a flourishing farm in two years time.
Although he owns 77 dunums of land in Jaber village located near the border with Syria, the 68-year-old farmer has been renting a nearby plot for more than three decades to raise livestock and grow crops to make a living and feed his extended family of 50 members. read more
Mine Action Milestone in Jordan
The NPA Mine Action program in Jordan has set a record in mines recovery and disposal by surpassing 100 000 mines in November 2009. This is the single largest number of mines found and recovered by any NPA MA program worldwide. read more
One year anniversary for NPAs all-female demining team in Jordan!
12th of October 2008, a group of women in Jordan began what seemed at the time as an impossible task. read more
Portfolio 2009
The portfolio contains all countries we're currently involved in with Mine Action activities
Norwegian People’s Aid Concludes Basic Training Course. 67 Mafraq Locals Recruited for the Northern Border Mine Clearance Project
Jaber / Mafraq. 67 new recruits from the Mafraq Governorate have joined the ranks of NPA deminers on 4 May 2009 after successfully completing a training course in manual demining.
The new recruits are the third group of deminers to join NPA’s North Border Project which employs more than 200 people from the local population. “Our initial selection procedures are quite strict,” says NPA Project Manager Heinie Truter says, “involving medical and psychological checkups to ensure the candidates’ medical and mental fitness to do the job at hand.” The course started with 70 trainees, but only 67 successfully graduated and were offered employment by NPA. read more...