Earning a living from tailoring
“When I returned from exile in Uganda life in Yei was so hard for me. I made pancakes for selling but the business collapsed. My friends advised me to return to the village but I refused. Then one day a friend advised me to enroll at Yei Vocational Training Center to pursue a course in tailoring,” said Sayima Joyce a disabled tailor in Yei town.
Read more about Earning a living from tailoringSörbö visited by Norwegian Embassy
NPA project manager John Sörbö Monday received his second visit from the Norwegian Embassy in Khartoum. Sörbö has now been detained by Sudanese authorities for more than two weeks.
Read more about Sörbö visited by Norwegian EmbassyChange of course or exclusion of Chevron
Industry Energy andNorwegian People's Aid will demand exclusion of Chevron from the Norwegian “Oil Fund” if the company does not change their unethical practices.
Read more about Change of course or exclusion of ChevronCommunities treat livestock after training
Animal health workers in Mvolo treated more than 5000 livestock during a Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) project running over three years.
Read more about Communities treat livestock after trainingFighting for water rights in Nicaragua
“Our most important achievements are the water laws,” says Esperanza Zoza, a female CAPS activist. “They state that water sources are public property that cannot be privatised.”
Read more about Fighting for water rights in NicaraguaPalestinian farmer secures water for his land
A Palestinian farmer in Yatta, West Bank, can put years of struggling to pay the water bills for irrigating his olive trees behind him. Thanks to a new cistern he can now save the winter rains and water his trees in summer.
Read more about Palestinian farmer secures water for his landCall for media freedom in South Sudan
Media practitioners in Yei River County in South Sudan have called upon the Government of South Sudan to respect article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Read more about Call for media freedom in South SudanNPA back in Moldova
Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) has returned to Moldova to support the country in addressing the challenge of surplus munitions and stockpile management practices.
Read more about NPA back in Moldova-Sörbö in good health and optimistic
"John Sörbö is in good health and optimistic. The Norwegian embassy has informed us that he is hoping for a speedy release," Secretary General of Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), Liv Tørres said Thursday after the Norwegian Embassy had met with Sörbö.
Read more about -Sörbö in good health and optimisticMFA promissed access to Sörbö
Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) still has not spoken to the deminer John Sörbö, aged 50, since he was arrested by Sudanese authorities Saturday. “The Norwegian Embassy has, however, been promised that they will be allowed to see him Thursday,” says Secretary-General of NPA, Liv Tørres.
Read more about MFA promissed access to SörböNorwegian aid worker arrested by Sudan
John Sörbö (50), an experienced relief worker with Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), was arrested by Sudanese authorities while working to make South Sudan safe for the local population by removing land mines and other UXO,
Read more about Norwegian aid worker arrested by SudanFarmer striving to improve household income
“I use water from White Nile to irrigate my field as a result I cultivate vegetables throughout the year and sell the produce to the market in Bor town. This has greatly improved my household income,” said Paul Angech Malual.
Read more about Farmer striving to improve household incomeCDM: Dream of the Motherland
- What happens with the majority of the inhabitants is not of importance to the present rulers. And they care even less about women. For them we are second class citizens.
Read more about CDM: Dream of the MotherlandPraised by the royal family
- This is a significant achievement, said Crown Prince Haakon in his speech when Jordan was declared free of mine fields yesterday.
Read more about Praised by the royal familyCash to support small scale farmers in South Sudan
“The Project empowers farmer groups by enhancing their capacity to identify, prioritise and plan for their needs, and implement sustainable development initiatives that increases agriculture and forestry productivity,” said Abraham Mading the Project officer for the Small Grants Management-Component in Jonglei state.
Read more about Cash to support small scale farmers in South SudanNew road boosts Palestinian farmers’ productivity
Farmers from Al-Aqaba village have again accessed their land and collected olives after being unable to reach their land because of Israeli military training camp.
Read more about New road boosts Palestinian farmers’ productivityBombed marketplace
Sudanese planes Monday morning bombed a marketplace in Bentiu in South Sudan.
Read more about Bombed marketplaceGathering for women’s economic rights
“The forum was a big revolution for a better life,” saidBallbina Martins da Silva, Platform for Women in Action (PMA), Angola, after attending the 2012 Association for Women’s rights in Development (AWID) Forum.
Read more about Gathering for women’s economic rightsBlurb on CCM International Meetings
At this week’s Convention on Cluster Munitions Intersessional Meetings that took place in Geneva, from 16-19 April, government representatives from approximately 60 states met to discuss the development being made to rid the world of cluster bombs under the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Read more about Blurb on CCM International MeetingsContribution to Mine Action from Jotun Thailand
Thai people do not know that Jotun is a name of giant Norse mythology but Jotun’s penguin and a globe logo is quite well-known in Thailand.
Read more about Contribution to Mine Action from Jotun ThailandBashir to "liberate" South Sudan
The conflict between South Sudan and Sudan is heating up. Sudan’s president, Omar Bashir, says he wants to "liberate" South Sudan. - The very last thing people in the south want is more of the war criminal Bashir’s "liberation". They still have the civil war, in which over two million died, mostly from the south, fresh in memory, says Norwegian People's Aid's Country Director in Jan Ledang.
Read more about Bashir to "liberate" South Sudan- Take care of each other
Secretary General of Norwegian People's Aid, Liv Tørres, encourages everyone to show consideration and look after each other in the days and weeks during the 22.7-trial.
Read more about - Take care of each otherClassrooms named after wrecked villages
Jenin students learnt more about Palestinian villages that were destroyed by Israel in 1948 when classrooms at the Arab American University in Jenin were named after the ruined communities.
Read more about Classrooms named after wrecked villagesStops sales of occupation products
Norwegian retail chain VITA made public on Friday their decision to stop all sales of products originating from settlements in occupied Palestine.
Read more about Stops sales of occupation productsTobacco fields of fire
Mahmoud Balhas is a 55 year old tobacco farmer from the village of Qana in South Lebanon. For more than two years, Mahmoud and his family have been using a land that turned out to be highly contaminated with cluster munitions.
Read more about Tobacco fields of fireRe-mapping for your rights!
Producing new and alternative maps the local community in the Northern District of Simai Cai in Vietnam affirmed their right to more forest land. The re-mapping was a pilot project supported by Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA).
Read more about Re-mapping for your rights!Call for health support
Communities in Lopa/Lafon County in Eastern Equatoria state, South Sudan, are calling for construction of more health facilities in the area. The assistant commissioner for health presented the request at the opening of the County Health Department in Imehejek last week.
Read more about Call for health supportVideo on the abuse in Nuba Mountains
The Nuba people were subjected to horrific abuse in the 90s during the civil war, and have now for the past eight months been bombed and tried starved by their own government in Khartoum.
Read more about Video on the abuse in Nuba MountainsFarmer impress despite export restrictions
Tomato farmer Muneer Dhair has made a living from tomato after receiving seeds from NPA’s partner in Gaza. But he told secretary Liv Tørres that the gains could have been bigger had Israel not enforced their export restrictions.
Read more about Farmer impress despite export restrictionsGovernment to assume responsibility for mine action in South Sudan
The Government of South Sudan has developed a five year strategic plan to address problems posed by all kind of explosive remnants of war, land mines, explosive ordinance and cluster bombs.
Read more about Government to assume responsibility for mine action in South SudanState Minister Hails NPA’s agriculture work
State minister for Agriculture and Forestry in South Sudan, Mayen Ngor Atem, has praised the work of the Norwegian People’s Aid in the agriculture sector in Jonglei state.
Read more about State Minister Hails NPA’s agriculture workNPA removes its first landmine in DR Congo
Norwegian People's Aid has started mine clearance in DR Congo. The NPA team found their first landmine already during the first week of operations
Read more about NPA removes its first landmine in DR CongoPupils dance away their frustration
Pupils in Jabalia used to carry pocket knives to school. Now they are performing plays and dancing Palestinian Dabka, after participating in a Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) supported project .
Read more about Pupils dance away their frustrationCommunity organisation in El Salvador
“We are all survivors. Some fled to the refugee camps in Honduras, others hid in the mountains”, Felipe Tobar Arce, a founding member of CCR, points towards the mountains and the border. “That’s where our resistance groups were born. That’s where we learnt to organise ourselves. Being organised gives us strength”.
Read more about Community organisation in El SalvadorPopular education and community work in Havana
“I was brought up with the traditional, vertical vision of knowledge where the wise teacher deposits knowledge in ignorant students. My work showed me that this vision was inadequate. When I began in the Transformation Workshop, another horizon opened up for me. It has been an on-going learning process.”
Read more about Popular education and community work in HavanaNorway builds centre for women in South Sudan
Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) Saturday handed over the newly built Women centre in Bor town to the Jonglei state women Association.
Read more about Norway builds centre for women in South SudanPalestinian fishermen share their frustration
“We don’t need money, we need to be allowed to fish freely in the sea as agreed in Oslo accord,” a fisherman told Liv Tørres, Secretary General of Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) when she visited Gaza last week.
Read more about Palestinian fishermen share their frustrationTraining indigenous people in Indigenous Rights
Arelis Uriana does not hesitate: “EFIN’s most important contribution has been to strengthen indigenous women’s participation. Now women have their organizational and political space locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Women have created that space. To gain acknowledgement and respect for indigenous women has been a tough and demanding process. I know; I was part of it.”
Read more about Training indigenous people in Indigenous RightsTogether to combat violence against Women
NPA Iraq convened its one day conference "Together to combat violence against Women"in Suleimanyah, Iraq, on 27th November 2011. Women activists, representatives of civil society organizations, intellectuals, media, university professors and government officials were among the 106 attendees.
Read more about Together to combat violence against WomenUrged to advocate land rights
Activist Wani Mathias Jumi called on civil society groups in South Sudan to advocate and lobby for their rights.
Read more about Urged to advocate land rightsGuinea-Bissau is free of landmines
Guinea-Bissau has been declared free of land mines with assistance from Norwegian People's Aid (NPA).
Read more about Guinea-Bissau is free of landminesFarmers accesses their land again
Gaza farmer Ashraf Helles accessed his land and planted wheat for the first time in 15 years.
Read more about Farmers accesses their land againCritical between Sudan and South Sudan
“The situation is now precarious. The conflict over oil revenues and Abyei's affiliation must be resolved,” says Norwegian People's Aid Secretary General, Liv Tørres. “If the crisis escalates, it will have severe consequences for both Sudan and South Sudan.”
Read more about Critical between Sudan and South SudanNPA clears 5 million square meters since start of its clearance operations in South Lebanon
Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) crossed an important milestone last week, clearing and returning back for safe use to local population 5 million square meters of land previously contaminated by cluster munitions and finding and destroying more than 4.600 cluster submunitions in the process.
Read more about NPA clears 5 million square meters since start of its clearance operations in South LebanonFinland becomes 159th country to join global landmine ban
Finland has become the latest nation to join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, which comprehensively bans the use, production, trade, and stockpiling of antipersonnel landmines. That means that one million more mines will be destroyed
Read more about Finland becomes 159th country to join global landmine banCommunities mobilise against restricting bill
Activists from across Cambodia last month unrolled thumbprints from 10,000 fellow citizens on the streets of Phnom Penh demanding that new laws restricting their rights and freedom are stopped.
Read more about Communities mobilise against restricting billIncreased use of NPA Search and Rescue Volunteers
NPA’s Search and Rescue Volunteers participated in 32 percent more rescue operations in 2011 than the year before.
Read more about Increased use of NPA Search and Rescue VolunteersNPA clearance operations in Mauritania commenced 29 October
In 2011 NPA established a MOU with national authorities for mine action in Mauritania. Full accreditation was granted 27 October along with a tasking order to conduct survey and clearance operations in the Bir Mogrein area, far north in the country. Clearance operations with two deminer teams commenced 29 October.
Read more about NPA clearance operations in Mauritania commenced 29 OctoberRecord number of Palestinians displaced by demolitions as Quartet continues to talk
Humanitarian organisations and human rights groups, including Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), raise alarm about accelerating settlement expansion and increased settler violence.
Read more about Record number of Palestinians displaced by demolitions as Quartet continues to talkCommunity sensitization on Land rights in south Sudan
“Unregulated large-scale land acquisition in south Sudan by foreign companies threatens the rights of the people, with an area bigger than Rwanda earmarked for use by outside businesses", a baseline survey of large-scale land-based investment in South Sudan report released in March 2011 warned.
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