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Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) actively deployed to Ukraine in May 2022 following the full-scale invasion, establishing its central country office in Kyiv in August 2022. By early 2023, the organization secured full legal registration and operational accreditation. NPA operates a comprehensive, integrated response that bridges immediate humanitarian relief with long-term recovery and community resilience.

The organization\’s core sector is Mine Action and Disarmament, where NPA stands out as a leading international actor utilizing a complete demining \”toolbox\” (manual clearance teams, mine-detection dogs, and advanced mechanical assets). Their work focuses heavily on non-technical surveys (NTS), technical surveys, explosive ordnance clearance, and Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE). Beyond demining, NPA has heavily scaled up its Development and Humanitarian Cooperation programs. This sector prioritizes civilian protection, mental health, livelihood restoration for farmers, and robust support for the prevention and response to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), including conflict-related sexual violence.

NPA’s operational model is deeply rooted in local partnership and capacity building. On the state level, a primary partner is the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU), which NPA supports by equipping dozens of demining teams and providing trained mine-detection dogs. For its protection and social response programs, NPA collaborates with the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine (under a strategic memorandum active until the end of 2027) and prominent local civil society organizations, including Women’s Perspectives, the Women’s Consortium of Ukraine, and the Martin Club network.

The geographical scope of NPA’s work is strategically split into field operations and protection hubs. Its mine action and demining operations are managed through field offices in Sumy, Mykolaiv, and Shyroke (Kherson region), focusing heavily on returning contaminated agricultural fields back to local farmers. Concurrently, its specialized protection, SGBV response, and humanitarian relief efforts are concentrated in the conflict-affected and high-displacement hubs of Kharkivska, Kyivska, Dnipropetrovska, and Lvivska oblasts.