Mahfouz Thabet’s story

Thousands of Yemeni lives are shattered by shrapnel wounds each year. Mahfouz Thabet, who is in his teens, was working in the fields when he triggered the mine detonating mechanism. The landmine projected metal fragments. “I was grazing cattle and I ran over a mine which exploded immediately,” he told Project Masam. “The mine exploded,…

Humanitarian mine clearance – why does it matter?

In Yemen, mine action plays a critical role in relation to ensuring humanitarian assistance. Why does it matter so much, and how does it work? Our Managing Director and Programme Manager Ousama Algosaibi answered: “The real issue in Yemen is that a lot of villages that the Houthis have been in have been laid with…