Parents feared children would be illiterate after landmines prevented them from attending school, says student

A student has described how parents feared their children would be illiterate after the presence of landmines prevented them from going to school in several Yemeni governorates. Mohamed Al-Masabi, a student in the Faculty of Education in Bayhan, said that landmines caused extensive damage, after Houthi militias targeted schools and educational facilities. The student thanked…

‘Everyone in Yemen has suffered either directly or indirectly due to landmines,’ says education director

Abdullah Sha’noun, the director of activities at the Education Office in Yemen’s Harib district, has said that everyone in Yemen has suffered either directly or indirectly due to landmines. “Everyone is targeted: the young, the adult, the merchant, the farmer, the civilian, the military, the activist, the student, and even the sick,” Sha’noun said. “Everyone…

Hussein Nasser al-Abab’s story

Hussein Nasser al-Abab shared his story. His son, Badr al-Abab, is a survivor who was severely injured in the explosion of one of the millions of landmines planted in the plains, farms, mountains, deserts, homes, water supplies, pastures and schools. “My son and his friend were among the victims of landmines as his friend was…

Landmines disintegrate Yemeni society, says student

Walid Al-Bakri, a student at the College of Education in Bayhan, has said that landmines are disintegrating the Yemeni society. In a conversation with Project Masam, the student said that the number of landmines and the randomness of their planting is the biggest issue in his country. Al-Bakri explained that landmines impede life as they…

Masam destroys 1,526 landmines in Bab al-Mandab 

Project Masam has successfully removed and destroyed 1,526 landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and various unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. The destruction operation, in Bab al-Mandeb district, included 416 anti-tank mines, 46 UXO, 416 assorted fuses, and 648 assorted bullets.  Engineer Adeeb Rajab, deputy commander of the task force for the Aden sector and…

Clearance operations continue in Yemen’s Jabal Habashi province

A Project Masam supervisor has confirmed that operations are continuing in the Jabal Habashi Directorate of Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. Colonel Aref Al Qahtani, in charge of Project Masam’s demining teams in Taiz Governorate, explained that Project Masam’s Team 22 was sent to Al-Shaab School in Akkad village after Jabal Habashi Directorate and the Education Department…