Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 384,220 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,028 anti-personnel mines, 136,061 anti-tank mines, 7,677 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 234,454 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 43,612,168sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
Project Masam has destroyed 271 landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and explosive devices (IEDs) in the Qa’atabah District in Ad Dali’ Governorate. Engineer Ahmed al-Radfani, the leader of Masam’s demining Team 18, said that the destruction process carried out by Masam in Ad Dali’ included 115 anti-personnel landmines, 40 explosive devices, one anti-tank landmine, 10 unexploded…
Project Masam has participated in the open photo exhibition in Marib Governorate, with the aim of highlighting the issue of widespread plantation of landmines by Houthi militias across Yemen. The exhibition, which was organised by the Capital Media Center, included 400 photographs highlighting examples of the violations and crimes that affect civilians in the country.…
“A life without mines” is a target Project Masam has been working to achieve in Yemen for five consecutive years in order to ensure a safe and landmine-free life for the Yemenis to help bring back life to normal in this war-torn country. The random plantation of landmines everywhere in Yemen and particularly in its vital…
Teachers in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate said their school had turned into living prisons after landmines were extensively planted in their vicinity. Al-Shaab School in the village of Akkad posed a great risk to students and staff alike, according to Naji Khalil, a teacher at Al-Shaab School. Everyone feared the mines, the teacher explained. Teachers were…
Because of the presence of landmines, several Yemeni schools experienced full paralysis, as their students and staff turned away from them, and parents were afraid explosions could kill their children. Thanks to Project Masam’s humanitarian landmine clearance, the schools have been brought back to life and are back in harness. On the occasion of the…
On the occasion of the International Day of Education, many Yemenis have taken the opportunity to thank Project Masam or its efforts in securing a number of Yemeni schools from landmines and restoring safety to these vital educational spaces. Abdul Al-Qadi Abdul Al-Fadel, father of little Hadi Abdo Fadel, from Al-Nuwaihan area in Jabal Habash,…
Landmines can hamper or even deny children’s fundamental right to a safe education, and Yemen is a tragic example of the suffering caused by heavily mined schools. Many children in the war-torn country have witnessed their schools being taken over by landmines – rendering them inaccessible – or destroyed by landmine explosions. One such school…
This is Farah. Though her name means joy, landmines have left her no joy, but just a name. She recognised the pains of oppression and injustice at the age of ten. These pains have grown up with her to this very moment. At the age of eight, Farah knew that there was a coup in…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that the project teams have removed 1,045 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices last week, bringing the total number of explosives removed from early January up to 3,534. In its statement, Project Masam said that the project teams have removed 896 unexploded ordnance and three explosive devices since the…
