Masam clears 389,706 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 389,706 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,062 anti-personnel mines, 136,999 anti-tank mines, 7,739 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 238,906 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 44,850,678sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…

Fathia Saleh Muhammad Bin Muhammad’s story

More often than not in Yemen, women bear the burdens of running the households under extreme stress. Fathia Saleh Muhammad Bin Muhammad comes from Taiz. When the frontlines moved closer and closer, the roads and dirt paths near her were closed off. The family struggled to meet their daily needs. “We did not have firewood,…