Team 38 of the Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen has discovered an anti-tank minefield near the populated village of Al-Makhazen in the Midi district, north of Hajjah Governorate, following a report from a local resident. Community reports have become an increasingly important part of Project Masam’s operations, as years of explosive ordnance risk education…
Demining teams from the Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen have brought new hope to farmers in the Usaylan district of Shabwah Governorate, where mines planted by Houthi militias had turned fertile agricultural lands into deadly fields for years. Shabwah, like many of Yemen’s liberated governorates, has faced extensive landmine contamination due to shifting front…
A survey team from the Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen has successfully removed several mines that were swept into the Al-Ajasher area of Kitaf district, Saada Governorate, by recent floods. Saada is among Yemen’s most heavily mined governorates, where years of conflict have left widespread contamination. Seasonal floods often expose or displace buried explosives,…
As the new academic year begins, teams from the Masam Landmine Clearance Project – Yemen have intensified their explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) campaigns in schools across Yemen’s west coast. The initiative aims to protect students from the dangers of explosive remnants of war scattered throughout their communities. The west coast remains one of Yemen’s…
