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 most mine-affected regions, where years of front-line fighting have left widespread contamination in farmland, villages, and routes used daily by civilians.
According to Ali Al-Rimi, Leader of Project Masam’s demining Team 9, the campaign, which was conducted at Al-Shazly School in the Al-Mokha district, west of Taiz Governorate, reached more than 230 students. The sessions introduced students to the different types of Houthi mines and explosive devices, and explained the correct procedures for reporting them.
Al-Rimi emphasised that awareness is “an essential and complementary part of field clearance operations,” noting that Project Masam teams regularly organise sessions in schools, markets, and residential areas.
School Principal Saad Al-Shazly underscored the importance of continuing such campaigns to protect students from handling suspicious objects in contaminated areas, stressing that awareness efforts “help save lives”.
