The director of a school in western Yemen’s Taiz Governorate that was heavily mined by Houthi militias has finally been cleared, allowing students to pursue their studies. Al-Amal School in Al-Safalia in Mawza district served as a Houthi stronghold when the militants controlled the area. Huge parts of the buildings were destroyed, while the surrounding…
One of Masam’s demining teams has secured a number of schools located in Yemen’s western Mawza district. Mawza is located in Taiz Governorate, one of Yemen’s heavily contaminated areas which have seen the majority of people injured or killed by explosive remnants of war (ERW), according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs…
Standing in front of the Zaid Oyoun school, which was damaged by a landmines, Ali Muhammad Abdo, Director of the Mawza Educational Department, told Masam that Houthi landmines have tragically impacted Mawza civilians, including young men, women and children. Abdo confirmed that Houthi militias have been systematically planting landmines and improvised explosive items (IEDs), which…
One of Project Masam’s demining teams has successfully secured 18 water wells in Taiz Governorate. Water wells are vital in the region, but the presence of landmines deprived farmers from irrigation for long periods of time following the beginning of the Yemeni conflict. Team 23 successfully secured the water wells in Al-Safalia in Mawza district…
Houthi militias have destroyed ecosystems by planting hundreds of thousands of landmines since the start of the conflict in Yemen, the President of the Republic of Yemen told the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt on Monday. During the two week conference, a total of 40,000 participants are expected to attend Sharm El-Sheikh…
Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 371,236 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,701 anti-personnel mines, 134,108 anti-tank mines, 7,568 improvised explosive devices and 223,859 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 40,264,827sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left littered with Houthi anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded remnants…
A woman was seriously injured when a landmine exploded in the Dhabab district, west of Taiz governorate. A medical source said that Waheeda Muhammad Ahmad Alwan, 45, sustained a fractured skull and shrapnel in her left eye and left foot when a landmine, planted by the Houthi militia, blew up while she was passing through…
Life in Yemen’s central Marib province is fraught with danger, according local residents. Salem Diman, who lives in Harib District, west of Marib province, told Project Masam: “Our movements are no longer smooth as they were, but they become more cautious. Every step we take, whether towards our farms or homes, and even on our…
Hundreds of civilians have been killed and injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Yemen, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revealed. In an update, the OCHA’s office in Yemen said that it had found that 343 civilians had been killed and injured by explosive threats in the…
After five years of hard work, Masam’s deminers are proud of the impact of their work in Yemen’s southwestern region of Taiz. Masam’s demining teams have been clearing landmines in Al-Rama, the largest agricultural area in Taiz governorate since 2018. This week, Masam caught up with Hassan Al-Gahouri, the leader of Team 17. Watch Al-Ghouri describe how…
