Jamila Qasim, a mother of daughters, was out herding sheep when she walked on a landmine. This incident changed her life forever. Her lower limbs were amputated and Jamila now. This is her story, as told to Project Masam. “I went out to herd the sheep. I was walking and stepped on one of the…
Fathia Salah took risks to go in search of firewood to keep her family warm. Over the course of two months, Fathia would provide bundles of firewood until the day Fathia was stopped in her steps. While Fathia was about to lift a bundle of firewood on her back, the ground shook under her feet.…
In an update from the field, Engineer Amer Al-Bahri, Leader of Project Masam’s Team 2, confirmed that his team is working in Sae’llt Baliq in Shabwah Governorate to clear it of landmines randomly planted by the Houthi militia. Al-Bahri said that Team 2 is making great progress in Sae’llt Baliq area and work is ongoing…
A Yemeni civilian has described how people in his village remained “under siege” in their own homes for three years due to the fear of walking on a landmine. Ahmed Mubarak, who is from the Al-Hajar Kutbah area, said that the militias ravaged his village by planting landmines extensively and indiscriminately. Describing the situation, the…
The spokesman for the army in Taiz Governorate, Colonel Abdul Basit Al-Bahr, has commanded Project Masam for its humanitarian landmine clearance after it cleared swathes of land. These landmines would have continues to plague Yemenis for the next 30 years, Al-Bahr claimed. The spokesman explained that planting landmines in homes, rooftops, roads, schools, valleys, water wells,…
Nasser Saleh Hadi, a resident of the Usaylan district, has said that people in his area were unable to live normally because of fear and helplessness due to the presence of landmines, before the arrival of Project Masam’s demining team. Hadi claimed that the people of Usaylan and particularly the area of Dar al-Mansir, suffered…
Hussein Saleh Mubarak, a resident of Usaylan district, said that their district suffered a lot because of the extensive and indiscriminate planting of landmines, that have killed men, animals and plantations. Mubarak told Project Masam that his residents in his district did feel safe until Project Masam’s demining teams were dispatched to the area to…
Engineer Nasser Awad al-Sayed, Leader of Masam’s Team 6, said that his team has been working since September 10 in the Shaq Al-Tayyar area, where 35,000 square meters of land have been demined. The team leader also indicated that 20 anti-personnel mines have been removed so far from the Shaq al-Tayyar area, a desert area linking…
The Undersecretary for Defense and Security Affairs of Taiz Governorate, Major General Abdul Karim Al-Sabri, has said that Taiz governorate has suffered a lot from the indiscriminating planting of mines, which continues to bring tragedies and painful losses for Yemenis. Al-Sabri indicated also that the militias spared no effort in planting mines of all sizes and…
Stories of pain and tragedy are similar across Yemen. As soon as one wound heals, other wounds open up. Perhaps the deepest and most painful wounds are those afflicting children, which suffer as a result of Houthi remnants of war – including improvised explosive devices (IEDs), landmines and other unexploded ordnance – in various Yemeni…
