Landmine explosions bring severe psychological trauma to those who survive them. Bassam Massawi was returning from a sea trip on Yemen’s West Coast with eight of his friends. “After we ended the trip, and were returning to the Al-Khawkha region in the Al Hudaydah Governorate, we were hit by a mine,” Bassam told Project Masam.…
Radwan Zaid Ibrahim was only a child when a landmine explosion shattered his leg. Now in his teens, Radwan told Project Masam how the blast affected his life: he walks with difficulty and can no longer play or work. Luckily, after Project Masam heard of the presence of landmines in Radwan’s area, demining teams entered…
Muharram Zaid was tending to his sheep and goats when he came across an object that looked like a rock. Intrigued, he picked it up. It exploded. “My right arm was amputated,” Muharram told Project Masam, as he took his goats and sheep to graze. “On the day of the accident I had 50 sheep…
Like hundreds of victims of landmines in Yemen, Amina Ibrahim was walking near her village when a mine exploded under her feet. “After the mine exploded, I didn’t feel anything anymore,” Amina told Project Masam from her home. Her right leg was amputated and she now wears a prosthetic leg to help her move around.…
Thousands of Yemeni lives are shattered by shrapnel wounds each year. Mahfouz Thabet, who is in his teens, was working in the fields when he triggered the mine detonating mechanism. The landmine projected metal fragments. “I was grazing cattle and I ran over a mine which exploded immediately,” he told Project Masam. “The mine exploded,…
Iman Ibrahim is a shy six-year-old. Unlike many other girls her age, Iman doesn’t dream of toys; her dream is for her limbs to work again. She was only little when a landmine exploded under her. Her right leg was badly damaged, the skin and muscles burnt and torn. Iman’s left arm was blown to…
In Yemen, children make up for a large proportion of all victims of landmines, unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. Hammam, Anhar and Wijdan are sadly some of the thousands of children whose life has been altered by mines. “We went out for a walk in the vicinity of Al Jufina [Ma’arib governorate]. One of…
News Managing Director Project of Masam, Mr. Ousama AlGosaibi: Project teams have cleared 220,352 mines, unexploded ordnance and explosive devices since end of June 2018 until nowAlGosaibi: Masam teams cleared 148872 unexploded ordnance from end of June 2018 until February 26,2021AlGosaibi: Teams have cleared so far 62,663 anti-tank mines and 2,957 anti-personnel minesAlGosaibi: Project field…
News Managing Director Project of Masam, Mr. Ousama AlGosaibi: Project teams have cleared 220,352 mines, unexploded ordnance and explosive devices since end of June 2018 until nowAlGosaibi: Masam teams cleared 148872 unexploded ordnance from end of June 2018 until February 26,2021AlGosaibi: Teams have cleared so far 62,663 anti-tank mines and 2,957 anti-personnel minesAlGosaibi: Project field…
News Managing Director Project of Masam, Mr. Ousama AlGosaibi: Project teams have cleared 220,352 mines, unexploded ordnance and explosive devices since end of June 2018 until nowAlGosaibi: Masam teams cleared 148872 unexploded ordnance from end of June 2018 until February 26,2021AlGosaibi: Teams have cleared so far 62,663 anti-tank mines and 2,957 anti-personnel minesAlGosaibi: Project field…
