Mahfouz Thabet’s story

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’s story

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…

Hammam, Anhar and Wijdan’s story

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…

Heydari Ibrahim’s story

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…

Ali Ahmed Abdullah … Treacherous mine changed his life course

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…

Naji bin Hussein .. The call of humanity invited him and Masam support helped steadfast his footsteps

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…

The boy Naji Saanoun: When childhood is shattered

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…

Musa Obeid.. A young Yemeni who defies the mines with a bare chest

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…

A story of an elderly woman who lost her two sons because of the Houthis’ mines

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…

Moms who lost their beloved children because of the Houthis’ mines

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…