No humanitarian demining team tasked to travel and work on demining sites and in remote locations can do so without the essential presence of a dedicated National trauma trained medic. Project Masam currently has 40 medics deployed in Yemen: 32 National demining team medics, two National Medical Co-ordinators (headquartered in Ma’rib and in Aden) and three International medics, who…
As Project Masam approaches its four-year anniversary, the humanitarian mine clearance programme has announced its has located and destroyed 254,918 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 3,858 anti-personnel mines, 80,420 anti-tank mines, 6,040 improvised explosive devices and 164,600 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 23,270,112sqm of land since mid-2018. Last week (5 June – 11…
Since it began in 2014, the civil war in Yemen has kept evolving. From changes in local power dynamics and the forced enrolment of child soldiers to the use of banned anti-personnel landmines and modified explosive devices, these developments have all been at the expense of Yemeni civilians. According to Project Masam, 85% of all…
Holding periodic refresher or continuation training is essential to update, correct or enhance skills; and forms part of Project Masam’s life-saving work in liberated areas in Yemen. Explaining the need for refresher training courses, Khaled Salem Shayef – a Yemeni deminer working for Project Masam’s Team 30 who received training from Project Masam’s experts -…
Project Masam is proud to announce it has reached a milestone of a quarter of a million explosive items located, removed and destroyed across Yemen, as it continues its life-saving work to protect civilians. Since 2015, Houthis militias have and are still routinely employing landmines directly against civilians – extensively, intentionally and indiscriminately. Terrorised civilian…
Project Masam’s foreign experts have carried out a two-day refresher training course with Team 24, introducing and providing the Yemeni deminers with new and innovative skills and methods in how to defuse and dismantle homemade explosive devices of various shapes and sizes. Explosive devices are one of the most common bombs used by the Houthi…
Project Masam is delighted to be participating at the 24th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers (NDM-UN) taking place virtually on 25-27 May 2021. The NDM-UN is the annual meeting of mine action stakeholders where national governments, the UN community and civil society meet to discuss emerging issues and exchange…
As we mourn the death of a young boy, Ali Ahmed Al-Waal Al-Awadi, who was killed in a Houthi landmine explosion in Al Abdiyah District in the south of Marib Governorate this week, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) Health and Environmental Aid Department Director Abdullah Saleh Al-Moallem shared some insights into the effects…
As Houthi militias in Yemen ramp up their offensive in the west and northwest of the Marib Governorate, Project Masam is reiterating a warning about a landmine contamination emergency in the area. Marib is now home to more than a million Yemenis have sought refuge from the Houthis and violence since the beginning of the…
There are two types of mine clearance: humanitarian and military. What’s the difference between these, and how does Project Masam deal with the threat of landmines in Yemen? We asked our Director of Special Operations, Chris Clark. “There is a race to clear mines quicker than they are being laid, but the balance of that is that…
