Teachers in Yemen’s Taiz Governorate said their school had turned into living prisons after landmines were extensively planted in their vicinity. Al-Shaab School in the village of Akkad posed a great risk to students and staff alike, according to Naji Khalil, a teacher at Al-Shaab School. Everyone feared the mines, the teacher explained. Teachers were…
Because of the presence of landmines, several Yemeni schools experienced full paralysis, as their students and staff turned away from them, and parents were afraid explosions could kill their children. Thanks to Project Masam’s humanitarian landmine clearance, the schools have been brought back to life and are back in harness. On the occasion of the…
On the occasion of the International Day of Education, many Yemenis have taken the opportunity to thank Project Masam or its efforts in securing a number of Yemeni schools from landmines and restoring safety to these vital educational spaces. Abdul Al-Qadi Abdul Al-Fadel, father of little Hadi Abdo Fadel, from Al-Nuwaihan area in Jabal Habash,…
Landmines can hamper or even deny children’s fundamental right to a safe education, and Yemen is a tragic example of the suffering caused by heavily mined schools. Many children in the war-torn country have witnessed their schools being taken over by landmines – rendering them inaccessible – or destroyed by landmine explosions. One such school…
Project Masam’s operations room has announced that the project teams have removed 1,045 landmines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices last week, bringing the total number of explosives removed from early January up to 3,534. In its statement, Project Masam said that the project teams have removed 896 unexploded ordnance and three explosive devices since the…
Project Masam has announced it has located and destroyed 383.139 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 6,014 anti-personnel mines, 135,894 anti-tank mines, 7,676 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and 233,555 unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralised over 43,389,537sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic…
The director of the Sabir district in The Taiz governorate has claimed his region has been badly affected by landmines. Mohamed al-Kadhi said: “Our region has suffered a lot from landmines which have been randomly planted to cause the death and injury of a large number of children and women in tragic accidents.” Al-Kadhi pointed…
First Undersecretary of Taiz Governorate, Dr. Abdul-Qawi Al-Mikhlafi, has said that Taiz is a “disaster-hit” area due to Houthi landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) heavily planted in civilian areas. In a statement, Al-Mikhlafi, said that the mines and IEDs planted by the Houthi militia in Taiz caused the death and injuries of thousands of…
On 20 February, Project Masam is remembering five colleagues killed in the line of duty four years ago. Project Masam mourns the loss of the team of five demining specialists, who lost their lives while attempting to bring safety and security to the Yemeni people on 20 February 2019 in the central province of Marib.…
The director of the Yemeni Observation and Documentation Centre for Mines and Unexploded Ordnance in Taiz has said that landmine clearance has largely contributed to bringing life back to normal in several villages and areas affected by landmines. In a statement, Dr. Fadl Saleh Al-Bukhari, said that the centre is witnessing the positive role played…
