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 pieces: her left hand was amputated above the wrist.
“I am in the first primary class. My legs hurt me. I can’t play or write,” she told Project Masam in her village.
Despite her young age, the little girl understands her hand will not grow back, nor will the pain in her legs subside.
“I just want my hand to be fixed.”
According to London-based charity Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), the indiscriminate use of landmines and improvised explosive devices by the Houthi armed movement has caused at least 5,500 casualties in Yemen since 2015. 80% of the victims are civilians – children being affected the most.
With this in mind, humanitarian mine action Project Masam has been training, equipping and supporting Yemeni nationals to eradicate landmines, unexploded ordnance and IEDs from Yemen.
