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In conjunction with the International Children’s Day, Masam Demining Project in Yemen implemented a humanitarian initiative targeting child mine victims in Ma’arib Governorate.
The initiative, according to Masam Media Office, aims to support children psychologically and to plant the joy lost due to disability in their hearts and convey to the world a microcosm of the suffering experienced by the children of Yemen due to militia mines.
The initiative included the distribution of winter bags for dozens of child victims of mines in Ma’arib Governorate, as well as the production of a documentary film on the scale of crimes left by the militia’s mines against Yemeni children.
International Children’s Day comes this year, and the children of Yemen are living in horrific hell, as the war created a catastrophic situation in Yemen, and created the worst humanitarian crisis, which made more than 12 million children in need of humanitarian aid.
Since the launch of Project Masam in Yemen, its engineering teams deployed in 8 Yemeni governorates have secured hundreds of educational schools and enabled thousands of Yemeni students to return to school.
Project Masam contributed to reducing the occurrence of child victims by securing their homes, schools, pathways and places of fun in several Yemeni Governorates.
Houthi mines and explosive devices have killed and maimed thousands of children in Yemen, disrupted civilian life in affected areas, and pose a threat to civilians long after the conflict ends.
SAM Organization for Rights and Freedoms announced in a report that, the number of children killed since 2014 until mid-2020 reached more than 5,700 children, the largest number of whom fell in Taiz, with 1,000 children, while 5,000 children were injured.
Masam continues to implement organized awareness campaigns in all Yemeni regions in which he works and was able to create community awareness of mines danger and not to tamper with them, for the keenness of Project Masam management and all its affiliates protect the lives of civilians.