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 populations are forced to leave their cities and villages, agricultural land and schools. Landmines and explosive remnants of war left behind disrupt the transport of goods, medical supplies and aid; further deepening the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
Between 28 May 2021 and mid-2018, when Project Masam first entered Yemen, its 32 demining teams and five rapid response teams have cleared a total of 251,549 items including 3,848 anti-personnel mines, 79,408 anti-tank mines, 162,262 unexploded ordnance (UXO) and 6,031 improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
So far, the Saudi-funded programme has cleared a total of 22,742,522 sqm of liberated land in Aden, Al-Jawf, Aldala’a, Al-Hudaydah, Maa’rib, Shabwa and Ta’az.
During the month of May 2021 alone, Project Masam’s teams cleared a total of 10,501 landmines, UXO and IEDs.
Additionally, Project Masam is carrying out a Public Awareness Poster Campaign across nine governorates, addressing several critical issues and sharing messages targeted to the local population.
The poster campaign is supported by daily activities carried out by Project Masam demining teams, who already work with local communities by raising awareness of the ongoing threat posed by mines across villages and towns. As part of their daily public awareness initiatives, staff hand out flyers with simple safety messages and encourage civilians to report dangerous items to Project Masam’s free hotline number.
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