Director of Mawza Educational Department commends Masam teams’ role in restoring life to villages and schools of the district 

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Standing in front of the Zaid Oyoun school, which was damaged by a landmines, Ali Muhammad Abdo, Director of the Mawza Educational Department, told Masam that Houthi landmines have tragically impacted Mawza civilians, including young men, women and children.  Abdo confirmed that Houthi militias have been systematically planting landmines and improvised explosive items (IEDs), which…

COP27: Houthi militias destroyed plant, ecosystems by planting hundreds of thousands of mines, says Yemeni President

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Houthi militias have destroyed ecosystems by planting hundreds of thousands of landmines since the start of the conflict in Yemen, the President of the Republic of Yemen told the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt on Monday. During the two week conference, a total of 40,000 participants are expected to attend Sharm El-Sheikh…

Masam clears 371,236 landmines and explosive threats in Yemen

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Project Masam has announced its has located and destroyed 371,236 explosive devices in Yemeni liberated areas. These include 5,701 anti-personnel mines, 134,108 anti-tank mines, 7,568 improvised explosive devices and 223,859 unexploded ordnance neutralised over 40,264,827sqm of land since mid-2018. Since the conflict between Yemen’s pro-government forces and Houthi militias escalated in 2014, liberated strategic areas have been left littered with Houthi anti-personnel mines and anti-tank mines, along with unexploded remnants…

Five years on: How Masam’s deminers are changing the lives of civilians in Yemen’s Al-Rama

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After five years of hard work, Masam’s deminers are proud of the impact of their work in Yemen’s southwestern region of Taiz. Masam’s demining teams have been clearing landmines in Al-Rama, the largest agricultural area in Taiz governorate since 2018. This week, Masam caught up with Hassan Al-Gahouri, the leader of Team 17. Watch Al-Ghouri describe how…