Project Masam is calling for urgent survey and clearance, the disclosure of #Houthi minefield maps and coordinates, and accountability for #explosive devices that place civilians at risk. "We are clearing what we can, where we can, but every newly contaminated area means more land to survey, more roads and communities to make safe, and more families forced to wait before they can return home or move freely." - @AlgosaibiOusama, MD, Project Masam Read more: tinyurl.com/m3teme7z #MineAction

As #Yemen’s #humanitarian crisis deepens, our MD @AlgosaibiOusama has warned that fresh #landmine and IED contamination is adding another threat to civilians already facing displacement, hunger and reduced access to healthcare and water. "To see landmines and IEDs being used again, adding yet another threat to civilians who are already carrying such an enormous burden, is devastating and heartbreaking." #MineAction

Road clearance is about far more than movement. A contaminated route can separate communities from #schools, markets, #jobs, food supplies and #humanitarian assistance. Project Masam has cleared more than 86.3 million m² of contaminated land across #Yemen, including critical access routes. #MineAction #ProtectCivilians

A journey to work, market or visit family should never end like this. Across #Yemen, #Houthi #landmines and IEDs remain hidden beside roads, tracks and other places civilians use every day. Project Masam has cleared 597,031 explosive threats since 2018. #MineAction #ProtectCivilians

#Explosive contamination can isolate an entire community long after fighting moves elsewhere. In #Yemen, 3.2 million children are already out of school, while renewed #conflict has recently disrupted 243 schools affecting more than 137,000 students, @UNICEF_Yemen says. #Landmines and IEDs create another barrier to education, #healthcare, food and water. #MineAction

#Landmines do not only threaten roads or remote areas. In #Yemen, they can be found between homes, behind residential buildings, in courtyards and on the paths families use every day, cutting entire communities off from safe movement even within their own neighbourhoods. Project Masam clears these areas so families can move more safely around the places they live. #Humanitarian #MineAction

Because we know how critical safe access is for #pregnant women, unborn #babies and newborns, Project Masam teams work hard to reduce these #explosive risks by clearing roads, access routes, #health facilities and routes to care, and contaminated communities, while #EORE helps families recognise and report explosive threats safely. Read more: shorturl.at/HbI8M #MineAction

Project Masam’s investigation had already shown how #landmines and explosive hazards can block ambulances, force #PregnantWomen onto long and dangerous journeys, and delay access to #emergency obstetric care: shorturl.at/Qw2Y9 For mothers, unborn #babies and #newborns, those delays can turn a manageable complication into a life-threatening emergency.

#Explosive violence, shifting frontlines and #landmines are deepening #Yemen’s #maternity crisis. More than 13,000 pregnant women are currently unable to access maternal health services, while only 5 of 27 emergency maternal and newborn care hospitals remain even partially functioning, @UNFPAYemen has warned.

In this week’s media roundup, @oananews has highlighted Project Masam’s latest clearance figures, reporting that teams removed 995 #landmines and #explosive threats in one week, bringing October’s total to 3,542 and cumulative clearance to 597,031 items. The coverage places our work in the wider context of continued landmine contamination across #Yemen and the threat it poses to civilians. 🔗 shorturl.at/EXfZt #MineAction

No Project Masam #demining team can deploy to the field or enter a minefield without a #medic present. Throughout the day, medics and Team Leaders watch for changes in behaviour, concentration, fatigue or stress that could affect someone’s ability to work safely. In #Yemen’s minefields, a lapse can injure or kill the deminer, and endanger everyone working around him. shorturl.at/wVv9p #MineAction

#MineAction leaves almost no margin for distraction. Fatigue, grief, family pressure, poor sleep or fear about events unfolding only kilometres away can all affect the concentration and judgement a deminer depends on to stay alive. That is why mental readiness has to be treated as part of operational safety, especially in #Yemen. shorturl.at/wVv9p

In #Yemen, a deminer can begin the day clearing #landmines and learn hours later that fighting has reached his home area, or that a family member has been killed. Our latest feature looks at the mental demands of mine clearance in an active #warzone, and why psychological readiness is an operational safety issue: shorturl.at/wVv9p #MineAction

"Revising #Yemen’s #landmine estimate upwards should alarm the international community. Every newly laid mine creates another threat to civilians, another obstacle to return, and another area requiring survey and clearance. Continued #Houthi mine-laying is expanding an already immense contamination crisis and increasing the long-term #humanitarian burden. This demands sustained attention, accountability and support for #MineAction." - @AlgosaibiOusama, MD, Project Masam

So far in October, Project Masam’s #demining teams have cleared 3,542 #explosive threats across #Yemen: 74 anti-personnel #landmines, 106 anti-tank mines, 3,356 UXO and six IEDs. Our demining teams have also cleared 501,985 m² of land during the same period. Read more on our website: shorturl.at/tcCf0 #MineAction

Did you know? Since mid-2018, Project Masam has cleared 597,031 #explosive threats across #Yemen, including 7,809 anti-personnel #landmines, 153,213 anti-tank mines, 8,693 IEDs and 427,316 UXO, clearing more than 86.3 million m² of land. Read more: shorturl.at/6oepo #MineAction

Any estimate of #Yemen’s landmine contamination must now be treated cautiously. Many #Houthi minefields are undocumented, irregular and without conventional boundaries, while new #landmines are still being laid as frontlines shift. The true scale can only be understood through sustained survey, clearance and evidence gathered on the ground. #MineAction

Project Masam’s Special Tasks Team 1 has destroyed 3,951 #landmines and #explosive remnants of #war collected from Aden, Lahj and Abyan #Yemen. Team Leader Munther Qassem explains how rapid-response #EOD teams act on reports from civilians and local authorities to remove immediate threats. #MineAction

For #MineAction teams, fresh #Houhi mine contamination in #Yemen means new survey, new tasking and new clearance across areas already burdened by years of explosive hazards. As territory changes hands, both the operational burden and the risk to civilian life increase, with every newly laid #landmine creating another barrier to safe return.

With 184,000+ people now displaced in #Yemen, roughly half from #Taiz, @CrisisGroup warns that many families remain unable to return even after fighting subsides near their homes, adding "newly emplaced landmines are another threat." Fresh #Houthi mine contamination is therefore extending the #humanitarian consequences of the current fighting well beyond the movement of the frontline. #MineAction #ProtectCivilians