Lattakia-Sana
The Syrian Ready Made Garment Company Waseem has opened a production unit for ready-made garments in the town of Al-Qutailbeya in the countryside of Jableh, which is its second in Lattakia governorate to employ the children of martyrs and the wounded of the Syrian Arab Army, in cooperation with the administrative unit and civil and community activities.
The Minister of Industry, Eng. Muhammad Maan Zain Al-Abideen Jazzaba told reporters during the opening of the unit that these units represent the nucleus of expansion of small and medium projects in a Syrian area that contribute to achieving social and economic development and resettlement of the families of martyrs and their families who benefit from job opportunities in their towns.
For his part, Haytham Zahir, General Manager of Waseem Company, pointed out that the unit is an integrated laboratory that has created job opportunities for more than 80 workers, indicating that the production units that were opened in the beginning of last year in several governorates secured about 500 job opportunities, the share of the martyrs ’families was approximately 50 percent.
The head of the town council, Iyad Al-Saftli, stressed the importance of opening such a production unit, which contributed to improving the standard of living of more than 80 workers, most of whom are martyrs and wounded people of the town and its villages, with the efforts of the townspeople and civil activities.
Sahar Melhem started training in the unit two days ago and found an opportunity to prove herself and work to improve the standard of living of her family with distinct working conditions, while Darren Esber pointed to the importance of such facilities in training, qualification and capacity development at work, expressing her hope that it would expand to include additional rural areas.
The opening of the unit was attended by the Governor of Lattakia, Ibrahim Khader Al-Salem, and the Secretary of the Lattakia Branch of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, Dr. Muhammad Shreteh.
Bassam Al-Ibrahim