Women who have succeeded in establishing small home kitchens in Yabroud to sell food and mortar and achieve economic returns

Rural Damascus - SANA

The endeavor to improve the living situation prompted two women, Nihad Kabour and Lida Saiba, to establish two kitchens in their homes to prepare various types of foods, pastries, etc. and sell them to those who wish from the residents in Yabroud and outside it, which made these two small projects benefit their families and can economically.

With their efforts and with the help of some, the two women achieved a well-known name on the level of Yabroud, and their food prepared by them for homes, birthdays, banquets and food became an ambassador for them and a catalyst for the development and expansion of their work as they put it.

During her visit to her simple kitchen, Kebour explained in her interview with the representative of Sana that the difficulty of life and the high prices prompted her to think about this family project in cooperation with her daughter and her daughter-in-law because she has distinctive skills in preparing food, but she does not have the financial capabilities to create a large and modern kitchen, so they started the project in a small way and seek to develop the work later. To allocate loans to such projects to enable them to purchase the necessary tools.

While preparing an order of pastries, Kebour said: “My name is now known at the level of Yabroud because they love my food .. I make various types of pizza, pies, and all kinds of stuffing, mansaf, kibbeh, grape leaves and others.” In the region.

Kebour, who started working on her project three years ago and with simple means, to help her improve her living situation, still needs support to develop her project, adding: "Work is an honor and increases the value of women in society and achieves themselves among members of her family."

In a similar small project, Lida Saiba worked to advance her difficult economic situation by preparing food and mortar for people who wanted to do so at reasonable prices that would give her a return to secure her requirements.

Saiba explained to the SANA delegate that she has been working in this field for several years and is preparing food stuffs, especially during the summer period, such as makdous, tomato molasses, jams, various types of okra vegetables, steamed stews, molokhia, and others, in addition to preparing foods for those who wish at prices that suit everyone and in a way that brings additional returns for her family.

While preparing tomato molasses, Saiba'a said: “There are families who are unable to prepare these foods because they do not have time or for other reasons. Providing water and gas.

The difficult days that passed by Saiba and her family consisting of her husband and four children did not prevent her from persevering and making efforts to find work that would support them, calling on each woman to contribute to the support of her family and herself by establishing a project for her, no matter how small.

The head of the Municipal Council in Yabroud, Engineer Ayman Haidar, confirmed in a statement to SANA that they are making every effort to support these projects, including the projects of the two women, and that they are seeking, in cooperation with some white hands in the region, to help any project that would raise the level of needy families and improve their economic situation in addition to that he is communicating with Some entities provide them with loans that enable them to develop and expand their work.

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