Tartous-Sana
After a journey of treatment for his injury during the war on terror in the ranks of the Syrian Arab Army, the wounded Hatem Fouad Mansour, a resident of the city of Ad-Draikish in the countryside of Tartous, managed to establish a bakery devoted to the production of bran bread, corn and barley, as well as pastries to be a source of livelihood for him and his workers.
The living martyr, as he likes to be said, answered the call to be with the men of the Syrian Arab Army in the battle to defend the homeland against terrorist gangs, killing and destruction, and participated in many battles since the beginning of 2013 until he was hit by a mortar during the battles to liberate the Bani Zaid neighborhood and the Khaldiya factories in Aleppo. To amputation of his left leg and damage to the right leg, and after the treatment journey that lasted seven months and ended with the installation of a lower limb for his left foot at the Prosthetics Center in Tartous, Hatem was able to overcome that stage and decided to look for work commensurate with his health condition after he was working in the iron field.
The wounded Hatim says: “I got a million Syrian pounds after being discharged from reserve service at the end of 2017, which is the grant provided by President Bashar al-Assad for each wounded person in addition to compensation. After that I decided to establish a bakery for the manufacture of pastries and bread, especially since I learned the profession from my father and worked there for about seven years. And now I am working on preparing bread and pastries according to pre-demand in proportion to the amount of flour and bran available to me, explaining that this work has a safe source of income in addition to securing job opportunities for the four workers with him, including the wife of his brother, the martyr Suleiman, and he now feels comfortable despite all the circumstances because he was able to be productive In his community and not a burden for him, he feels happy when he finds customers demanding his bakery products.
He pointed out that despite some obstacles represented by the difficulty in securing raw materials and their high prices, he is satisfied with a small profit in exchange for continuing to work, especially after the disposal of all products on a daily basis, sending a message to all the wounded that they benefit from government support and the privileges provided to them at various levels, including tax exemptions in order to establish Projects of their own that serve as a job opportunity and let us all help in the reconstruction and building of the homeland and contribute to the development of the economic wheel in it.
The wounded Hatem referred to his heroism alongside his comrades in the governorates of Damascus, Lattakia and Aleppo, wishing that these sacrifices would culminate in complete victory and prosperity for the homeland again, while his mother Munira Wanous expressed her pride in the martyrdom of her son Suleiman and the injury of her son Hatem, thanks to everyone who stood by Hatem and was supportive of him to continue at work.
Fatima Hussain