Homs-Sana
In her communication with the wounded in various Syrian regions and cities, the young Lara Al-Abbas, from the city of Homs, found a way to heal their wounds by providing them with all forms of moral support and helping them to establish small projects that would enable them to face the burdens of life, until they started calling her “the sister of the wounded.”
Lara confirmed to SANA reporter that she had established a “Lamat Love and Wafa” team in Baniyas since last September with the aim of reviving traditional professions and creating job opportunities for the wounded to achieve self-sufficiency for them and their families, in addition to organizing recreational trips for them. She also established a similar team in Homs under the name “Bilad Al-Izz” months ago. Through it, and in cooperation with the owners of the white hands, it secured a number of wheelchairs for paralyzed patients and provided material support to the most needy families in the eastern countryside of Homs. It also participated in afforestation campaigns outside Homs and several recreational activities and events for the wounded and children of martyrs.
Lara told SANA reporter that about a year ago, she discovered that she had breast cancer, but it did not discourage her from continuing her voluntary activities, but rather increased her enthusiasm and willingly overcame all the negative effects of the disease, stressing that she is still continuing her volunteer work in the service of the wounded and their families, in addition to studying for a master's degree at the Faculty of Tourism at Al-Baath University.
Lara shows that she chose the content of her thesis, which she is preparing to obtain a master's degree, on the role of traditional crafts and industries in the development of the local community, and targeted a group of wounded people in Homs and Tartous as part of the study.
Lara points out that her sense of the wounded and the need to take care of them throughout the country is a humanitarian and patriotic duty, and caring for her wounded brother Muhammad had the greatest impact in her rush to provide what she could for them wherever they were found through her communication with them and their families to find out their demands, as she invested her energies and skills by supporting them through cooperation With some donors and succeeded in conducting some operations for those in need.
Lara had undergone courses in human development and worked as a coordinator and trainer in the One Million Young Syrians Free Campaign in Syria and is still there. In addition to her work as a coordinator for the Al-Qassem Foundation for Quality Standards of Training, she also taught at the Faculty of Tourism in Tartous, and her first initiative was to set up human development courses for the wounded in Samidoun Association Despite the wounds when it was established in Homs 2014, and recently, in cooperation with the management of the association, it launched its initiative to establish local and community development courses for mushroom cultivation with a number of wounded in the association to enable them to establish their own small projects, indicating that its humanitarian and voluntary work continues with the support of the social environment and that it has been honored on more than one occasion on this work.
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