Damascus countryside - SANA
With the support of the Syrian Trust for Development and the local council in the city of Moadamiyat al-Sham, 33 women participated in the bazaar, which opened today in the al-Majd hall in the city, to market and display their products, which varied between food and household items, clothes, shoes, accessories, gifts, textile recycling, and other products, some of which were the result of a grant they received or training. They underwent it to establish micro-enterprises.
The bazaar, which is held as part of a 16-day campaign to combat gender-based violence over two days, attracted visitors of different ages from Moadamiya and beyond. elsewhere.
Craftswoman Suha Khudair explained to SANA reporter that she was able to develop her work in the field of crochet and the manufacture of accessories and wax in a short period, and the hobby turned into a major craft that helped her improve her living, and expand her production and marketing through her participation in exhibitions and bazaars supported by the Syrian Trust for Development, noting that She was later accredited as a trainer for these crafts in institutes, and she cooperated with the Secretariat in the Qatna community lighthouse to train male and female students who became more skilled than her in making accessories. She also cooperated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization “UNESCO” and the Ministry of Tourism on crochet training.
Her motor disability did not prevent engineer Samia Al-Sayed from training a group of women with disabilities to learn how to work with a hook through the creation of the “Snarati” project with the participation of a number of women, through working in homes and marketing through social media or participating in bazaars to which the Syrian Trust for Development invites her. , stressing that participating in such bazaars is an opportunity to display and market their products.
Al-Sayed indicated that the “Sinarty” project introduced crochet to towels, bags, blankets, shawls, gift boxes and wood, and showed the ancient Syrian heritage in a modern and distinctive way that attracts customers and their desires.
Waad Sayyah stated that she lost the nucleus of her project due to the crisis, and after she received the appropriate training in the Municipality on how to raise and produce honey, she re-established it after obtaining a grant, and within a short period she was able to develop it and increase the number of beehives and began production, and she is currently participating in this bazaar to market her product.
Ibtisam Mardini pointed out that her project focuses on designing gifts and games, and after receiving the grant from the Secretariat, she started her own production and was able to market after three months of production.
The home kitchen was also present in the bazaar through distinctive foods prepared by Maryam Al-Khatib, who indicated that she established her project on her own ten years ago, which depends on making all kinds of pies and sweets, indicating that most of the marketing is via the Internet, and she said that it was the first time that she participated in a bazaar with the support of The Syrian Trust for Development.
Supervisor of Economic Projects in the Moadamiyat Al-Sham Community Lighthouse, Rama Qadmani, explained that the projects participating in the bazaar, some of which were implemented through operational grants provided to a number of women, in addition to special projects for women heads of breadwinners, as the bazaar aims to support them to market their products, indicating that the Municipality provided vocational training for women in each of The lighthouses of Moadamiya, Qatana and Deir Ali for mastering a group of crafts, including making mortar and crochet.
From the psychological support department at the Moadamiyeh lighthouse, Shiraz Al-Hariri explained that the lighthouse was keen to attract the most vulnerable women to empower them economically, alleviate their suffering, and give them the strength and ability to continue their lives after they lost their husbands or breadwinners by integrating them into the labor market, supporting and training them to establish a project of their own.
The head of the local council in Moadamiya, Eng. Mustafa al-Khatib, explained that the council has a role in supporting these women by allocating a special place to display and market their work for free, pointing out that this bazaar is the fifth that the council has established in cooperation with the Municipality.
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