Damascus-SANA
(Bazaar of the beginning of a road) that was launched by the Syrian Trust for Development (Bab Sharqi Community Lighthouse) today in cooperation and coordination in the Engineers Syndicate hall in Salhia. It attracted more than 80 women who established micro-projects that varied between manufacturing and drying mortar, working the hook, accessories, wool, gifts, toys, clothes and other products that were The beginning to enter the labor market and production.
Programs and trainings that women underwent in Bab Sharqi, Barzeh and Shahba community lighthouses opened the way for them to obtain operating grants or loans and enabled many women to establish micro-home projects and gave them strength and will to be free from fear and audacity to market their products, which have become the most important component for improving their livelihood and providing for their families, according to Taghreed Khalaf from Manarat Bab Sharqi specializes in a gender-based case study.
Khalaf added to SANA reporter: The bazaar, which is held over two days on the occasion of the 16 days of combating gender-based violence, is attended by a number of civil associations and development institutions within Damascus and its countryside, and the Engineers Syndicate, Damascus branch. It is an important opportunity for women to receive support to expand their projects and home businesses and to attract women Others to enter the labor market under the slogan (Hand in Hand, Word and Action, Everyone's Responsibility Against Gender-Based Violence).
The Syrian Association for the Physically Handicapped participated through the works of ten children with special needs and 14 mothers, according to Inaam Sarhan, the educational social specialist in the association, indicating that the works include household food products, medicinal herbs and textiles, in order to support these children and their mothers economically and enhance their self-confidence and strengthen their skills To enter the labor market, while the Youth Association for People with Special Needs participated in handicrafts on the loom, which varied between (caps, shawls and gloves), in addition to embroidery and crochet work for children with special needs, according to Khalidia Dalati, the teacher in the association.
The manufacture of mortar and dryers of all kinds was strongly present in the bazaar, and this was explained by engineer Nada Shabwa, who specializes in food processing and trained women in food processing in the Bab Sharqi community beacon, which conducted a course targeting about 13 women who underwent training on how to prepare more than 150 food products such as jams, pickles and sterilization And canning and drying summer and winter vegetables and fruits, in addition to cheese, yoghurt and kiosk, indicating that the training provided to them helped them obtain a grant amounting to 5 million pounds and operating loans that enabled them to produce and market.
Najat Jamal Al-Din is among the participants who received training and a grant from the Municipality. She explained that she was able to open her workshop again, which was destroyed as a result of the war in the town of Zamalka, in the countryside of Damascus. It is specialized in manufacturing handmade accessories and traditional jewelry, after the training she underwent in the Municipality. She obtained the grant and currently participates in exhibitions and bazaars. Being the only way to market her business, she confirmed that the project helped her a lot in improving her living, being the sole breadwinner for her family and living in a rented house.
And from Harasta, Warda Al-Halbouni mentioned that the Syrian Municipality invited her to participate in the bazaar through home-made food products, pointing out that this is the first time that she participates in a bazaar, and it is an important opportunity to market women’s products and meet new customers to expand the marketing of their products in a way that contributes to supporting their families. economically and socially.
Mona Al-Mahmoud from Barzeh indicated that her participation in the bazaar came after she underwent a training course in Al-Manara on how to make crochet and wool, and said: The training gave her the strength to increase her production and market it through the bazaars.
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