The tent of the activities is decorated with pieces of clothes made by the hands of the Bazaar project trainees

While wandering in the tent of the sewing and dressmaking workshop, you only notice the hanging pieces of clothes that the trainees made day after day, in an application of the experiences they gained during the professional training that started about a month and a half ago.  

Iman al-Ali (30 years old), was keen to hang the pieces of clothes that she made in order to be visible to everyone, which means that she did the best required to manufacture everything that is elaborate and striking.  

Iman did not complete learning sewing before her displacement from the town of Suluk with the seven members of her family following the Turkish military operation in October, last year. While the simple sewing machine in her former house did not help her to master the profession that she loves.  

However, with the launch of the activities of Bazaar project, Iman had the opportunity to continue her career in learning this profession, despite her sadness at the loss of her simple sewing machine after she was forced to abandon it during her displacement due to the Turkish offensive. 

In a short period of time, Iman was able to acquire all the skills she needed to turn into a professional dressmaker. At first, she was able to make a blouse and skirt for her little daughter to wear during the days of Eid al-Adha, and then she could make a dress for her other daughter.   

Now, as the Bazaar project is about to be completed, Iman plans to open her own workshop and dispense with buying ready-made clothes to secure the needs of her family members, especially after the huge wave of price rises and under the conditions of the general curfew imposed to confront the health crisis of coronavirus.  

It is not much different for Hussein Khalil (30 years old), who was displaced from the city of Tal-Abyad during the Turkish military offensive more than 10 months ago. 

Khalil, who was working in a local sewing workshop before 2011, was forced to leave work due to the closure of the workshop as a result of the events in the country, and continued struggling to support his four children.  

Khalil says that during the training period in the workshops of the Bazaar project, he was able to complete his skills in sewing and return to his old profession that the war circumstances forced him to give up, stressing that he will continue trying to make a new start while he is thinking of opening his own workshop this time, after obtaining the tools necessary that will be given to him at the end of the training.  

GAV organization launched the activities of the Bazaar project in Tal al-Samen camp on June 21, aiming at training 24 male and female beneficiaries of the camp’s residents on sewing, dressmaking, hairdresser’s and haircut, under the supervision of professional trainers.  

The project aims to reintegrate the trainees into the labor market after obtaining professional training, in addition to supporting them with the tools necessary to launch special projects in specific professions, to help them secure steady sources of income for them and their families, and reduce their dependence on humanitarian aid.