Bazar project is a chance of change and self-assertion, Jihan and Muhammad.  

Young beautiful girls in Tal al-Samen IDP camp wore new dresses sewn by Jihan and other female trainees of (Bazar 2) project during their first week in dressmaking workshop.

 Jihan al-Tayyar, 39, said that despite their simplicity, these colorful dresses are of great importance to the young girls who are waiting for more with the training time.  

Jihan, who lost her former workshop in the city of Tal Abyad, following the Turkish military offensive that forced her, her husband and nine members of her family, to flee to Tal al-Samen camp more than a year ago, said that living away from home and workplace is a loss that cannot be compensated, but it can be mitigated through return to work again.

Jihan and her husband lost their work and their source of income due to displacement. However, during the start of selecting trainees for the (Bazar 2) project, she was able to prove her skill in dressmaking, and she is now participating in the training workshop to gain new skills and experiences in the field of tailoring, knitting and design.  

Beside dressmaking workshop, the mechanical engineer, Muhammad al-Mutair and his fellow trainees are trying to move forward to keep up with the practical training program in the plumbing workshop.  

Muhammad, who graduated from the (Petroleum Equipment) Department at the University of Ain Shams in Cairo, returned from the long business trip that he spent in Saudi Arabia, which lasted ten years, to settle in his hometown near the town of Suluk in 2011.  

However, the circumstances the country went through, brought Muhammad unforeseen surprises, as he was unable to work in his field of expertise, and was forced to start a new profession where he opened a shop to sell agricultural spare parts, until the Turkish invasion started in 2019, so he lost everything and fled with his family of 6, to Raqqa and then to Tal al-Saman camp.  

 Muhammad said that in the (Bazar 2) project, specifically within the special vocational training workshop in the field of plumbing, he found a new ray of hope to return to work again, about a year after his arrival at Tal al-Samen camp.  

Mohammad is now considered one of the most active trainees, although only about two weeks have passed since the start of the practical training. He said that he is doing his best to develop his skills in this new field to return to work again.  

The (Bazar) project, in its first and second versions, aims to provide real support opportunities for the IDPs who were forced to leave their homes and work after the Turkish military offensive, which increased the challenges they had mainly faced since 2011.