The story of Bazaar project ends in Tal al-Samen IDP camp by voluntary campaigns to confront coronavirus, and other private projects

The activities of the vocational training workshops within the Bazaar project which was launched by the GAV organization on June 21, were concluded on Wednesday with the participation of 24 male and female beneficiaries from the residents of Tal al-Samen camp in the countryside of al-Raqqa.  

But the story will not only end here as trainees of sewing, dressmaking, haircut and hairdressing workshops launched a voluntary campaign on Thursday to organize the first exhibition of its kind to display their products they achieved during the vocational training period.  

With the end of the last day of the vocational training, the trainees started to transform one of the project’s tents into an exhibition hall with the help of the organization’s team to display the products of the workshops, in addition to displaying pictures of hair styles and models made by the trainees during the workshops. 

In addition to the exhibition of the trainees’ products, the trainees of the sewing and dressmaking workshops decided to launch another initiative to make masks that can be used more than once, and to distribute them to the residents of Tal al-Samen camp for free, as a voluntary contribution to the relentless efforts aimed at confronting the spread of coronavirus, especially after the outbreak of the virus in the regions of north and northeastern Syria 

As for the coming steps, all the trainees in various professional workshops plan to start their own projects after receiving the necessary tools and devices from the organization.  

Adel Saleh (39 years old), who was forced to flee with his six children from the town of Hammam al-Turkman, and his colleague Ismail al-Khalaf (34 years old), who was also forced to flee the town of Mabrouka in the countryside of Ras al-Ain/Sere Kaniye during the last Turkish military offensive 10 months ago, decided to open a joint barbershop after acquiring the necessary skills during the workshops of the Bazaar project.  

Both trainees say, they never expected to reach this point, but they show great determination to succeed in their new project which will soon come to light, as they said.  

On the other hand, both Taghrid al-Habib (27 years old) and Kholoud al-Alo (23 years old), who were displaced from the village of al-Sherkrak after the Turkish military operation, are planning to open their own salon for hairdressing soon.   

Taghrid expects the new project will provide her a steady source of income to support her 6-children-family. As for Kholoud, who supports three children, she also aims at securing a steady source of income and achieving her ambition in practicing this profession which she started learning with remarkable passion.  

So, it is the end of the story of the Bazaar project that started in Tal al-Samen IDP camp, but it will not be the last story, as thousands of displaced people still need support in the fields of livelihoods to reintegrate them into the labor market and provide equal opportunities for everyone to achieve their ambition to rely on themselves in order to face the difficulties and cruelty of life.