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A recent UNIFIL Quick Impact Project (QIP) supplied sewing and embroidery machines to the workshop at the Imam Sadr Foundation in Tyre, south Lebanon. The Foundation provides training courses for women and youth who are eager to learn new skills. The goal of this project is to improve the participants’ financial and living conditions by helping them find a job or start a small business.
While large factories and corporations dominate the embroidery and tailoring industry, traditional craftsmanship in sewing still survives. By integrating digital concepts and modern techniques, this workshop ensures that the art of sewing remains accessible. Any woman or girl interested in acquiring these skills is welcome to receive training here at the Imam Sadr Foundation.
Currently, due to a significant population displacement from areas close to the Blue Line, the Foundation is welcoming displaced women to the training courses to provide them with new skills. This empowers them to eventually achieve financial independence and resume normal lives.
Aya Sweid from Dhaira village:
“I learned how to use the sewing machine and do stitches and embroidery using the digital embroidery machine. Now I know how to shorten and mend certain pieces of clothing. When the situation calms down in the south and I return home, I would like to buy a sewing machine and perhaps open a small tailoring shop and receive customers. This way I hope to help my family financially. “
UNIFIL has been implementing Quick Impact Projects for the benefit of the people of south Lebanon since 2007. Such support, especially the kind that builds the professional capacity and skills of people, is an important step in helping the population find new opportunities and avenues for self sufficiency.
A recent UNIFIL Quick Impact Project (QIP) supplied sewing and embroidery machines to the workshop at the Imam Sadr Foundation in Tyre, south Lebanon. The Foundation provides training courses for women and youth who are eager to learn new skills. The goal of this project is to improve the participants’ financial and living conditions by helping them find a job or start a small business.
While large factories and corporations dominate the embroidery and tailoring industry, traditional craftsmanship in sewing still survives. By integrating digital concepts and modern techniques, this workshop ensures that the art of sewing remains accessible. Any woman or girl interested in acquiring these skills is welcome to receive training here at the Imam Sadr Foundation.
Currently, due to a significant population displacement from areas close to the Blue Line, the Foundation is welcoming displaced women to the training courses to provide them with new skills. This empowers them to eventually achieve financial independence and resume normal lives.
Aya Sweid from Dhaira village:
“I learned how to use the sewing machine and do stitches and embroidery using the digital embroidery machine. Now I know how to shorten and mend certain pieces of clothing. When the situation calms down in the south and I return home, I would like to buy a sewing machine and perhaps open a small tailoring shop and receive customers. This way I hope to help my family financially. “
UNIFIL has been implementing Quick Impact Projects for the benefit of the people of south Lebanon since 2007. Such support, especially the kind that builds the professional capacity and skills of people, is an important step in helping the population find new opportunities and avenues for self sufficiency.
