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Tawakkol Karman Foundation Opens Tailoring Shop for Displaced Woman (Ibb, Yemen)
Tawakkol Karman Foundation opened a small shop for a displaced woman in Ibb governorate.Elham Ghaleb Muhammad fled to the Al-Salaam displacement camp with her husband and three children. Two of her children had died and her husband suffers from blood clots and cirrhosis. Elham says: "I want to do something, I want to improve my situation, but I can't do anything, no matter how much I work or search... My husband's monthly medication costs YR145,000, and I am unable to provide milk for my child."
Tawakkol Karman Foundation funded the renting of a store and equipped it with solar energy supplies, sewing equipment, various fabrics, some sewing tools, and other requirements. Elham expressed her thanks to Tawakkol Karman Foundation through the “Haith Al-Insan” program broadcasted by Belqees channel during the month of Ramadan, saying, “My happiness is indescribable.. Now I will not ask anyone. I hope that my project will turn into two or more shops, God willing, and I hope to help people one day just as they helped me today."
Elham says: "I want to do something, I want to improve my situation, but I can't do anything, no matter how much I work or search... My husband's monthly medication costs YR145,000, and I am unable to provide milk for my child."
Tawakkol Karman Foundation funded the renting of a store and equipping it with solar energy supplies, sewing equipment, various fabrics, some sewing tools, and other requirements.
Elham says, after receiving the tailoring shop key: "I feel happier than you can imagine. My dream was to have capital that would enable me to open a small enterprise, to support my family, its expenses, my husband's treatment, and my child's school requirements."
"Today I feel joy after receiving the project, and I thank everyone who contributed or assisted in this project," she added in a tone of joy.
Elham expressed her thanks to Tawakkol Karman Foundation through the “Haith Al-Insan” program broadcasted by Belqees channel during the month of Ramadan, saying, “My happiness is indescribable.. now I will not ask anyone. I hope that my project will turn into two or more shops, God willing, and I hope to help people one day. As they helped me today."