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Tawakkol Karman Foundation Provides Salt Workers with Packaging Factory and Safety Tools (Hadramout, Yemen)
The Tawakkol Karman Foundation provided women in Hadramout who work in salt extraction with a packaging factory and safety tools to protect them from the risks they are exposed to during work. Hundreds of women in the Mayfaa area of Mukalla district used to gather every morning waiting for large trucks to take them to the work area for the extraction of salt. They would work with their hands because they did not have access to safety tools.
Om Omar, a worker in the extraction of salt, said that once she and her companions return home every evening, their hands and feet are so cracked that many cannot return to work the next day. In addition, the workers have developed back injuries and pain due to them having to sit in long positions all day while working in the sun. One of the workers fell into a hole while trying to collect salt with her hands, and had it not been for quickly rescuing her, her life would have been in danger, according to Umm Omar.
The Tawakkol Karman Foundation provided a machine for grinding and distributing salt in plastic bags, a water tank for the machine, packaging devices, an electric generator, and containers for drinking water. It also built a shelter for female workers collecting salt, and provided umbrellas, tools for transporting salt, and safety tools for female workers.
The project to implement this factory for working women in Hadramout comes within the series of works of Tawakkul Karman Foundation Development Program "Haith Al-Insan" for the fourth season, which was presented by Belqees channel during the month of Ramadan of 2022.
Om Omar, a worker in the extraction of salt, said that she and her companions return to the house in the evening, and the cracks have affected their hands and feet, and some of them cannot return to work the next day if the cracks are not healed by using skin moisturizer, noting that the workers back has become curved because of their sitting position for a long time. while working under the heat of the sun.
One of the workers fell into a hole while trying to collect salt with her hands, and had it not been for quickly rescuing her, her life would have been in danger, according to Umm Omar.
The Tawakkol Karman Foundation did not hesitate to stand by the working women and provide a machine for grinding and distributing salt in plastic bags, a water tank for the machine, packaging devices, an electric generator, and containers for drinking water. It also built a shelter for female workers and another for collecting salt, and provided umbrellas, tools for transporting salt, and safety tools for female workers.
The project to implement this factory for working women in Hadramout comes within the series of works of Tawakkul Karman Foundation Development Program "Haith Al-Insan" for the fourth season, which was presented by by Belqees channel during the month of Ramadan of 2022.
