Blog: The Middle East

Smyrna Women's Empowerment Centre, Turkey

Christmas stocking knitting has kept the Women's Empowerment Centre ladies very busy! Women knit the most stockings this season, and it is their best opportunity to earn income. Therefore, there is more joy in their homes. 

Goat Loan Programme, Jordan

Fatmeh is a kind and lovely woman. She keeps pressing forward and is trying her best to improve her living conditions and provide for her children despite facing many difficulties and challenges.
 

Holy Land

This past month, there was an ongoing effort to help immigrants with food vouchers. The people coming into the country are going through quite a vetting process, and many are entering with very little in the way of financial resources. 

Ɖorgovska mahala, Serbia

House of Ruth, Jordan

Sewing Class

Week 1 was all about learning the basics of sewing, introducing the tools and the machine used, laying down the foundations, learning how to cut the fabric properly, and learning how to align the pieces on the top of each other correctly. In weeks 2 & 3, the teacher taught the participants how to take measures of the waist, shoulders, thighs, and chest, how to sew in a straight line, and how to take in clothes.

Mugheer al Sarhan Village, Jordan

GHNI, in cooperation with another local women's association in Mugheer al Sarhan Village, have started a three-month long sewing course. It started in July and it was completed in October 2021.
 

Twelve Jordanian women joined the course meeting two days a week, from 9am to 1:30pm. More women were interested to join in, but in order to keep social distance and apply the safety precautions, we limited the number to 12 participant, only.

Holy Land

More and more immigrants are coming into the country, so we want to help them get settled and adjusted as quickly as possible. There are different ways we provide help. One is a distribution centre which feely provides clothing to immigrants. We also offer nine rooms available for boarding.  

Smyrna, Turkey

It has been a busy networking time for us. Our organisation is growing and becoming known by more and more people. First, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality reached out to us by conducting an interview about the work we do among disadvantaged women. They think we're doing a great job of giving more women hope! This publicity will be very helpful to reach new people to get to know us and potentially support us.

Refugees in Lebanon

House of Ruth, Jordan

Sewing Class

This month, the participants continued learning the basics of sewing. They learnt how to cut the fabric properly and how to align the pieces on the top of each other correctly. They are applying what they're learning as well as sewing a school uniform for their daughters.