With pictures from the heart of Syria, a café employs "unique people"
The initiative aims to promote the integration of people with Down syndrome into society. EPA
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In the recently opened Societe Café in Damascus, customers sit and order juices, but some of the staff who serve them and serve them drinks are suffering from Down syndrome, so that the café-goers had the opportunity to meet and chat with unique people such as Abdul Rahman Burim, who met many people since the beginning of his work in the place , says his father.
Ghassan Buraim, Abdul Rahman’s father, added, “The experience was wonderful. When he came to the cafeteria, he met many people and saw him with his activity and his smile, which is always present, and he is friendly with people and kind.”
The café opened its doors in Tishreen Park in the Syrian capital last Thursday, with the aim of promoting the integration of people with Down syndrome into society.
The service team at Sosset Café consists of people with and without the syndrome who help each other in a rotating work system.
The idea came into being about three years ago, when people with Down syndrome were offered to volunteer for this work during a local festival in Damascus.
After the positive feedback, the Juzour Association for People with Disabilities began training young people with Down syndrome to prepare and serve drinks.
The café currently only serves drinks, juices and water pipes, because the staff has not yet been trained in cooking.
The association hopes to be able to open additional branches in different Syrian cities in the future.
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