"Znoud six" .. The journey of housewives from the leaves to profitable projects

Mohamed Khaled-Tripoli Lebanon

From her home in the town of Minieh in northern Lebanon, 46-year-old Mrs. Siham Bakr is preparing various types of food and household supplies using the exhaled leaves that are abundant in her town, and produces various items such as juices, jams and flavors to be displayed in the weekly Znoud al-Set.

This market is an economic and commercial market initiated by the Lebanese Center for Studies and Research and in cooperation with the Women's Coalition for Tripoli, and seeks to provide suitable jobs for women in the city of Tripoli and its suburbs. Siham had received training courses on how to prepare food products from these papers, and how to take care of them to prepare and manufacture the highest quality.

Employment opportunities for women
“The six Znoud market opened the door for me to market my products to reach the largest number of consumers, as well as to provide me with a place to display and create a home-based business opportunity,” said Ms Bakr, a beneficiary of the project.

The Znoud Al-Sitt project is one of the most important economic projects that help women empower them financially by creating job opportunities for women by marketing artisan products and handicrafts that are manufactured in their homes. The proceeds of this project go to the beneficiaries.

"The idea of ​​the six Znoud market came after identifying the needs and priorities in the most needy areas through a study conducted by the center," said Mohamed Menkara, director of Tripoli projects at the Lebanese Center for Studies and Research. Household responsibilities. "

Picking fruits from parks
What distinguishes the project Znoud six is ​​the contribution of the Municipality of Tripoli in the market by allowing the owners of the fruit harvesting of fruit trees in public parks, for the benefit of the women of the project, where volunteers harvest the fruits from the trees and delivery to the beneficiaries of the project to their homes.

The women also buy their needs from the markets to do all the manual labor and produce food. For its part, after the preparation, the Lebanese Center to provide legal licenses and medical examinations for all food before being displayed and marketed in the weekly open market.

The project will benefit 20 women, who produce different types of home supplies and handicrafts such as pomegranate molasses, exhaled products, pickles, and other items, especially Eid Traboulsi sweets, as well as embroidery works such as crochet and soap made by simple methods, and women's accessories that reflect the skill High, composite perfume. Products are sold directly to customers in the gardens of the city of Tripoli on a weekly basis at affordable prices.

The project aims to empower women economically by introducing them to the labor market, benefiting from fruitful trees in public parks, encouraging labor, creating new jobs, as well as preserving and revitalizing local crafts. "Customers, especially women, are shopping in the market because of the quality of products that are hand-made and are better than those processed in other factories and factories," said Ms. Raja, a beneficiary of the project.

Character does not disappear
Consumers from different districts of the city visit the market every week to buy their needs, and also to support women and empower them. "I rely mainly on buying my family's food supplies from the weekly market because of the quality of the items on offer and to support the women working on the project," said housewife Entesar.

The market also relies on its website to market its products, which includes a full explanation and detailed about the project, as well as on its various pages on social media.