George, 34 years old, was forced to leave his studies at a young age in order to work and become the main breadwinner for his family due to the difficult living conditions that the family suffered from after the death of his father.

He tried to work many jobs to provide an income until he found his passion in barbering and learned it at a barber shop near home, after a while he was able to become a professional and rent a small shop in 2000 after gaining good experience.

But when the war broke out and the armed groups entered Sheikh Maqsoud area where his shop was located in 2013, He had to leave everything, his house and barber shop with all the equipment. Then the family fled to Lebanon for eight years to escape the conflict where George worked there as a barber, in addition to working as a tax collector for electricity bills.

Shortly after the end of the war in Aleppo city, he decided to return and continue the journey. Fortunately, his childhood friend offered him a rented shop to work with the equipment as a profitable partnership, but after a short time, his partner traveled abroad and left the country and George stayed without a job.

He decided to apply to Hope Center for new equipment. Today, after the funding, George is grateful and able to keep up with the great changes in the huge living expenses, especially since he has great financial obligations of his mother's illness and her constant need for medicine.

Married life comes with a lot of responsibility and the 33-year-old young Armen has become the one in charge of his wife and his parents, who also live with them.

After serving 9 years in the army, Armin continues his major career in car suspension maintenance.

He could no longer live with his parents, so he had to move into his parents-in-law's house for a while until he found a suitable job so that he could take a rented house. 

Despite all the difficulties he faced. He always sought to work without giving up, hoping to improve his situation one day. With the help of his wife, as she works as a school employee, this couple couldn’t cope with the high prices that we live at today.

Supporting Armen with important equipment will have a positive effect on his work and increase his income. This in turn will help him overcome the difficulties and perhaps one day he will be able to take an independent house with his small family.

Rafi is a 50 years old dentist, who lives alone in a rented house after losing everything as a result of the war; his home, clinic, family, and friends, in addition to all the money that he collected throughout his career on a trip to find better opportunities. 

As is the case with any other dentist, Rafi started his career with high enthusiasm in 2000 and he built a good reputation, then he bought his own clinic in 2005 where he had many patients and life was good. 

But when the war broke out in 2013, he experienced major setbacks; starting with the illness and death of his parents during that period and then the theft of his clinic several times.

As a result, in 2016, Dr. Rafi had enough and sold everything he had back then; his house, clinic, and all his possessions to travel abroad. He settled in Armenia for two years, like many Syrian refugees, he tried many attempts to immigrate but all of them failed, until all his money was stolen by a smuggler then he returned without having anything.

Therefore, he decided to return to his city and established with the help of his friends a rented and fully equipped dental laboratory where he worked for three years. unfortunately, the owner of the place sold it in 2021 and Rafi remained without work. therefore, he decided to open a new clinic in order to regain his patients and continue his career after seeing the good impact through Hope Center beneficiaries.

Elias Ebrahim is a 42 years old single man, who lived for a big part of his life in the village where he was born, he worked in agriculture, but he had to run away from his village with his family and move to Aleppo city after losing all his income sources.

This humble man took care of his parents, but unfortunately, he lost them one after the other due to their fights with cancer.

The conditions became harder, while he had no profession but cultivation, but with a little support from his brother who has a mini market, Elias rented a small fridge to sell biscuits and beverages.

Although Elias is living alone, the income from his work doesn’t level with the livelihood inflation, so he started looking for support, and the Hope Center was his first choice.

He requested an espresso machine with its accessories in his application, hoping to increase his current income, and dreaming of getting married and starting a small family.

“ the support you gave me can’t be measured because you gave me Hope again ”.

Vrege followed his passion since he was just a kid, he learned how to fix the small plumbing malfunctions in his house, he loved the career and when he grew up, he took plumbing as a main career and became a master in it.

In 2001, he settled in Aleppo city in his family house after he left his Small Village (Al-Yaacoubiye) to work in Aleppo and start a new life in the city, bought new equipment, and rented a small shop in Al-Slemaniye area.

During the war, his family had to run away from the village after losing all their properties and farming land and move to stay with Vrege who had to handle more responsibilities to provide the life basics. 

After 35 years of hard work, his equipment was consumed and needed a lot of continuous repairing, sometimes he had to skip some work offers because the equipment aren’t working properly.

Today after the support of Micro Projects, Vrege is able to work more efficiently and will be able to save a lot of time and money. 

Zohrab, 35 years old, is an auto electrician, also known as a car electrician, who knows how to install and maintain the wiring and electrical systems in a variety of vehicles.

During the war, the workshop in which he worked was destroyed, so he started working in his father's workshop which was hit by shells during the war, then moved to his friend's shop in 2017.

Zohrab, an auto mechanic workshop owner who has been in this field since 2000, gaining skills and building a good reputation in the industry, left his job in 2014 due to the war.

The loyal man was willing to try everything, after he lost his father's workshop, he worked as a chef in the kitchen of a charitable organization for 3 years trying to secure the needs of his family, especially after the death of his father in 2017, then worked as a supervisor for generators until as an additional income in addition to working in car electricity in his friend's shop.

He couldn't leave his profession, so all this time he tried to work with his friend’s equipment.

After many years, Zohrab was able to reopen his father’s workshop with the help of the hope center and go back to it with his new equipment, which will make a big change in his income.

Life wasn’t kind to Krikor, this 26 young man, who suffered for about ten years facing the armed groups in different regions in Syria, which left scars on his body and soul. When a random shell crossed his back and caused him a harmful injury that still accompanies him to the moment.

Such as most guys his age, Krikor had to leave his career, his beloved family, and the girl he loves to serve in the military. And when he finished his service, he had to build his future all over from scratch.

Due to the challenging conditions and the high life pressures, Krikor started working two different jobs in the domain of carpentry which he mastered, especially after he got married and had his first kid “Sevag”.

Krikor specialized in carpentry since he was a teenager, he loved this career and got distinguished in it, but working all day long drained him of energy, with a very small income in return which is not even enough for the basics of livelihood.

Once he heard about the Hope Center, it didn’t take him a long time of thinking to come and apply for the necessary equipment he needs to start his own micro carpentry project. 

Now with this support, Krikor is able to spend more time with his family, in addition, increase his income with less physical exhaustion.

Music is a part of everyone's life.

“Growing up with a musical background, it was in my genes that I would be a musician. Playing music helped me become the person I am by being a release for my anger, and helped me make new friends.” This is how Riad described his relationship with music.

Riad’s family is filled with musicians and singers; he played while his brother sang with him before the war, making events together in addition to having their own band. When the war broke out, they fled their home but couldn't take the keyboard and other equipment, because they had left their house immediately and then returned after 6 years.

Due to the extremely high cost of the equipment that he needed, Riad couldn't afford to purchase them. He lost his job, and the events that he used to play in were all canceled which meant that Riad needed any work to face the difficult life circumstances.

With the help of the Micro Projects, Riad was able to purchase the keyboard and play again at events and will have more opportunities to work with his brother to increase their income.

Issues such as theft, crime, and immigration impact many people in their daily lives and push them to make life-changing decisions. When the armed groups kidnapped Jack's father, he paid the ransom and decided to flee to Latakia as it was safer at the time.

Jack followed in his father’s footsteps and worked in pastries and pies when they fled to latakia back in 2012, then after returning to Aleppo, they took his grandpa’s shop and worked together.

Due to the difficult economic conditions and the harsh war, Jack decided to have an independent place because the income was no longer enough for two families; especially after getting married and preparing to be a father after a few months.

By benefiting from his father’s experience and his work in Lattakia for 7 years, baking has always been Jack's passion, and now he wants to pursue his dream of being able to open his own bakery.

Since his project was accepted, Jack was able to open his own bakery place for pies and pastries and he became an independent business owner.

“After your bereavement leave is over, you still feel incapable to go back to work while you're still dealing with your father's death,” Gabi said.

The reason for his death was the impact of the carpentry career on his health, so Gabi decided to leave this profession.

Gabi,45 years old, is trying to find another job. He opened a sewing workshop and worked for more than twenty years. By that time, they had to sell the workshop after the death of his parents. Life was difficult for him, especially since he didn’t have a child, but he was thankful that throughout the war, they didn’t have any major losses.

In search of independence, especially after working in his brother's workshop, Gabi wasn’t satisfied with his work being an employee there. 

Gabi opened a mini supermarket in 2021 with his wife and it would be a good option to get a better income and sell some cold beverages. Having an espresso machine would increase his income and bring new customers to their shop.

Tony, a father of 3 children had to leave his house in Al-Sheik Maksoud when the fighting reached the area in 2013, leaving behind a life full of memories, settling down with his father and brother hoping to return home one day.

When he was young, Tony worked as a private driver between Syria and Lebanon for more than 15 years, in 2010 when he returned to Aleppo, he had to sell all the jewelry he had and he took a loan from the bank to buy a pickup truck to work in furniture moving with galleries.

When the war reached the city of Aleppo and it was completely besieged, there was no longer any source of fuel, so he had to sell the car and change his profession from driving a truck to recycling and selling glassware.

During the water shortage in Aleppo, he worked with the church in distributing water from a mobile water tank fixed on a pickup truck delivering the source of life to the elderly and the most in need for two years.

As a result of his tiring work for a long time, he suffered from severe aches in his back and neck, in addition to a lump in the stomach. He became unable to work in this tiring field again, "I know that working on the pickup truck is very profitable, but I can’t do it anymore because of my health condition, so I want to work in a taxi because it is suitable for me".

Today, after financing Tony with the taxi, he is very happy and ready to continue his journey to secure a better future for his lovely family.

It has been more than 9 years since Esper lost his private taxi. It was his main source of livelihood, and because the shells fell near his house, he had to sell it at a low price to live with the money due to the high cost of living and renting a new house after leaving his own due to the war.

The entire house was stolen, and he no longer owns anything but a mini pick-up truck, which has recently become his last source of livelihood.

Switching houses more than 7 times during the war was one of the hardest things he faced with his family and his sick brother-in-law.

Due to the many repairs that were made to the pickup truck it became worn out, Esper himself has been suffering from beaks for some time and this is affecting his health, he could no longer stay in this job, so he decided to sell it and apply to the Hope Center.

His experience is great in the field of driving, as he has been working with a taxi office for a long time and has old and new clients, and he will also teach driving cars as an additional income.

It is not about a car, but about a second chance in life for a family who has gone through so much suffering. He applied for this project so he could be able to improve his current situation.

Khalil Mikhail is 51 years old, married, and has three children, Antoun, Nicolas, and Marian. he was living with his family in Hineh village and working as a driver and worker in the municipality of Hineh. 

During his duty, he fell on his head from 6 meters high and needed 35 stitches to close his wound but as soon as he recovered, he returned to his hard work where he used to carry 150kg jute sacks of anise daily which affected him on the long-term and led to severe pains in his back and neck as he had to undergo Disk surgery at the expense of charities due to his bad financial situation.

however, during wartime, he moved with his family to live in Al-Dwallaa neighborhood in Damascus due to the difficult security situation in his village and the lack of services and transportation means but his bad health condition prevented him from doing hard jobs so his wife started to work as elderly’s caregiver in order to support him with the house rent and the living expenses until her health started to deteriorate and she had to undergo nerve operation with her both hands and couldn’t continue working which affected their financial situation.

In addition to all of that, Khalil had to support his elder son Antoun, who was called to the military service and is still serving not knowing when he would be released.

Khalil is currently working as a taxi driver for one of his relatives and sometimes he works as a laborer because the important thing to him is feeding his family, even at the expense of his health.

Khalil gathered his hope and applied for the taxi project putting his belief in God's great mercy.

and his faith was never disappointed as he was approved to be financed with the taxi project so he could be independent and have a sustainable income to improve his family's conditions.

Gaby Abou Samra is 45 years old, he is married to Christine Kassab and they have a son, Sharbel born in 2007, and a daughter Jouel born in 2010.

Before the war, Gaby and his family were living in a peaceful and secure environment because he was working as a plumber and sanitary supervisor, his workshop was in Almleiha area in the countryside of Damascus. 

Gabi was working hard and he had many customers which made him in a good financial situation.

however, all of that changed after the beginning of the war in Syria as Almleiha area was destroyed completely and Gaby was among the people who lost everything including his workshop and all of his equipment.

He found himself after many years of working, getting back to zero, with no tools and equipment to work, and his situation started to deteriorate rapidly.

He had no choice but to take other jobs so he worked on his friend’s Suzuki car for five years, then when his friend needed money, he sold the car which left Gaby jobless but he started working as a Valet parking employee in Bab Toma because as he said: 

“I don’t care what work to do, as long I am working in dignity and affording my family’s food and expenses”

Despite all his hard work, his income was barely meeting his living demands and they became in a critical financial situation but they didn’t let that weaken their faith and hope so they applied to the Micro-project program for the pickup truck.

Today, after the funding, Gaby is full of determination and enthusiasm to improve his situation and provide his family with the decent life they deserve.

“For my family to be well, secure, with the basics of living, is all I seek in life”

Firas is 44, married to Hadeel Dahdal and they have two adorable daughters Marita, born in 2013, and Marcel born in 2016.

Firas got employed at the Ministry of Electricity in 1999, but his salary wasn’t good enough to secure a decent living so he started studying at university and in the afternoons he worked at a Foul and Falafel restaurant in Al-Dwalaa neighborhood.

He graduated from the faculty of trade and economics in 2009, then Firas and his brother started a devices maintenance shop in Jaramana and at the same time, they were benefiting from the olives harvest from their village “Tasia” in Daraa governorate. 

Unfortunately, A couple of years after, the war started in the country and its violent effect spread all over to reach their village, all the houses were destroyed and the olive trees were cut, and their farming land was burnt which was a devastating loss for the family. As a result, the shop’s income became insufficient to meet the living expenses which made his brother leave the country and Firas was facing all the financial obligations of the shop alone, so he had to close it soon after.

However, despite all those losses, Firas didn’t despair and he took part-time jobs to increase his income so he could afford the basic needs of livelihood which were increasing year after year until he became incapable of meeting them no matter how long he worked. 

With the help of the Micro Project initiative, Firas now has started his Foul and Falafel Restaurant in Bab Sharqi and he is full of determination and enthusiasm to make this project succeed in order to improve his living conditions and regain his independence. 

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up”

Despite all calamities, Youssef Al-Samara has never stopped fighting and was full of hope that the coming days are going to be better.

He worked as a hairdresser since 2002 and his income was good to afford his living expenses, but after the outbreak of the Syrian war, he was called to join the military service as he served in fierce war zones which put him under dangerous accidents.

He was living in a rented flat in Dhaheit Alassad but during the war, the area was surrounded by armed groups and his flat was totally damaged and his furniture was looted.

During that period, he got married to Amal Hamzah and started to work as a taxi driver after his service duty to support his family while his wife started to work looking after elderly people to help with house demands. 

Youssef’s service was very destructive for him, as he was shot in the left hand and then injured by missile fragments until the year 2018 when he was affected by a chemical attack that led to lung irritation.

As a result, Youssef was discharged from the military service and put under treatment until his recovery but due to his health condition, he couldn’t continue to work in his profession as a hairdresser and was forced to work on a rented taxi and pay most of his income to the taxi owner trying his best to work as hard as possible to secure the basic demands for his wife and kids Joud and Taya.

After applying to the Micro-project and being financed to have his own taxi, Youssef said:

“The project will change my life forever because instead of paying half my income to the taxi owner, I will be paying for improving my life and securing my kids’ future”

“The human’s will is what defines a person and how far he is going in his life journey”

Iskandar was raised by loving and supporting parents, his father used to work as a tiler and handled his tough work to afford his family a decent living.

As soon as he grew up, Iskandar realized he wanted to be a hairdresser, so he started learning about this profession and worked hard to gain field experience dreaming to have his own Salon in the future and be independent.

Unfortunately, with the beginning of the war in 2011, all of his dreams have gone as the family went through many dangers and horrors in addition to the lack of work and livelihood necessities, until the great disaster in 2013 when Iskandar was injured by a mortar explosion in the shoulder behind Al-Jahez Park where he was taken to the hospital and underwent a surgical operation.

After recovering from the incident, Iskandar was in a bad psychological situation since he spent all of his savings on treatment, so he traveled to Lebanon seeking safety but he wasn’t lucky in finding a proper job and his family was in a bad financial situation so he decided to defeat his fears and go back to Syria where he returned to work in his profession until he was able in 2019 to have his own hairdressing salon in Aldwalaa to be close to his family as his sister Miray grown to be a talented make-up artist and started working with her brother at the Salon.

However, in the past three years, Iskandar was struggling due to the terrible electricity situation and long cuts which affected his job greatly and led to decreasing his income as a result.

After applying to the micro-project program, Iskandar was financed with the electricity generator that will provide him with more working hours and increase his income, as a result, hoping that this improvement will enable him to support his parents and at the same time get married and establish his own family.

"A hero is someone who gives without thought of himself, and Shadi was that hero in his son’s eyes”

Shady Maqsoud 48, never hesitated to give all for the sake of his family and kids.

He is married to Jumana Qazi and they have two sons Johnathan born in 2003, and Julian born in 2007 

Shady started working as a painter at the age of nineteen to support his parents with the living expenses, and for many years he worked as hard as he could to save his dignity and never need anyone’s help.

He also continued to work in his profession during the difficult years of war and when his income decreased, he immediately searched for a part-time job to support himself as he got employed as a driver at Damascus-health-administration.

And even when his health started to deteriorate and the doctor recommended that he must stop doing any painting work as he suffers from allergic asthma and the smells are very harmful to him, he insisted to keep working to secure the basic demands for his family.

However, his son “Johnathan” realized how tired his father was, and all his efforts to put the food on the table at the end of the day so he decided to take a part-time job after his schooling trying to handle some of the huge burdens as much as possible.

Shady found his way to the Micro project program as he applied for the taxi project seeking a stable and better income.

He said after being financed:” Having a taxi of my own after all these hardships I been through is something unbelievable, the project will provide me a sustainable income that I will depend on in raising and educating my sons, as well as restoring the hope in my life”

George is a married man and the father of three daughters Dina, Rita, and Rima.

George suffers from speech disorder but that didn’t prevent him from working or having a normal lifestyle as for the last 30 years, he has been working at the Ministry of Health as a physical therapist.

He handled his tough work schedule for many years to ensure a dignified life for his family, because all he cared about was raising his daughters to become successful individuals in their lives, and that is what he gained as Dina is studying at the Faculty of Media, Rita is at the Faculty of Humanity science and Rima is at the Faculty of Law.

Although George's financial situation wasn’t going good, George tried to protect his family and provide them with all their living demands, but after being at the edge of his sixties and about to be retired he became unable to continue the same effort in his profession, and started to worry about how he will secure his daughters future, especially that they were living in bad condition and barely able to afford their expenses by the end of the month.

Now thanks to the micro-project program, George was supported to have his own mini-market that he will run with the help of his wife and daughters, so they get back on their feet again with a steady source of livelihood.

We are all aware of the violent acts of war during the last decade which affected the lives of many innocent people.

Edwar was one of those people who was exposed to a kidnapping incident that turned his life upside down.

Edwar Darwish was born in 1972, married and has a son ‘Gassan” born in 2014. He lives with his family in Kashkoul, a Damascus suburb and for more than 10 years, he worked as a bus driver on Damascus-Aleppo international road.

His tragic story began in 2012, a few months after he bought a taxi in installments. he was looking to be self-employed with a better and more sustainable income after completing the car's price but unfortunately, while he was working in the taxi, some masked men blocked his way with their guns and kidnapped him, and took his taxi.

He was captive for several days under severe torture until he was able to escape during the night and kept running till he reached Damascus suburb road as he headed to a police station and reported for his kidnap and the stolen car.

Edwar was in a pathetic situation as he stayed for more than a year recovering from the incident’s physical and psychological effects, his financial situation has also deteriorated as he had to pay back all the remained installments in addition to his treatment costs.

Edwar returned to his previous work and although the income was a lot less than the living expenses, he kept working hard trying his best to secure the basic demands for his family but with the increasing costs of living, his situation became worse than before and they were barely able to afford for their daily food.

Through the Micro project programs, Edwar was financed to have his own Taxi, which will provide him with a second chance to make up for his losses and restore his life by having a decent income.

After more than 20 years of a stable career and secure living conditions, Anwar Hanna, the 63-year-old man was a victim of displacement and losses.

Anwar was living with his family in Erbin area, in the countryside of Damascus, he was working as a blacksmith at his private carpentry workshop and their life was full of peace and security which all was ruined after 2011 as the terrorist groups broke into the area and spread their violence and horror at over. Anwar was very concerned about his family’s life and took them out of the city under shelling and bombing without being able to take any of their belongings, all that he cared about was to keep them far from being hurt.

They moved for a period to Sednaya then to Jaramana where they rented a small and modest flat to shelter themselves after losing everything they worked for in their entire life, their house, furniture in addition to the workshop tools, and equipment.

Anwar had to start from scratch so he got employed at a factory in the industrial Adraa where he worked for more than 10 hours a day so he could be able to put food on the table at the end of the day, his work was hard and the income was very low but Anwar was trying his best until his health condition started to deteriorate and he became unable to continue the hard work.

His son’s income was barely covering the house rent and expenses so Anwar had to keep working in order to secure the basic living needs.

He started to work as a taxi driver with 25% percent of the taxi wages a day and spent many days touring the streets trying to improve his financial situation but couldn't meet the high costs of living.

Anwar decided to apply for the taxi project because it will provide him with a sustainable and good source of income which will be enough for the house expenses and to improve their living circumstances.

There will always be difficult challenges to face every day, but with great faith, one will be strong enough to defeat those challenges as Jamil Bshara did his entire life.

Jamil is 49, married to Silva Hamwi and together they have amazing three children; Eleanor and Alber born in 2003, and Enji born in 2005. Jamil and his family live in a small rented flat in Jaramana where he works in packaging at the Syrian Trade Corporation.

Before the crisis, Jamil used to have his own shop that sells toys and other stuff, his income was enough to secure a good living. After about 7 years of working in the shop and with the outbreaking of the Syrian war, Jamil had to close it due to the increasing prices.

However, he didn’t hesitate to do any job available because he had a family to feed and kids to educate, so he worked as a cleaner in Saint Mansour Monastery in Sednaya until 2013 because the situation there became very dangerous. After that, he started working in a local food restaurant in Jaramana and for many years he worked more than 12 hours a day and did his best to provide the best life possible for his kids, and he succeeded in his endeavor as his son Alber is at the informatic engineering college and his daughter Eleanor is at the architecture engineering college while his third daughter is from the top students on in her class.

“what you give out, will always return to you”

Jamil spent his whole life giving his family all the love, attention, and care, and it was time to reap the results as his request for the mini-market project was approved, and now Jamil is hoping that after all those tough years, he will finally have a thriving job that will enable him to be independent with a sustainable income.

Abdo had a peaceful and stable life with his family living in Sednaya town, Damascus countryside.

During the first years of the war, the situation began to worsen gradually, until it became very dangerous to stay in the area, as his house was severely damaged by the shelling which forced the family to leave their home without being able to take any belongings.

Abdo and his family moved to Damascus where his friend helped him rent a small apartment in one of Bab Touma's old neighborhoods to shelter there, as his children were still at a very young age.

Abdo worked in a small shop in Kashkool area, and he tried hard during those difficult years to secure the basic living necessities for his family, but his income was barely matching the high living expenses which prevented him from moving to a better house or buying new furniture and his financial condition was getting critical.

Unfortunately, by the end of the war, the economic crisis exploded, then the Corona pandemic started, which affected the business situation severely and Abdo had to close the shop in 2020, he began to look for any source of income to secure the rent and his children basic requirements.

He started working on his old car making deliveries or special requests with the help of his friends and relatives, but the car was worn-out and its malfunctions cost a lot of money which banned him from improving his work or his income.

Now after getting the approval, Abdo is touring the streets day and night with his new taxi, seeking to get as much work as he could in order to enhance his income and his family’s living conditions.

Kinan’s life was never easy, each chapter of it contained a lot of pain and bitterness, but he never gave up and was sure that all the faith and love he gives, will return to him.

He lived in Al-Qadam area in Damascus where he worked as a gypsum statues sculptor. He was like any young man of his age working hard and planning for his future as he established his own workshop, bought a mini pick-up to increase his income, and got engaged to Antoinette Ahmar but unfortunately, the war came to waste his efforts, and destroy all his dreams as Al-Qadam area was one of the conflict places that was severely destroyed by the daily bombing including Kinan’s house and workshop. He had to flee the area without being able to take any of his belongings or his work equipment.

In 2012, Kinan had to start from scratch since his career wasn’t demanded anymore so his uncle offered to share his house. Kinan worked any job available to afford his living expenses, but his financial situation was getting worse day by day. However, his fiancé Antionette stood beside him and refused to leave him. She waited eight years until he decided to sell his pick-up so he could marry and rent a house to live in with his wife and mother.

Despite the hardships, Kinan and Antionette got married in 2018 and had their son Sam one year after, they both worked together to overcome all the difficulties; Kinan rented a pick-up and started working as hard as he could to provide for his family and his wife was also doing handcrafts at home to support her husband.

Kinan was looking for a chance to improve his living conditions and had strong faith that life will turn up for him thereby, as soon as he heard about the micro-project program in Damascus, he applied for the pickup truck full of hope and determination.

Indeed, the darkest chapter of his life was closed and now he has his own pick-up truck that will increase his income and provide a second chance to have a decent and stable life.