Despite her knee condition and the strain of her modest job, Firyal never faltered in her commitment to support her family. Living in a rented house in Qattinah village with her husband and two children, every penny counted.

Her dream of owning a business seemed distant until she heard of the Micro Projects Program. With the support, she finally opened her own cleaning and wrapping materials shop. This venture empowered her to contribute more substantially to her family's financial stability.

Now, Firyal's days are filled with purpose as she manages her shop, supporting her husband and securing a good life for her children. This shop isn't just a business; it's a symbol of hope and opportunity, allowing her to transform her family's circumstances and create a path to prosperity against all odds.

Fadila, a married woman and mother of four, lives with her family in Qattinah village. Her husband works tirelessly as an employee and a farmer to meet the family's needs. However, one source of income isn’t enough. Since 2018, Fadila has been running a dress leasing shop and working as a school teacher to contribute to their income.

She buys second-hand dresses and fixes them at a local sewing workshop before leasing them to women in her village. She dreamed of having her own sewing machines to repair dresses, as her manual machine is impractical. Owning the necessary sewing machines would allow her to work year-round, improving her business efficiency.

To make this dream a reality, Fadila applied to the Micro Projects Program for support as she plans to set up her own sewing business within her shop which would enable her to fix dresses, save time and increase her earnings. 

Securing better income through her shop would provide greater financial stability for the family, ensuring they can meet their needs and invest in their children's education.

Rasha is a single mother residing in Al-Sabeel neighborhood, she has been the sole caregiver for her ten-year-old son, Majd, who suffers from Children's asthma and Thalassemia. After splitting up with her husband, she took on the responsibility of providing for Majd's needs, including the costs of his treatments.

Since 2017, she has worked tirelessly in sales and at a beauty salon, but her modest earnings were barely enough to cover their living expenses and Majd's medical bills. Despite her brother's occasional support, Rasha knew she needed a more sustainable solution to ensure a better future for her son.

Determined to become financially independent and provide her only son with stability, she envisioned starting her own mini-market. However, the cost of launching such a business was beyond her means. That's when the Micro Projects Program in Homs stepped in, providing the necessary support to turn her dream into reality.

With the program's assistance, Rasha successfully opened her mini-market. This new venture not only improved their financial situation but also gave Rasha the independence she longed for. Eventually, Rasha remarried a man who embraced both her and Majd, offering a partnership built on mutual care and love.

Today, she looks forward to the future, leaving behind the struggles of the past and focusing on the promising opportunities ahead for her and her son.

Hanaa, a dedicated mother of six, resides in Qattinah village with her retired husband and four children, who are university and school students. Despite working in the health sector for over 30 years, her salary, combined with her husband's modest pension, was insufficient to meet their family's daily needs and cover the high costs of education.

Determined to improve her family's livelihood, Hanaa decided to start her own business; she opened a dairy shop, leveraging her skills in preparing dairy products and recognizing the high demand for these goods in her village. With the help of the Micro Projects Program, she launched her small business, with her husband supporting her in managing the shop.

This initiative transformed the family's life, providing a secure source of income and easing the financial burden. Her dairy shop not only supports her children's education but also ensures a stable future for her family. 

Edmon, a single man living with his parents, lost eight years of his life to mandatory military service from 2010 to 2018. Before that, he had worked diligently in a pastry shop since 2007, gaining valuable experience in the field. However, upon his discharge, he found himself unable to start his own business due to financial constraints. Instead, he took a job in detergent sales.

In an attempt to improve his situation, Edmon borrowed a significant amount of money to travel and seek better opportunities abroad. Unfortunately, his plans fell through, leaving him in severe financial trouble. Determined to turn his life around, he applied to the Micro Projects Program with a well-prepared plan to open his own pastry shop.

The program offered him a chance to leverage his past experience and build a stable business. His comprehensive study and dedication to his pastry shop project showcased his determination to create a successful career, allowing him to finally achieve the independence he longed for.

Within the past ten years, most people have been subjected to great injustice. The life of an entire generation has been stolen. Elias Alshaer is one of those young people whose life was greatly affected by the crisis in Syria; deprived of childhood, proper education and simplest living aspects.

In 2011, Elias and his family were living in the village of al-Qusayr in the countryside of Homs, but with the outbreak of the war in Syria, their house was destroyed and looted, and they had to flee to Jaramana, in the countryside of Damascus. This young man was forced to drop out of university and work in a restaurant to help support the family who lost all their properties and belongings. They all had to start from scratch in a new place and with very tight financial conditions.

These hardships did not weaken Elias' will, he continued to work day and night to make ends meet. However, in the year 2017 he was at a crossroads, obliged to leave Syria for a while. His residence in Lebanon turned to become an advantage when he gained extensive experience in the field of beverages and sweets catering industry. He also attended several courses in the same domain.

When it was time to head back home in 2019, Elias returned to Syria with his mind set on his career of choice and the aspects that he still needs to strengthen in order to become an independent individual. Without any hesitation, once he settled back, he took a job in accounting to make an income and pay for his parents’ medication, and at the same time to learn more about handling the financials of running a business.

Elias is one of the strong-minded young men who, despite the harsh circumstances of war, displacement and losses, did not despair but continued with his great ambition and hope to create his own conditions and make a difference in his life by opening his sweets and beverages shop in his country and stay with his family and loved ones.

It is always inspiring to see how much determination and hope a person has to face problems and defy them no matter how difficult they are, like Jalal Ghamika, 35 years old, who despite all the misfortunes in his life, still has a smile on his face against all the hardships.

Jalal was living with his family safely in the city of Homs, but with the outbreak of war in Syria, the city was directly affected, they fled to Damascus, where they settled in Jaramana, and they were informed that their house in Homs had been completely looted. That terrible incident affected his father's health a lot and gradually led to his passing in 2012.

Jalal found himself alone facing big responsibility, he worked day and night to support his family, but the income was very low, so in 2016 he traveled to Lebanon hoping to improve his financial situation. He worked there as a chef in a restaurant until 2019 when he began to suffer from Osteomyelitis, so he had to return and be treated in Syria, and at the same time period, his mother was diagnosed with cancer and needed surgery to remove the tumor then chemotherapy.

Despite his illness, Jalal began working at home with the help of his sisters in making oriental food and delivering orders to houses. He was responsible for his mother, his two sisters, and their children, his recruited brother, and the younger brother who is still a student, and yet he did not surrender or become overwhelmed because he had strong faith that always pushed him to work and hope for a better tomorrow.

Indeed, through the Micro project’s program, Jalal was supported to start his small shop, in which he and his sisters will work and support each other through life challenges.

No matter how hard life gets, God's great mercy won't leave us alone and sends compassionate people on our way.

That’s what Jaklin Hoda experienced in her life, especially after the death of her husband in 2014, leaving her alone with three kids during the toughest time of the Syrian crisis.

Jaklin suddenly found herself alone with no supporters, she felt that her future was grim, she began her struggling journey in raising her children and educating them. However, she gathered her strength and counted on herself to start her own Mini market in a modest alley in Jaramana, so she won’t need to ask for anyone’s help. 

Three years after the tragedy, Jaklin was able to pay off all the previous debts and succeeded to secure a good life for her three children, through her small shop. With her integrity and honesty, she acquired the sellers' trust, and she began to help all the needy families in the neighborhood and give them purchases on credit.

The hand of God was supporting Jaklin in her difficult journey, and she could not believe that her small shop had protected her from need and poverty and contributed to raising and educating her children.

She kept fighting against all the difficulties, but the past three years were very hard on everyone; she became unable to afford all the living expenses and support her shop with goods at the same time. Her shop was about to shut down when she heard about the Micro project program, which gave her the required support to continue her journey in life. 

life is sometimes unfair to many people, and in many cases, it overflows them with many burdens leaving them weak and in pain. The 50-year-old Lina Hanna, whose tragedies began 17 years ago when her husband and her brother had a violent quarrel that ended with her brother's death and her husband's imprisonment, leaving her distressed, heartbroken, and depressed with no supporter for her three little girls.

Lina had no time to grieve her loss, as she became the sole responsible for her young daughters, she had to put her sorrows aside and hold on. Indeed, this great mother worked day and night to raise and educate her children, secure life necessities for them, and at the same time compensate for the absence of their father and give them a sense of security and safety.

A few years after the incident, her financial situation started to improve when she was working as a salesperson at a detergent company in Ain Tarma. Unfortunately, in 2011 the Syrian crisis started and Ain Tarma was from the first areas that were destroyed leaving Lina unemployed, living with the help of her friends and relatives.

However, the war and its horrors didn’t stop this iron lady from working and supporting her family, she took a small loan and started her own perfume and gifts shop. But the Covid and the quarantine affected her work and caused many losses.

When a door closes, life always opens you a window. Lina lived her whole life fighting with no help so it was our turn to stand by this determined woman and support her to retain her independence and dignity.  

Siham Alsheikh, a 22-year-old woman, had a very difficult childhood after her parents separated at the age of 12, so she, her mom, and little brother had to leave their home and move to live in a small room in Bab Touma under very difficult circumstances. They had to face the horrors of war by themselves with no one to turn into. From such a young age the twelve-year-old skipped childhood and found herself battling against poverty and acute need for an income to cover the expenses of her little brother’s medical treatments.

While many people would crack under this much pressure, Siham amazingly got stronger, she was able to balance between providing for the family and proceeding with her academic studies simultaneously in two different majors one in chemistry and the other in accounting. To juggle those two university branches, Siham needed an income to pay for all the costs and tuitions, thus she invested all her savings in a camera and counted on her photography skills to make a living.

Her talents never failed her, and slowly she got booked for events and ceremonies which boosted her enthusiasm and kept her going. 

This extraordinary young woman has always been a supporter for her family and a light of hope for everyone around her, and when she needed an extra push to take her business to the next level by developing her gadgets, Hope center was there by her side in her journey to success.