Beneficiary: Gabi Adib
Fund Date: 10/2021
Age: 50 years old
Family members: 3
Skills and experience: newly started
Gabi has always been a good father who depends on himself to meet his family's daily requirements and who is always looking after his three young son, George, Fadi, and Elias, two of whom are now serving in the military.
They are one of Al-Sheikh Maqsood families, who have been displaced from their houses to a safer one because of the shells that destroyed their houses. One of the biggest shocks their family went through was after they tried to return home, all the destruction and the loss of belongings they saw. Even though theiy wanted to go back but it was uninhabitable. With the church's help though now they are settled back in their home after equipping it with barely essential furniture pieces that were purchased in debt.
career-wise, Gabi used to work as a guard in several facilities such as restaurants, clinics, and residential buildings, but due to the war, after the people's emigration, and the evacuation of homes and buildings, he was no longer able to work in this profession. In 2013, he began working in a private hospital, transporting patients to surgery rooms and other tasks. Only one job with a modest salary won't support a family of five, knowing that made Gabi's wife work as a caregiver for elderlies.
What is interesting about this family's story, is that no matter how hard life could be, they have the power the be resilient, the determination to make it work even if they had to take a third job, an additional source of income.
Gabi and his wife, have put enormous effort to pull their project off; their cleaning supplies shop is their way to hang on to Hope and they are sparing no means to make it work. their idea is backed up with a solid market study as the couple noticed a gap in the market for detergent wholesale shop and decided to take the chance and hope for the best.
They came to the Hope Center believing that their project would be supported and it would give them the chance to provide a better income for them without needing any help and providing this shop with all the needed supplies will cover the clients’ needs of these products, especially that it is located in a popular neighborhood.