Beneficiary: Mirna Hannoun
Fund Date: 10/2022
Age: 42 years old
Family members: 3
Skills and experience: 6 years of experience in hair styling and nail care
Mirna is a mother of an only child called Adib (15 years old), her husband Bashar works in a coffee shop and together the parents do their best to ensure him a good life.
She worked as a school teacher since 2008, but when her salary became insufficient under the tough economic circumstances, Mirna decided to find another way to provide better support for her family and in 2016, she started learning about hair styling in a salon near her house.
During the vicious war, Bashar's shop was severely damaged twice by the shells and the only option that the family had to compensate the great loss, was selling their home and using the money to repair the shop, their main source of their livelihood.
In 2018, Mirna worked independently at home offering beauty services and using some simple tools; over time, the ladies of her neighborhood loved her work, and in 2020, she rented a place and moved her business to the salon.
The hardworking lady tried to improve her project, especially since her clients increased, so she bought some additional equipment from a second-hand store and attended a tattoo course. Unfortunately, she couldn’t afford the tattoo requirements and the electric generator so she borrowed her husband's generator, which hindered both their work.
Now, Mirna has all she needs to run a successful business and secure a decent income for her lovely family.