Our primary interest is aiding Christians through financing their own micro-projects that would provide them with income to preserve their dignity and alleviate the calamities of the crisis.

The team at Hope Center reviews and evaluates the projects and the extent to which the applicant has planned for his/her idea. If accepted, the center starts providing funds for the project to initiate.

Besides aiding Christians in need, this initiative aims for reviving the city of Aleppo that has lost most of its economic structure.


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Aleppo

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Homs

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Damascus

Rubber Mold Workshop


Mikhaiel served in military for 10 years and now he thrives to start his life from scratch; despite all the difficulties that he has been facing, decided to focus on the opportunities and not the obstacles.

He had started working in the rubber molding domain with his father since he was young, gained experience and even worked during the vacations of his military service.

Moreover, they've lost all of their equipment during the war due to the fact that their workshop’s region...


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Stationery shop


"I love my country Syria and I'll keep up working at my shop no matter what" 

Salem who is 66 years old, lives in one of the parish's houses with his wife and three children, during the war they were forced to leave their home for a short period of time and sadly his daughter got injured by a stray bullet and she is still carrying a piece of it in her hand, moreover his stationery shop was damaged by the...


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Sewing workshop


Salim is a hardworking and strong-willed man, who lives with his three siblings along with being the main breadwinner in his family. 

Salim laid the foundation of his sewing experience back when he was young by helping his father in his free time and during his summer vacations.

In 1986, he opened his own workshop and everything was great, the business was profitable, which made him enlarge the project and specialize in sewing uniforms.

The story of his big success was torn apart...


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Rubber Molding


Everyone appreciates his valuable possessions and it is difficult to sell a property in order to face the difficulty of life and the difficult living conditions.

Ohaness faced this problem when he had to sell their house because of the lack of work at that time after he was discharged from the military.

He is 31 years old, served the military for more than nine years, now he lives with his brother, who serves in the military, and his mother in their...


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Taxi


Nidal’s military service lasted nearly nine years, then after being discharged from military, he faced the harshness of life as well as the vague future.

Immediately after his service, he worked in his brother’s sewing workshop, but being new in this domain made his journey harder.

All of Nidal’s family members work in their own specialization, which motivates him to have his own business and to care of his family’s livelihood expenses.

The opportunity of having his own taxi planted a seed of...


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Metal lathing machine


Melkon started working when he was in his early twenties with plans in his head to create a secure future for him and his mother.

From a young age he worked in two different domains to learn more skills and gain experience; his first job was in a mechanic workshop and in a short notice he started working on a lathing machine to increase his income, by time he became gifted in both jobs.

When the war hit the city of Aleppo,...


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Taxi


Fredy served in the army for two years and after his discharge he was recalled for reserve military service, which lasted nearly seven years.

After that he thought of working in the aluminum manufacturing domain, but the lack of experience and costumers together with his financial circumstances weren’t encouraging for him.

Fredy is a newly married man and they are blessed with a daughter, but due to the economic crises they are living with his wife’s family. He is currently spending from...


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Homemade food supplies


Archelous lives with her husband and son in their modest house located in Al-Midan area; they were able to buy it many years before the war through the help of her family and a small loan from the bank that was repaid, in addition to selling the gold that she owned.

She used to work as a teacher in the Faculty of Science at the University of Aleppo, in addition to working as a nurse in hospitals and between houses, but...


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Car Painting


"Holding a great responsibility at a young age is a huge challenge” .

in 2014 Hovsep’s family fled to Lebanon after selling their house and all their possessions to escape the harshness of the war and search for a better life.

When Hovsep was young, he loved all professions related to car repairing, especially since his father was a famous mechanic, so he benefited from this passion in Lebanon and learned a new profession, which is car spraying.

He worked there for 6...


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Car Body Repairing


Hagob lived with his mother and his sister until the war came and took everything from him; their lives turned upside down like many Syrian families.

“We had tools and equipment in our workshop in Bustan Al Basha that were stolen during war. The workshop was also damaged and has recently been restored.”

Rehabilitating the workshop consumed all of their savings, and they were left with no source of income. Although their workplace is renovated, they still needed to buy the essential...


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Mini pick-up truck


Like many other professions, sellers are going through some changes nowadays. Karahkin is the father of two kids Carine and Hagob,41 years old, and lives with his family. His wife works but with a low salary.

He said: “I’ve been in the selling business for 14 years. I'm driving my friend's pickup truck. I've always dreamed of having my own pickup truck, it’s so much easier when I drive to the shops and load goods”.

Karahkin and his family were safe throughout...


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Mobile software


One of the most difficult decisions taken by the Rezkallah's family was when they decided to sell their house to face the difficult living and economic conditions.

Although all family members work, all their salaries combined are no longer enough to cover the rising livelihood costs.

His father works as an employee in a mall, his mother is a clothing saleswoman, and his little sister is still studying. This young man is trying to help his family with expenses, and his work...


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Olive and Walnut Seedlings & Water Tank


In the wake of her husband's tragic death, as a mother, Maryam devoted her life to ensuring that her five children would not need anything.

During her 30 years as a school teacher, she also engaged in farming, which became the main source of livelihood for her family when she retired back in 2017.

Her family had its share of the devastating effects of war; since their home village "Al-Dwair" was attacked and people were forced to leave their land; when Maryam's...


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Pharmacy


Syria is still suffering from the negative effects of the vicious war and establishing a stable future has become a real challenge for young people who were the most affected.

Like many at her age, Yara graduated from the faculty of pharmacy back in 2016 and didn’t have the chance to start her own pharmacy; during the same year, she got married to Zahi who works in distribution and now the couple has two lovely boys. 

However, Yara finished her rural services,...


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Floor Tiling Equipment


Jean works as a floor tiler; he is a single man who lives with his two brothers and their mother-in-law. This profession is his only source for a living and he has been working in this field since 1992.

However, when the devastating war began, he lost all of his equipment and spent many years working very hard until he managed to buy new equipment.

Lately, Jean unfortunately, lost his equipment again but this time, compensating was almost impossible due to the...


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Floor Tiling Equipment


With more than 40 years of experience as a floor tiler between Syria and Lebanon, Anwar is still waking up in the morning with the same passion like he has just started practicing this profession. 

He is from Homs, and the sole provider for his wife and son. Using the old equipment affected his work but what really prevented him from working, was not having a sufficient power supply, which is a necessity. 

Anwar had to spend long hours waiting for electricity, or sometimes rent an electric generator that consumed a huge share of his income. 

Renewing the worn-out equipment and providing the hardworking man with an electric generator will guarantee the continuity of his family's only source of livelihood.

Floor Tiling Equipment


Hosni's family has always depended on floor tiling as a source of livelihood and this profession has moved from one generation to another over the years. He learned all the needed skills from his father and inherited his equipment and now he is the sole provider for his wife and their two children, who are school students. 

Having the experience and essential equipment wasn’t enough to practice this profession under the severe lack of electricity, which decreased Hosni's productivity and affected...


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Floor Tiling Equipment


Mikhail's story with this profession started when he was still a student at the age of 17, in order to cover his expenses, then floor tiling became his main source of livelihood besides his work as a government employee.

In 2013, he unfortunately lost his equipment, which was stolen from a construction site in Al-Waar neighborhood and he had to spend from his savings to buy some essential tools for his work.

In 2017, Mikhail and Yasmine started their own family and...


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Moldboard for the tractor


Khalil comes from a family of farmers, they lived on the bounties of their almond land for generations, and it always ensured them a dignified life. He inherited his father's land and worked nonstop to ensure good crops and support his wife and their six children.

As the years went by, the children grew up; the three daughters got married and started their own families, two of the sons are serving in the army, and today, Khalil and his wife reside...


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Moldboard for the tractor


Nasser from Al-Maamoura village had to find more than a source of income to meet his family's needs because having one job became insufficient in order to secure a good living for his wife and their three children.

He works at an iron factory besides taking care of his land of almond trees. He owns a tractor, which he uses for different agricultural activities, however, this vehicle lacked a moldboard that required to plow the land every season and produce good crops.

Equipping Nasser's tractor with the needed part improved the condition of his land hoping for a better livelihood. 

 

Floor Tiling Equipment


Hassan is a well-experienced floor tiler who has been working in this field for more than 30 years; he is a married man and a father of two daughters and his wife Iman is a school teacher who helps him in providing for their family.

Hassan's work was affected badly due to the war since he lost his equipment and spent many years trying to compensate for his loss. However, what made things harder was the severe lack of electricity, which also hindered his productivity.

It is important for Hassan to improve the conditions of his work by having an electric generator and new equipment, in order to guarantee a better income for his family, especially during the hard circumstances in the country.

Floor Tiling Equipment


Milad is a floor tiler from Homs city, he is the only provider for his wife and their two daughters. He has been in this business since 2002 and gained great experience over the years working between Syria and Lebanon.

Milad and his family used to live in his father's house in Al-Sabeel neighborhood, which they were forced to leave when the vicious war began; the family stayed in a rented apartment in Al-Arman neighborhood, while unfortunately, their old home was...


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Floor Tiling Equipment


Hisham works as a floor tiler and has great experience in dealing with thermal bricks with a good recommendation from the company he worked for back in 2001. He is a married man and a father of three, two daughters who are university students and a son who is still in middle school. 

Hisham lost all his equipment during the devastating war as he was living in a dangerous area. However, in order to continue working and providing for his family,...


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Mini-Cultivator & Water Pump


Although the losses were enormous, the people of Al-Dwair village returned home and did their best to get their lives back on the right track. 

Émile-Isber is a farmer who experienced the loss; he is the only provider for his wife and their two sons, in addition to his mother who suffers from a health condition and needs special care.

His father bequeathed him a land, which has been the family's main source of livelihood for generations. Émile-Isber equipped his land with...


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Mini pickup


Milad Dawood is a 36-year-old man, married to Laura Toma, and has a son named Eliea, born in 2011, the family lives in a small two-rooms flat in Kashkoul, Damascus countryside.

He was born into a modest family and since he became an adult he had to work and support his parents with the living expenses. The hardworking man was able to handle the house obligations and save some money to get married and start his own project in selling eggs...


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Mini-Market


Anton tried to overcome all obstacles to provide his wife and kids with his care and love and worked hard to secure them a decent living. 

the 43-years-old man is married to Diana Shamoun and they have two kids Elias born in 2005, and Polin born in 2009, the family live in a rented small flat in Jaramana, Damascus suburbs, under very bad circumstances.

Many years ago, Anton started to work as a valet parking at a hotel until the start of...


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Taxi


George Shamma is 30 years old, living with his mother in a modest rented flat in Al-Dwalaa area but before the war, he used to live with his parents and seven siblings in Daria town in the countryside of Damascus in peace and security. 

When he was seventeen, he started working with his father at his carpentry workshop in order to support him and learn the profession. George was full of hope and energy, trying to establish a career for his...


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Hair Dressing Salon


life is based on the fight for survival, especially in a country that witnessed ten years of a brutal war that drained every opportunity of decent living. Fadi Albadeen is one of those fighters who went through many hardships in his life and kept his strong faith.

He is 29 years old and lives with his parents and his brother’s family in Kashkoul area in Damascus.

In 2008, Fadi started working at a hairdressing salon at a very young age in order...


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Pick-up Truck


Like most young men of his age, Murshid did not have the opportunity to complete his education or learn a profession as he was called up for military service in 2012 and stayed there for nine years, after which he was discharged to face the difficult conditions of life without any profession or career, which formed a heavy burden on him, especially since he had to find a proper job with good income quickly because he became the only responsible...


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Recording Studio


During his life journey, Pier Haddad 42, has proven that "Service is what life is all about and great acts could be made from small deeds."

Pier spent his childhood between catechism activities and church service dreaming to grow up and become a part of this great message, which he achieved during the past years as he became a piano teacher and he invested his talent to give free lessons to the children in the neighborhood.

After that, he started cooperating with...


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Hair Dressing Salon


At the age of 17 Elie Hannoun decided to leave school and start working at a hairdressing salon in his hometown Saydnaya to support his family and handle his own expenses.

soon he became very skilled and well-known in the town but he couldn't expand his work because after the war outbreak, the devastating impact spread to Saydnaya region, and all its residents became living under danger and threat, which led to the cessation of work in most professions, including Elie’s...


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Mini Pick-up Truck


Being a child in a large family was never easy for Nahi, he was a brother of eight siblings and a child of loving and caring parents who did their best to secure a proper livelihood for their kids which wasn't available for them especially since they were living in a small village that didn't have enough resources or work opportunities so most of its villagers were forced to move to secure their future.

Nahi and his siblings left the village...


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Aluminum manufacturing workshop


Raymon Al-Badawi, 30 years old, is married to Yara Haddad, and they have adorable twins, George and Charbel who were born in 2021.

Raymon, his family, and his old parents live in a small rented flat on Al-Qurayyat Street, Jaramana city. his father works as a tailor and his mother is retired so basically Raymon is also the responsible for their expenses.

At the beginning of his twenties, he started working at an aluminum workshop and soon after he was able to...


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Taxi


For the last 15 years, without missing a day, Munir was touring streets from behind his steering wheels, disciplined and determined to secure a decent living for his family.

He is married to Reem Al-labed and they have three adorable daughters Caroleen, Valentina, and Mary rose. Munir worked as a taxi driver, and during the crisis in Syria, he struggled a lot to afford the living obligations and his family's livelihood without needing anyone's help.

Unfortunately, that situation changed in 2019, as...


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Mini Pick-up Truck


For most of his life, Jerious's main concerns were his family's comfort and safety; he never minded working hard for long hours for the past twenty years for this aim.

Jerious is 55, married to Taghreed Alabdoun, and has two sons Fady born in 1997, and Rami born in 2000.

They were living close to Al-dkhanieh area in the countryside of Damascus where he was also working at his carpentry workshop.

This all changed after 2011 as the armed conflict that took place...


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Events Decoration


Aleen Salhani, 31 years old, lives with her parents and sister in a modest house in the city of Jaramana, Damascus countryside. She graduated from the Agricultural Technical Institute and started working as a seamstress assistant in a workshop, then she worked several jobs, trying as much as possible to earn enough money to afford the house demands because her parents suffered from several health problems and were unable to work which made Aleen and her sister responsible for the...


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