UNDP ART Initiative
UNDP ART Initiative - Lebanon
Wafa Jamal being interviewed by Ola Kobeissi for a UNDP video production. The “Nijmet Al Sobeh” women’s cooperative was first established in 1998 with the aim to improve the conditions of rural women in Rashaya district. It is now run by 20 women and produces all types of jam and Lebanese “Mouneh” or stocks of food for winter days. The cooperative has outlets to local, regional and global (European and American) markets.
ART Lebanon supported these women through procurement of needed equipment as well as building their capacities to better improve their work, efficiency and marketing skills.
The woman being interviewed (Wafa Jamal) said that working at the cooperative has empowered her in terms of feeling useful, efficient and more confident. She admits how as a housewife she “used to feel like being a burden on her family especially amid the difficult economic situation”. Thanks to her work and earned income at the cooperative, today she believes she is “an adequate breadwinner of the family”. She spends her own money on her kids education, on her home and on health adding “I can also buy something for myself anytime I want”.
Photo by Adam Rogers/ UNDP
UNDP ART Initiative - Lebanon
Wafa Jamal being interviewed by Ola Kobeissi for a UNDP video production. The “Nijmet Al Sobeh” women’s cooperative was first established in 1998 with the aim to improve the conditions of rural women in Rashaya district. It is now run by 20 women and produces all types of jam and Lebanese “Mouneh” or stocks of food for winter days. The cooperative has outlets to local, regional and global (European and American) markets.
ART Lebanon supported these women through procurement of needed equipment as well as building their capacities to better improve their work, efficiency and marketing skills.
The woman being interviewed (Wafa Jamal) said that working at the cooperative has empowered her in terms of feeling useful, efficient and more confident. She admits how as a housewife she “used to feel like being a burden on her family especially amid the difficult economic situation”. Thanks to her work and earned income at the cooperative, today she believes she is “an adequate breadwinner of the family”. She spends her own money on her kids education, on her home and on health adding “I can also buy something for myself anytime I want”.
Photo by Adam Rogers/ UNDP