MOSA craft training for women in Ay7ha

In cooperation with the Municipality of Ay7ha, the Ministry of Social Affairs organized last week a series of training sessions on artisanal production aimed at empowering rural women through provision of skills on handmade crafts. The launch ceremony was held at the town’s public hall in the presence of over 90 women participants. The director of the “Promotion and Development of Crafts and Handicrafts” project, Hafez Ghattas Abu Lteif, underlined the importance of partnership between the Ministry and local municipalities in the initiation of local undertakings. Such schemes, he maintained, boost the steadfastness of rural people to their land through professional empowerment, and also support the preservation of the national heritage. Likewise, the deputy mayor of Ay7ha, Hafez Homus, stressed the municipality’s concern for the human and cultural development of the town’s residents. Women of Ay7ha, for their part, expressed their appreciation and acknowledgment for the Ministry, the coordinator of the program and the municipality for extending the opportunity of participation in similar workshops. Then, the beneficiaries kicked off the training which includes knitting and crochet, decoration of pots, gift boxes and chocolate making, painting on glass and artificial flower arrangement. (Al Mustaqbal, December 24, 2016)