Women of old Tripoli neighborhoods launch the first maternity fashion wear collection

In collaboration with the Collective for Research and Training for Development-Action (CRTD.A), the Hoop and Wire (Tara wa Kheit) workshop affiliated with the Safadi Foundation Women’s Academy, launched on Monday the first line of maternity clothing entitled ‘Beauty and the Bump in Bloom’. During the ceremony held at the Zaituna Bay as part of the Beirut Design Week, Lara Safadi Habbal, said the activity was just the beginning. Many more productive and sustainable projects will see the light soon under the supportive umbrella of the Foundation’s Social Development Department. She emphasized that the revenues from the event will continue to fund the training of women to become financially independent and self-reliant. Safadi also mentioned the accomplishments by the Tara wa Kheit group last year, also carried out in collaboration with CRTD.A (crtda.org.lb). These achievements mainly focus on economic ventures that support the empowerment of women, particularly those living in the old neighborhoods of the northern capital. Safadi concluded by saying that the celebration today summons a big stride to success, and it comes after persistent training and hard work from which these women learned a lot. (L’Orient Le Jour, June 1, 2016)