The women committee of the Women Academy affiliated to the Safadi Foundation in Kobeh area of Tripoli organised a number of small activities within the framework of its women empowerment programme. In collaboration with the “hoop and thread” workshop, women academy implemented an activity called the Ramadan Pudding which targeted 165 persons from the Dahr el Mgharr area. In addition, the committee launched a training course in simple and basic sewing techniques targeting 21 women, and organised a celebration at the Academy's venue which grouped 60 children and 40 women and that within the framework of the “Neighborhood Feast” activity which included the distribution of various food items.
Source: Al-Diyar, Al-Mustaqbal 4 August 2013