Before the war, Fatima, her father, mother, and seven siblings lived a peaceful and stable life in their house and had their source to generate their income: a seasoning shop that was well-known to everyone in Meedy City.
However, when the war came five years ago, they resorted to moving out of Meedy City to Al-Zaidiah City, their whole life was devastated, and the whole family lived the tragedy of displacement and poverty. In addition, they became unable to medicate their sick father who had a traffic accident two months after displacement. It was the accident that left the father with a life-disability and made the family lose their breadwinner.
In Al-Zaidiah, they lived in a straw hut in a yard of a house of the locals until finding a better place to live in; however, the straw hut never saved them or their belongings when the rain came; they all get wet.
Luckily, Fatima was recognized by AGF’s field team as a beneficiary of cash assistance to start livelihood activities within a shelter project that was managed by AGF and funded by YHF. The project bought a sewing machine for Fatima who worked hard to make dresses and deliver them on time. Fatima said:” I hope to develop my work and expand it to provide some displaced girls with jobs help them to feed their families as I am doing.”