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Instead of Giving me Wood, Provide me with the Rope to Carry it

Mr. Imad is a 56-year-old husband with five children- three sons and two daughters. His eldest son is a 5th year medicine student, his first daughter a 2nd year media student and his second daughter a 10th grade student. As for his wife, she is unemployed, which makes him the sole breadwinner.

Like thousands of Syrian families, Mr. Imad suffered from the crisis’s negative impacts, namely poverty and psychological pressure since he has to provide for him family.

Through a friend of his, Mr. Imad heard that SSSD provides support to small projects. Consequently, he presented his project, which is a library to sell materials, stationery departments’ supplies/records/, since he’s a retired employee who worked in the financial system for control and inspection.

His psychological and financial situation went from very bad to notably well once his project was approved and he was able to offer his children all the help they needed to pursue their studies.

Mr. Imad was filled with gratitude towards SSSD and the UNHCR for their approval of his project, which helped him restore his children’s academic levels and support his family.

Hence, he said that there’s no life with despair, and shared with us his piece of wisdom by saying: "Instead of Giving me Wood, Provide me with the Rope to Carry it”.