Agricultural project opens in Al-Raqqa countryside to improve women’s economic situation

The civil organization “IVP”, in Al-Raqqa countryside has launched a greenhouses project to grow vegetables in order to improve the living conditions of divorced and widowed women and help them to rely on themselves economically and socially.

The project, which was opened in the village of Samra, east of Al-Raqqa, began nearly two months ago with the support of the Basic Services Program, and consists of six greenhouses, where half of the first greenhouse is a nursery and the other half is for agriculture.

Project manager of greenhouses in IVP team, Muhammed Al-Hamoud, explained to North Press that the other houses were planted with vegetables, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and aubergine.

The project includes 52 women, among them five female administrators, all what will be produced after the completion of the project is for the war widows, widows and divorcees.

For her part, the head of the Women’s Committee in the civil Al-Raqqa Council, Fairouz Khalil, said that this project would contribute to help the poor class, especially widows and divorcees, noting that the Women’s Committee will follow up the project.

About 80% of the population of Raqqa works in agriculture, which is considered the main source of income for its citizens.

Women have the largest share of agricultural work, which has declined significantly in the last eight years due to the severe damage to irrigation channels and the organizational bridges, as well as lack of fertilizers and seeds.