Fathia Sonnokrot

Fathia is a wife and a mother of four, yet she is not an ordinary mother; Fathia possesses enough ambition and determination to allow her to support and provide for her entire family.

Fathia worked in many fields and crafts such as tricot and flower arrangements, she also designed accessories and decorative ornaments, until she found an interesting, profitable and somewhat difficult craft; the craft of manufacturing Gypsum and moulds for industrial use. Fathia was supported by her retired husband and her family members, who encouraged her to strive and continue improving her skills and benefit from them to uplift her family's standard of living.

Najat Al-Khatib

From Oweijan and the King Talal neighborhood in Zarqa, Najat Al-Khatib began her modest work of decorating and selling household items to help in providing the needs of her family of eight people.  She worked tirelessly and persistently, marketing her products to family and friends in her neighborhood.  This ensured a small income that helped meet the financial needs of her family.  But, as her family grew and life became more demanding, that small income was no longer sufficient for providing the simplest of life’s necessities.

Rana Saadedine

After completing her high school education, Rana Saadedine joined an UNRWA-run center for sewing training, thus following in the steps of her father who had been forced to close down his sewing shop because of his illness.  Rana loved sewing and learned it with a passion, and this was magnified by her ambition to revive her father’s sewing shop once again.  Rana took up sewing.  She started out modestly at her father’s sewing shop, still filled with the hope that her good reputation would spread and her clients would increase.

Ibrahim Atallah Kreishan

Ibrahim Atallah Kreishan is a fifty four year old employee in the army, and a father of ten. Despite a leg injury, Ibrahim has divided his time and efforts into the army, a humble grocery shop in Marka. Additionally and in order to provide for his family and to ensure his children's future, Ibrahim engaged in a unique craft.

Ibrahim practices the rare craft of manufacturing medals, badges and military rank insignia.

Abd Al-Kader Al Warasneh

Abd Al-Kader grew up in a family of 10 children in Al Ashrafia. At the age of 17, he was forced to quit school and start working to increase his family's marginal income, so he took a job in small local business where he learned to sew.

In 2002, Abd Al-Kader decided to realize a long kept dream and start up his own business. With 25 years of experience he bought his first sewing machine and started to produce and sell broidery dresses. However, sales were low and Abd Al-Kader knew that he had to improve the quality of his products. In 2003, he contacted Tamweelcom and took out a JD 500 loan to buy better fabrics and materials.

Umm Mohammed

When Umm Mohammed retired from her job as a teacher to focus a full time on her sewing hobby, no one would have thought that this would be the start of a business with global distribution. Umm Mohammed lives with her husband, Abu Mohammed, her sister and her five children in a two room apartment in Amman. Her husband owned a restaurant, but the business was poor and had resulted in growing debts. The family’s daily expenses were limited to JD10.

Ibtisam Al-Turk

She started where everybody left off.  This is exactly what we thought of when we visited Mrs. Ibtisam Al-Turk in her humble home in one of the old neighborhoods of Salt.  The harsh financial conditions had forced Ibtisam, in her fifties, to look for a way to support her retired husband and her family of eleven members.  She looked into her box of memories only to find what would help her meet her family’s relentless needs.

Nadia

Nadia sits at her table setting strings of beads, one bead at a time, with patience and faith that she can change her situation.  Her husband’s interrupted work had forced her to look for additional work to help support the cost of living and meet the needs of their four children.  Nadia began making bead rosaries beads ten years ago through the Roman Catholic Church, which used to provide her with raw materials for this profession in terms of strings and beads.  The work secured a simple profit that hardly paralleled her aspirations and dreams of a decent life and a good education for her children.

Na'ema Qreinawi’s

Na'ema Qreinawi’s story with struggle began around seven years ago when she learned from her husband the art of wood carving.  A hobby at first, her skill developed into a profession with the aim of fulfilling her aspirations and dreams of giving her growing family a decent life.  From carving wood, Na'ema advanced her profession into mold-making, then into the artistic manufacture and design of gypsum and ivory pieces.  Many a means but the goal is one: Na'ema wanted to create artistic pieces in order to bring in sufficient income that would fulfill her family’s needs and secure the requirements of her yet-unborn child, as well as improve her living conditions.

Reema Kawar

If you fail to notice Reema’s beautifully designed and colorful glass creations, then you will definitely be taken in by her friendly smile and warm welcome as she invites you to feast your eyes on the creativity of her handiwork.  Reema Kawar, a young businesswoman, started glass painting in her own shop two years ago.  Her husband had encouraged her to learn this grand profession, and she now works and manages their own shop, while he does glass painting works at architectural workshops.

Tamara Haddad

While you are walking in the old neighborhoods of Madaba, you will without a doubt be drawn towards the beautiful smells emanating from Tamara’s small shop of herbal products.  Walking into this shop, you may be surprised to see a young woman standing behind piles of herbs and spices, prescribing this potion and that ointment.  Her confidence in her science and expertise will inspire your hopes that she will have the needed treatment for all your ailments and pains.  Tamara Haddad is a 25-year-old woman who chose for herself an ancient-modern profession by which to map her path to success.

Myassar Kashkoosh

A profitable self-made profession: that is all Myassar Kashkoosh wanted when her children asked what she wanted as a present for Mother’s Day.  She had always dreamed of finding a profession that would fill her free time and increase her income and ultimately secure a good education for her children.  She got exactly what she wished for.  Her six children gave her some money which she spent on registering for a straw-making course at the Social Development Center in Al-Hashimi area.  Her husband was opposed to the idea at first, but then came to admire and appreciate Myassar’s straw and wicker artistic creations, and ended up encouraging her and even assisting her.

No’man Qaddoumi

No’man Qaddoumi, a new client of Tamweelcom, took up the profession of making wood art and decorations over ten years ago, producing thousands of simply captivating pieces from his workshop.  No’man was resigned to the market’s requirements.  Sometimes he would make decorations and other times he would paint houses, and other times he would produce different forms of wood pieces of art.  The basic dilemma that he face and which prevented the expansion of his success was that he needed to find a solid marketing base.  No’man had tried hard to market his wood creations by distributing samples to household stores and antique shops.  Despite the fact that he benefited from the direct critique he receives from buyers in improving his production and developing his talent, it was not enough and he always felt that a bigger success was out there around the corner.

Sahar Abu Nassar

Madaba, the orient’s magic … it will take to a world of art and beauty.

Sahar Abu Nassar’s talent became evident at fourteen when she sewed a dress for her mother on Mother’s Day.  Sahar remembers well the details of making that dress; after all, it was the first dress she made since learning the art of sewing and stitching.