Lavîn Workshop Hasakah

Lavîn is a name used for various textile workshops throughout North and East Syria, with branches in Kobani, Qamishlo, Derbasiyah, and Girkê Legê.

This Lavîn Workshop is a textile co-operative in Hasakah.

In 2020 during the Covid-19 epidemic the workshop is producing medical scrubs to provide to healthcare workers free of charge. Their goal is to produce 500 per day, though a worker noted that they worried about the availability of fabric.

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Kongra Star Economy Committee provides employment opportunities to women by creating new workplaces for women in the city of Hasakah, northeastern Syria.

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