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The ‘Future Society for Tailoring’ Co-operative in Tabqa

Rojava, Tabqa, Syria, coops, coop, co-operative, cooperative, tailor

The Future Society for Tailoring Co-operative

Almustaqbal - the Future Society for Tailoring Co-operative was the first co-operative society in Tabqa, opened by the House of Co-operatives in the Democratic Self-administration in Tabqa in co-ordination with the city councilĀ and some people who bought shares and machines. There are about 30 participants, four of them are men and the rest are women.

This is a translation of an Arabic article by Amani Muhamed that appeared on Ronahi on 31 December, 2018

The House of Co-operatives in the Democratic Self-administration in Tabqa in co-ordination with the city council has inaugurated the first co-operative society in Tabqa, Almustaqbal – the Future Society for Tailoring Co-operative. The new co-operative will create jobs and motivate people to form co-ops.

The inauguration was attended by the co-chair Latifa Albarho. She said that the co-operative society will improve the communal economy and create more jobs for women, many of whom are widows and divorced.

Latifa said that the co-op was established with the help of The House of Co-operatives and some people who bought shares and machines. There are about 30 participants, four of them are men and the rest are women. The co-operative has more that 20 machines, including overlocking sewing machines. The co-operative still needs a big table, electric scissors and some other machines that make production faster.

The co-chair also said, “After opening the co-operative we will sell the products in the private sector, we are planning to open a shop in the future to sell the products, and also to manufacture uniforms for schools and the Internal Defence Forces.

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