Beneficiary: Yousef Nahhas
Fund Date: 10/2019
Age: 26 years old
Family members: 3
Yousef Nahass is a 23-years-old electrician Who is the sole provider for the family of three; his father Abdo, sister Rita and himself. Despite his young age, he chose to take the financial responsibilities and work as an electrician. He first started working after the family traveled to Lebanon in 2011, with the start of the Syrian war.
His father stayed back in Aleppo for a while longer to arrange everything related with his workshop, car, and other belongings, but unfortunately Bustan Al-basha area, where his workshop was located, was one of the first areas raided by the armed groups. The workshop became out of reach, and later on Abdo heard that the equipment was stolen.
The father who lost everything sold his car and followed his children to Lebanon. Meanwhile, Yousef and Rita were staying at a relative’s house until Yousef could find a job and earn some money to rent their own apartment. To face these hardships at an early age was hard for Yousef, but it helped him master his craft and strengthened his personality so he would be able to stand on his own feet. In addition, he was supporting his father to re-open his workshop by purchasing new equipment to replace the stolen one, but that plan didn’t work out since it was very expensive and the area of Bustan-Al-Basha itself was damaged severely so its habitants and workshop owners didn’t return back yet.
Yousef not only helps his father, but he also takes good care of his sister, he is very kind and considerate of her, especially that she was deeply affected by the war and the circumstances they went through while living in Lebanon, which encouraged Yousef to return back to Aleppo in 2018.
It wasn’t strange to find a job for an electrician’s shop in Al-Seryan neighborhood. All he needed was a start point, so he worked for the shop owner (while he was away) and slowly got recognized by the inhabitants for his skilled work and good quality service.
Now it’s time for Yousef to start his independent business with the good reputation he built during these years, and the skills he developed in his craft, and hopefully after opening his own shop for electric devices sales and repair, the son and father could collaborate and help each other to secure their family’s future.