So, basically, when you want to find natural products in lebanon, you really have to go in the mountains, so, you know, when the crisis hit, and after covid, they were not working. the only stores that were working were actually the big supermarkets because they were delivering and the delivery was easy. so, they had specially no one to come from. always from beirut to. ..from the mountain to beirut, in order to get us the products. so, we started gathering some women that would actually cook or do something like jams or peanut butter or carob molasses or whatever products that you can actually find in my shop. in orderfor them to have a little bit of income, so they can be a bit more independent, or even help in the household and in the charges of the family. so, yeah, this is how we started. nour, who are your students? tell me about the courses that they are doing. so, the majority of our students are women. they come from
Now, joelle, i understand you have a network of women artisans and farmers that you use. yes. tell me about that. so, basically, when you want to find natural products in lebanon, you have to go in the mountains, so, you know, when the crisis hit, and after covid, they were not working. the only stores that were working were actually the big supermarkets because they were delivering and the delivery was easy. so, they had specially no one to come from. always from beirut to. ..from the mountain to beirut, in order to get us the products. so, we started gathering some women that would actually cook or do something like jams or peanut butter or carob molasses or whatever products that you can actually find in my shop. in orderfor them to have a little bit of income, so they can be a bit more
Tell me about that. so, basically, when you want to find natural products in lebanon, you have to go in the mountains, so when the crisis hit, and after covid, they were not working. the only stores that were working were actually the big supermarkets because they were delivering and the delivery was easy. so, they had specially no one to come from. always from beirut to. from the mountain to beirut, in order to get us the products. so, we started gathering some women that would actually cook or do something like jams or peanut butter or carob molasses or products that you can actually find in my shop. in order for them to have a little bit of income, so they can be a bit more independent, or even help in the household and in the charges of the family. so, yeah, this is how we started. nour, who are your students? tell me about the courses they are doing.
Natural products in lebanon, you have to go in the mountains, so when the crisis hit, and after covid, they were not working. the only stores that were working were actually the big supermarkets because they were delivering and the delivery was easy. so, they had specially no one to come from. always from beirut to. from the mountain to beirut, in order to get us the products. so, we started gathering some women that would actually cook or do something like jams or peanut butter or carob molasses or products that you can actually find in my shop. in order for them to have a little bit of income, so they can be a bit more independent, or even help in the household and in the charges of the family. so, yeah, this is how we started. nour, who are your students? tell me about the courses they are doing.