Dina Ismail
Supervisor of Sewing and handicrafts
Dina, heads this area of the ADRA Hais office and she has been with ADRA now for 7 years. Having learned her skills from her family she has given instruction for hundreds of women over the time she has been with ADRA. 
She is so happy that there are now a large proportion of people able who can carry out basic skills. Dina instructs from a very small 12 ft x 12 ft room at the ADRA office and has 18 people on a 6 month course who come three times per week. 
She also supervises the weaving class taught by Hussein. In addition Dina travels extensively to the villages where she also gives instruction. 
Once the students have completed the 6 month course and have achieved some proficiency then
some are offered a sewing machine on the basis of small enterprise development (SED) loan to be paid back over 8 months. The loan carries interest at just 1% and is paid back weekly. 
The items produced are mainly clothing that is worn by children and by women under their black “abaya”. The clothes are very colourful with interesting designs and Dina expresses her sadness that for traditional reasons the clothes are not seen in public. In addition to clothing the women crochet small items such as head wear and table decoration.
Dina was born in Hais and she grew up with her 7 brothers and 5 sisters. She is young but does not intend to marry, preferring to help disabled people cope and survive with a small enterprise. Her ambition is to start a small scale manufacture of clothing using the extensive skilled labor that is available locally in Hais.
Challenges facing Dina are the very small size of the room for the demand for her instruction and the number of m
achines required. However she thanks ADRA considerably for helping with the people of Hais
.
Supervisor of Sewing and handicrafts
Dina, heads this area of the ADRA Hais office and she has been with ADRA now for 7 years. Having learned her skills from her family she has given instruction for hundreds of women over the time she has been with ADRA. 
She is so happy that there are now a large proportion of people able who can carry out basic skills. Dina instructs from a very small 12 ft x 12 ft room at the ADRA office and has 18 people on a 6 month course who come three times per week. 
She also supervises the weaving class taught by Hussein. In addition Dina travels extensively to the villages where she also gives instruction. Once the students have completed the 6 month course and have achieved some proficiency then
some are offered a sewing machine on the basis of small enterprise development (SED) loan to be paid back over 8 months. The loan carries interest at just 1% and is paid back weekly. 
The items produced are mainly clothing that is worn by children and by women under their black “abaya”. The clothes are very colourful with interesting designs and Dina expresses her sadness that for traditional reasons the clothes are not seen in public. In addition to clothing the women crochet small items such as head wear and table decoration.
Dina was born in Hais and she grew up with her 7 brothers and 5 sisters. She is young but does not intend to marry, preferring to help disabled people cope and survive with a small enterprise. Her ambition is to start a small scale manufacture of clothing using the extensive skilled labor that is available locally in Hais.
Challenges facing Dina are the very small size of the room for the demand for her instruction and the number of m
achines required. However she thanks ADRA considerably for helping with the people of Hais
.
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