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Exclusive interviews: Ms. Hella Haji Bakir "Marchan"

27.10.2015

Retired at the age of 61 years she lived and grew up in the Syrian Arab Republic, worked as a teacher of primary school for 37 years. Always wished to return to the Republic of Abkhazia and visited it in 1994 where she gots Abkhazian citizenship, and in April 2013 has made this dream to become returning to the motherland.

Ms. Hella Marchan: "Initially Abkhazia greeted us most beautiful reception, where we were put in ITAR hotel for a certain period and then the government began renting us Apartments, and like all returnees have been aid a cash disbursement to us so we can manage our affairs, and the most important difficulties that we faced was the language so i began learning it seriously from the first session was opened and yet attendance at these courses in Russian and Abkhaz, i cut good stages by becoming able to speak both, even if slightly. sole breadwinner for me and my husband is my son and who now works in free and diverse business but things became more difficult after cutting aid , then I had the opportunity to apply for project stitching through the Danish organization has been approved and they brought me four of sewing machines with the rest of the necessary supplies such as fabric and strings, and here was the beginning of this small project, which encountered some bumps most important of it was finding the suitable places, and so i been helped by a Syrian family who live in the city of Ozabja, and has already begun work there despite the long distance and the high cost of transportation, three months after that i tried to find somewhere else as the market, for example, but I was shocked at rents there also at contracts wich were not fully understood , and after long research trip other Syrian family  was offered a room temporarily in her home near the market , then i begun working with the two women Maysa Menkar and Samah Ebrahim and accomplished sew some linens crews, and here began a new phase of work, the dispose, where we began to offer the goods to shops in the market and it was agreed with one Circassian vendors to present these goods in her place , despite of the very few sales ratio she was dramatically cooperating . A simpl Start that faced a lot of difficulties, but so far has not let despair stands between me and achieve success for this project , so thank you to everyone who helped , supported me and  was a reason to make this work constantly".