Rural families in Missan receive 38 sewing machines

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: Woman and Rural Girl Department from the Missan Agricultural Management on Saturday distributed 38 sewing machines throughout two of the province’s rural areas, said the department’s head. “This initiative aims at developing rural woman’s abilities, in addition to improving farming families’ financial situation,” the department’s head, Engineer Nidhal Jabbar Jasim, told IraqiNews.com. “The department had also arranged training programs for women in rural areas,” she said. Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1