Olive Oil Soap Factory | Nineveh SEED
Thanks to our generous donors Mosaic Middle East restored the Alkoot Olive Oil Soap Factory in the village of Bashiqa. The factory has been equipped with all the necessary tools and equipment allowing increased production and providing much needed jobs in this part of the Nineveh Plain. Currently. Seven people now work there, providing for their families.
Olive Oil Soap Factory | Nineveh SEED
7 local people
are now employed at the factory
£17,135*
direct project cost
Summer 2020
project completed
*These figures exclude the costs of management, monitoring and evaluation carried out in Iraq by Mosaic Middle East. They also exclude the UK office costs.
Thank you to all who helped restore this factory in the Bashiqa area of the Nineveh Plain
The Project
The factory has been equipped with all the necessary tools (soap cutters, barrels, production line equipment, a professional printing device for the packaging and much else). The factory has been restored, increasing production, and providing job opportunities in this part of the Nineveh Plain.
 
The Bashiqa area was famous for its olive oil products, Raki (a sweet, aniseed drink) and olive oil soap. Many ancient olive groves were deliberately destroyed by ISIS as a way of systematically eradicating hope. Mosaic Middle East are delighted to work with local partners to revive this industry and restore a positive future for the whole community.  The residents of the area are a mixture of Yazidis, Assyrian Christians, Shabaks and Arab Muslims.
Goals
  • To increase the production capacity of the factory
  • To employ more people (7 youths initially) at the factory
  • To encourage more Internally Displaced People to return
  • To help revive the local economy
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