My name is Zainab Ahmed. I am 34 years old, displaced from Al-Durayhimi District, Hodeidah Governorate. My family were forcibly displaced due to the ongoing conflict in the country. My husband and kids had to flee during the night due to the intensity of bombing and intense heat during the day. We left everything behind us and had no where to go. Our only concern was to survive the shelling that threatened our lives.
At last, we found ourselves in Al-Jisha camp in a dilapidated house in the city of Al-Khawkha, where is impossible to be fit for human habitation, but it is the compelling circumstances that force us to accept the bitter reality.
I wished to die and hated life. My husband became jobless and my health worsened due to the conditions I went through recently. One day, I learned that there is a safe space for women and girls close to my place of residence and that this space provides multiple services, including free courses that help us to live a decent life. So, I went the next day to register in this space funded by the YHF. I was introduced to the services and had my condition assessed andwas referred to a female psychologist. After session with this psychologist, I felt that she is close to me and understood my pain. Followingly, I joined the handbag crafting course. When I started this training, I felt so happy, as learning to craft bags was my dream since I was kid, but circumstances were not supportive.
I hope this Space lasts as long as possible and I hope it would target many other women who suffer as same as me.