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Barter, last resort for economically depressed Lebanese women
9-7-2020
In its issue of today, An Nahar wrote about a new swap/barter initiative on Facebook founded by Hassan Husna entitled, “Lubnan Yoqayid”. The page has attracted more than 16,000 members during a month as these have become dependent on this strategy to survive the economic crunch and secure their daily food. An example of the services offered, the newspaper mentioned the following posts: a woman exchanged sugar, milk and soap for a little girl’s dress; another traded her sports equipment for canned goods; one offered her sewing services for food, and a 27-year old mother advertised a device that washes baby bottles in exchange for food. On the initiative, Husna explained that he, along with a group of friends, successfully helped a number of households during the Christmas Holidays, boasting that the barter idea arose from the existing economic crisis. He said he receives around 200 requests every day. (An Nahar, July 9, 2020)
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