The Shikho family produces masks as a show of 'solidarity' with their fellow townsfolk and as a gesture of gratitude for staying in the village. FMTNews Masks Covid19
The Shikho family escaped from Syria and have been helping the people of Lavardac fight coronavirus by making masks.
The Shikho family — brothers Mustapha, Mohamad, Fawzi, Hekmat and their brother-in-law Riad — decided to produce the masks as a show of “solidarity” with their fellow townsfolk and as a gesture of gratitude for allowing them to settle in Lavardac in 2016. “We wanted to be of service to the locals who cannot go out. We know what it’s like to stay locked up,” says Mustapha, the oldest. “In our case, it was the war.”
To date, the Shikho brothers — with the occasional help of their sisters and mother Radija — have produced about 2,000 masks, three-ply and washable. And their work has not gone unnoticed.“The population has some sort of protection. It is a lesser evil, pending the arrival of the real FFP2 or surgical ones.”
Like thousands of other refugees, the family sailed overnight to a Greek island on an overloaded inflatable boat from the Turkish coast.Syrian refugee Riad Shikho cuts fabric to make the protective masks for the people of Lavardac in southwestern Franc.
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