Lebanon's crisis hits century-old soap factory
For over 100 years, the Sad Ein soap factory has been combining the same ingredients and producing organic, natural soaps in Lebanon's Tripoli. But the various crises plaguing Lebanon over the past few years are presenting major challenges. - REUTERS
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00:00 [Machinery]
00:19 The electricity is a big problem that we face at the factory,
00:23 because we are not able to use different machines at the same time.
00:27 Sometimes we try to divide our work on different days because the price of fuel is expensive.
00:32 And realistically, the sales of our traditional soap at this time is not enough to sustain the factory.
00:38 We are barely able to pay the labour costs, which we believe is very important.
00:43 [Machinery]
00:59 Because at the end of the day, the soap that you are holding in your hands is not a normal soap.
01:04 It's a carved, handmade soap. You are actually holding a sculpture in your hands.
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