In North-Western Syria, near the Turkish border in an olive grove is a camp for internally displaced persons, the majority of the buildings which made refugees.
Jumaa al-Mustaf nicknamed "Blacksmith camp" cuts a long metal pipe with a chain saw to make the frames of tents for families displaced by war. Special demand services welder started to use with winter approaching in Idlib province.
Mustif told reporters that he had previously operated the successful business of metalwork in the South-East of Idlib, but two years ago, the war forced him and his family to leave the house.
"I had to build my own tent to live in. The people saw this and began to place orders. So I started to work," he says.
On a plot of land near the village Hatano Mustif set up a temporary Studio, which compiles the frames temporary homes for other refugees.
Tents issued by non-governmental organizations, are too small for large families, he said.
Per month Mostif sold 150 frames. According to him, they much better withstand rain and strong winds.
the smallest frame, which he sells, covers an area of four by four meters and costs nearly 150 dollars, and the largest is 36 square meters and costs $ 320.
in addition to frame customers Mustafa still have to buy the outer shell of waterproof fabric from another supplier and pay to the builders for the device of cement-concrete base.
But despite standing orders, Mustaf says his profit is small. "We earn little enough to live on and to cover the needs of the family," he says.
However, "steel service center" Mustafa employed at least five people: several cousins of the founder of SMC and 13-year-old nephew who dropped out of school to help his family make ends meet.
a customer , SMC, Raslan Mohammed, his wife and eight children left their home three years ago and since then live on the street. But this fall he decided it was time for a new home.
"Our tent is not designed for winter", - tells 48-year-old refugee.
Collecting enough money, he ordered the skeleton of the smallest tents Mustafa.
Dressed in a long beige clothes and a scarf on his head, he watches as men carry the finished product to the site of his family in the camp.
"I borrowed money from relatives and friends" to buy a new frame tents, said Mohammed.
When the new frame is installed in place, Mohammed covers a patchwork of old blankets. Family members wheeled a large woven plastic Mat on the ground and put on top of a thin mattress.
Mohammed would also like to do a cement floor, but at the moment such a luxury he cannot afford.
