Local non-profit, Zaman International of Inkster, has started upcycling automotive leather and turning it into purses all while helping women in need.

Zaman International, an Inkster nonprofit, is receiving national exposure thanks to a new ad campaign.

Her work here in Metro Detroit and around the world has gotten her recognized by outlets like CNN and People Magazine. Najah Bazzy is a woman who saw a need and is now impacting hundreds of thousands of lives. She started a Zaman International out of the back of her van in 1996 and now it has grown to a 40,000 square foot facility in Inkster. Through a voucher program, women have access to free basic needs like food and clothing. Watch the video to see how Mitch Albom shows us exactly how Najah is helping others in the Heart of Detroit.

Najah Bazzy is a nurse who was doing transcultural work at a local hospital after the Gulf War when she met a refugee family living in extreme poverty. “A baby in a laundry basket, hat was dying in a laundry basket,” she said. Food, Clothing, Shelter,” Bazzy said. Through a voucher program, women have access to free basic needs like food and clothing. “I see the human family you know the totality of the human family and if God made somebody the way he made them skin color you know shape,” she said.

DETROIT – For years Zaman International founder and CEO, Najah Bazzy, has dedicated herself to helping women, children and refugees. The non-governmental organization has helped more than 250,000 women and children by providing basic necessities, education and job training, according to CNN. Zaman International operates out of the Hope For Humanity Center, a 40,500-square-foot facility in Inkster. Needy mothers and their children can shop at the Inkster based facility, which has become a one stop shop for basic essentials, for free. She was selected as one of 30 smiles initiative to be placed on Lay’s potato chip bags.

INKSTER, Mich. Zaman International founder and CEO, Najah Bazzy, has been selected as a 2019 top 10 CNN hero for her charitable work throughout the years. The non-governmental organization has helped more than 250,000 women and children by providing basic necessities, education and job training, according to CNN. Needy mothers and their children can shop at the Inkster based facility, which has become a one stop shop for basic essentials, for free. In 1996 while working as a nurse Bazzy went to visit an Iraqi refugee family at a home. You have until Dec. 3 to vote for the CNN Hero of the Year.

This is the inaugural year of the Zaman Culinary Arts Program at Zaman International charities in Inkster. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.