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Music, Food of the Soul

A group of adolescents- from Ghosen Community Center, Izra, Daraa- proposed organizing a musical show celebrating summer and Eid Al-Fiter. Their initiative came to life within two months from the opening of the center; the volunteers and the management of the center happily welcomed the initiative.


The adolescents were pleased with the center, as it provided space for singing and musical performance rehearsal, they also expressed their need for more spaces in the area, where young people and adolescents would be given the chance to practice their hobbies and develop their skills.


The adolescents were in full charge of organizing the musical show and received logistical back up from the center’s volunteers. The show was conducted on 1 June 2019 and was the first fruit of cooperation between the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

 

A Fresh Start

Starting from our motto” on the margins and at the core” and the need to intervene in the most needed areas to secure protection factors for families, the work started in Sinjar / Rural Idlib, where the beginning was with implementing several focused group discussion sessions to assess the needs of families and then carried out a collective activity targeting different age groups of children, men and women , where varied paragraphs of games, competitions and theater puppets that the children interacted with significantly.

SSSD League - Hama

Al Sadiq program is one of the most important programs that support the youth skills. In addition, since meeting their interests, engaging them in the community center and achieving the UNHCR's approach in promoting social diversity are our priorities, The Syrian Society for Social Development – Nasij balad in partnership with UNHCR held a football tournament in which teams play to quality for the final match.
The league games included group escort sessions after each match in which some of the Al Sadiq values were introduced and dropped on their teams and practicing favorite hobby which is (Football) such as (cooperation) the acceptance of the other opinion and loss.
The final match was an event attended by approximately 125 person of children and residents of the neighborhood to encourage the two teams.
In conclusion, we crowned the first and second teams, awarded the league cup, gold and silver medals, presented a prize for the top scorer of the tournament and the best goalkeeper.

Recreational Activities

Initially, the program targeted children, including children with specific needs. Gradually, intervening with children drew to the program mothers and adolescents too.

Recreational activities are the fastest and easiest way to break barriers and get to know each other. They bring joy, entertainment, as well as physical, mental and psychological benefits.

They constitute a set of powerful, flexible tools that can be used in PSS and educational programs for all age groups. Thus, needs could be identified, emotions discharged, routine broken, and information smoothly delivered.

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