Many children suffer from poor understanding in some educational subjects and academic attainment, therefore, and based on this need, the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with UNHCR, carried out strengthening courses for students of both middle and high school certificates in Hama governorate to strengthen and increase their educational attainment and help them pass the exams successfully.
These courses have positive turnout on children and their families, as one of the children said, " this course, did not only help me pass, but also let me know and make sure that I'm a good student, but I was not studying well and no one followed-up on me while studying"
The pass rate for ninth grade students was 65%, and for third high school students 61%.
In light of the precautionary and preventive measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, and to emphasize the importance of health practices, SSSD’s team distributed 3200 hygiene kits that included soap, washing powder, toilet papers, towels, 10 and 20 liter-bottles, lice shampoos, and diapers, in Hama. Furthermore, NFIs consisting blankets and winter jackets were also distributed.
The project targeted 16,000 people from the areas of Halfaya, Mork, Karna, Al-Asharna, Sheikh Hadid, Bridige, Sqeilbyeh, Souran, and the city of Hama, and from the shelters including Nasseh Alwani, Al-Baridi, Al-Hamoud, Al-Talmathah, Abraj Al-Baroudi, Itarat, Souran, Maardis, and Tibat Al-Imam.
Also, the project targeted 3,200 families, which included newly displaced families, host communities, and original residents of the targeted areas affected by the conflict within Idlib Governorate, Aleppo, and Hama.
During the distribution process, the team took all precautions, while adhering to the hygiene instructions in order to prevent COVID-19 infection.
Hanan is a woman with special needs. She is 38 years old. She lives with her sister in her family's home. Hanan suffers from polio which led to her disability, and she used a wheelchair, she relied on her sister's work in a library to pay for their living expenses.
When Hanan visited the center, she joined the group of people with disabilities who were committed to the group and liked to share with the volunteer and others.
They had a small grocery shop they had to sell to treat their father before his death, Hanan was monitoring for the small projects grant. After the monitoring, she showed excellent skills during the course and was granted a small project (Al Haneen shop). Hanan is the one who chose the name of the shop and chose the name of this story. She said that they returned the name of their former shop and obtained with her sister the source of income and guarantee for their future.
On the personal level, Hanan spoke of her great happiness for the people's look of her, her satisfaction and her sense of respect for the people and changing their perception of her, as she challenged her disability greatly and returned the name of their place and secured a source of income, as well as the opinion of the friends around her, which reflected her success on her relationship with everyone and her friends in the PWSNs group. All of this happened after getting this grant.
Hanan thanked the Association for its generosity and confidence in her ability, and said: "You really have noticed the people who are being marginalized and I will work to develop my shop”.
Because they are the most marginalized groups in the society and because they are in need of support and highlight their rights and in order to integrate them with their peers and try to change some misconceptions and create a generation that advocates for the rights of people with special needs, on the occasion of World Day for People with Special Needs, the (UNHCR) in the governorate of Hama with the participation of associations and bodies working in the field of care for people with special needs, A month-long campaign was held to the people with special needs and their mothers.
The aim of the awareness sessions was to raise the level of awareness of the beneficiaries on the concept of disability, the rights of the disabled people, how to deal with them, develop their talents and abilities to become effective people within the community, and to organizing and implementing the events
The campaign concluded a number of activities that included various sections: a varied theater, choral, dances, legal presentations explaining the rights of people with special needs in Syrian law, and many paragraphs that included a large number of people with special needs, and the teenagers of the child club who had many sessions on accepting the other.
In order to increase the safety and protection factors for infants and newborns, the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), organized a community initiative entitled " my new baby"
The husbands of the pregnant women in the village of Al-Asharnah in Al-Sqailbia cooperated and exchanged experiences in cutting the wood, painting it and then making wooden beds for their babies. The women explained that when their children grow a little, the beds will be presented to another family waiting for a new baby to ensure the continuity of the CBI.