Believing in the spirit of cooperation and teamwork, the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with UNHCR, implemented a community-based initiative in Jaramana, Rural Damascus, under the title “Making wool sweaters for people with specific needs.”
The aim of the initiative was to protect CwSP from winter cold and diseases and offer them a sense of “warmth.” Thus, the mothers of the children and their friends who are skilled in wool-knitting made 60 sweaters. Women completed knitting the woolen sweaters and distributed them to the beneficiaries in a final activity held at Beit al-Weam Community Center on 02/12/2017.

In order to activate people’s potential and skills and support solutions emerging from the community, the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with UNHCR, implemented a community-based initiative at al-Hameh, Rural Damascus, under the title “Dressmaking for IDPs.”

The initiative aimed at promoting integration between the IDP and host communities by making clothes (jeans and cotton jumpsuits) for the adolescent sons and daughters of some IDP families currently living at al-Hameh district. The initiative was concluded on 30/07/2017.

As part of our goal to promote integration between host and IDP communities, the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with UNHCR, implemented the “Puppets” community-based initiative at al-Hameh, Rural Damascus.

The concept of the initiative was that women of al-Hameh host community should make more than 500 puppets and offer them to IDP children. This welcome gesture would allow the children to express their thoughts/feelings and “see” their problems indirectly by projecting them on the puppet and by selecting puppets that correspond to their respective characters. The initiative was concluded on 18/07/2017 with a ceremony during which the puppets were distributed.

As protection is the foundation of community-based initiatives, the Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with UNHCR, implemented in Qudsaya, Rural Damascus, an initiative under the title Lighting.

The CBI aims to illuminate al-Jisr neighborhood at the Amal Square to provide night-time safety to the neighborhood residents by installing light projectors to protect residents from theft and spare women exposure to harassment.

 The installation of lighting for the neighborhood was concluded on 27/07/2017.

Because the children with special needs and the drop out children are among the basic groups targeted by SSSD through its various programs, the team of SSSD in Masyaf, in cooperation with the UNHCR, organized a CBI in Masyaf entitled "Children's bags for daily activities and uses"
The CBI, which was proposed through focus group discussion sessions with women at( home of the family CC), aims to motivate children with special needs and drop out children to participate in activities within the center, encouraging the PWSNs to integrate more with their surroundings and encouraging drop out children to get back to schools ,where more than 100 school bags were manufactured and distributed by women from the IDPs and local communities in Masyaf. The children participated in making bags through the selection of colors and accessories. The implementation of the CBI was completed on 20/5/2017.

Based on our belief in the right of women to work and the importance of exercising their role in society, the team of the Syrian Society for Social Development in Masyaf, in collaboration with UNHCR, established a CBI in the village of Hawair Turkoman.
The CBI, which was proposed through focus group discussion sessions with women in the village, aims to the cooperation of IDPs and local women and the exchange of experiences among them to sew thick linen gloves covering the palm and forearms to protect women during their work in the field of wounds, ulcers and poisonous reptiles, the gloves were finished on 4/6/2017 for more than 85 women.

Because the protection against harassment is a human and community responsibility, the Syrian Society for Social Development team in Masyaf, in cooperation with the UNHCR, established a CBI in the shelters (MaanSalha–Tahfeez Al quraan institute –Al Makhfar Al Qadeem)
The CBI, which was proposed through Focus group discussion with the residents of the shelters, aims to cooperate with the men to create wooden electric lamps, including a battery with four lids on the sides. These lamps are placed in the corridors of the shelters and is able to be carried by women and children to and from the bathrooms at night.
The impact of this CBI was reflected by the significant decrease in the number of harassment cases in the shelters. The manufacture of lamps was completed on 5/8/2017.

Because the right of privacy for children and women is a sacred right,Syrian Society for Social Development team in Masyaf, in cooperation with the UNHCR, established a CBI at Tahfeez Al quraan Institute shelter
The CBI, which was proposed through focus group discussion session with the women at the center, aims to manufacture and sew curtains for various uses (curtains for windows, , partitions for the same room, personal curtains) to protect the privacy of families due to the nature of the crowded shelter, without any separation Between the rooms where the sewing of the curtains was completed and installed in the center on 12/12/2017 for the benefit of more than 15 families of residents of the shelter.

The underlying goal of the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) is to spread love and joy everywhere. Believing that the right to play and to recreation for children is sacred, a group of young people, supported by the SSSD team in Hama and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), launched a global capacity building initiative under the title “Joy”.
The initiative aimed at creating friendships between the children of both IDP and host communities in Hama city through the design and fitting out of a playground that includes a number of educational and sports games. The GCBI included implementing some events at the Shabablik Center at the Station Roundabout, including various activities (competitions and games, prize distribution, drawing on the faces of children, taking souvenir pictures of the participants). The GCBI activities started immediately after the end of the Spring Break in schools.

Believing in promoting the role of the local community in problem-solving, the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) in Homs, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), launched a community-based initiative in the town of Naara under the title “Installation of an iron railing on the water stream in the town of Naara”.
The initiative aimed to install an iron railing to protect the children and population of the area from the risk of approaching, falling into and drowning in the watercourse. It also aimed at protecting the soil of neighboring agricultural lands from erosion and encouraging people to continue farming. Works of manufacture and installation of the railing were completed on 22/1/2018.