Education

🇸🇾 Education Support in Syria: Ghiras Al Nahda Initiatives Stemming from the critical importance of education within the Syrian context and its designation as a strategic priority, Ghiras Al Nahda (Renaissance Seedlings) has been dedicated to supporting the education sector across all its fields. This commitment is realized through numerous projects that ensure equal access to quality education for both males and females in its areas of operation. We have undertaken the following efforts: Equipping and rehabilitating schools and educational centers. Providing support to students by supplying them with essential educational materials . Supporting teachers, with a focus on backing quality projects designed to elevate the educational process through training courses . Ghiras Al Nahda is taking serious steps to ensure safe access to schools for children and educational staff, in addition to enhancing the quality of learning through diverse activities. We aim to strengthen the capacity of the educational system in the best possible ways, despite the harsh and challenging conditions of the war. Key Achievements 1. Supporting Teachers and the Community Structure This includes: Teacher training . Providing monthly salaries for teachers for one year. Supplying them with educational resources/aids . To support the community structure, we conduct back-to-school campaigns and manage parent-teacher meetings to encourage communication among parents, teachers, and students. 2. Supporting Students This is achieved by: Supporting accelerated learning classes to enable students who have dropped out to re-enroll in school. Supporting formal and non-formal education . Distributing school supplies to students. Providing psychological support through carefully planned activities and recreational tools. Offering relief aid for their health and safety, such as hygiene kits and nutritional meals . 3. Supporting Schools This involves: Rehabilitating schools and repairing their facilities to accommodate people with disabilities . Supplying schools with solar power and covering their operational costs . Establishing child-friendly spaces within them. Providing them with safety and security equipment .

Shelter & Non-Food Items

Ghiras Al-Nahda Under Shelter sector seeks to secure basic necessities of life for both displaced people and host community by rehabilitating their homes and providing them with their need of NFIs including furniture, Kitchen kits, Hygiene kits, in addition to stoves and heating fuel. Below some of our Shelter and NFI projects since 2011

Regular Campaigns

Ghiras Al-Nahda organization has been working on several campaigns annually to support specific sectors during emergencies in Syria since 2011. Our Regular campaigns aim to contribute to alleviating the suffering of vulnerable families and extend them a helping hand. Our campaigns can be seasonal as some are related to weather, others are related to religious and social events that are part of the Arabic and Islamic culture.

Food Security and Livelihoods

Ghiras Al-Nahda and through its food security programs work to improve the food security situation through food items distribution, relief kitchens, and seasonal campaigns in addition to agricultural programs, livestock programs, and livelihood programs that contribute to achieving self-sufficiency and secure job opportunities for the affected population. Below some of our FSL projects since 2011 .

Emergency Response

Ghiras Al-Nahda organization has been working on several campaigns annually to support specific sectors during emergencies in Syria in the past eight years. Our emergency response to the dire needs in areas that are exposed to humanitarian disasters as a result of bombing or displacement, or those that are exposed to severe emergency weather conditions. Below some of the campaigns we did since 2011

Protection

Ghiras Al-Nahda focuses in its activities on full respect to people rights in accordance to international human rights law and refugees’ law. In war, what affected people need the most is protection from violence, exploitation and abuse, and protecting their dignity and rights.$undefined$Ghiras priorities include protecting vulnerable people through providing different psychosocial and financial support programs, such as establishing and supporting psychosocial support centers for children and women in addition to sponsoring orphan children and displaced families.$undefined$Ghiras Al-Nahda continuously strives to ensure an updated understanding of the type of groups at risk and the current threats, taking into consideration the following: – The sensitivity and vulnerabilities of targeted groups$undefined$– The inclusion of all groups$undefined$– People safety$undefined$– Potential protection risks under each project Bearing in mind the fundamentals of protection, and applying protection’ principles to all organization’s projects under all sectors to achieve the maximum positive effects , safety and dignity, beneficial access, accountability, participation and empowerment.