As part of Food and Livelihood program in IhsanRD, cash-for-work project has been launched in the northern Homs countryside, which aims to rehabilitate food security facilities (bakeries, mills, food warehouses) in Al Rastan and Talbisa districts.

This project is providing support to 250 families selected according to IhsanRD’s criteria of the most families in need in this area through the employing of 250 workers, including 200 ordinary workers and 50 skilled workers, where a financial allowance is being provided for workers -whom their families rely on- for their services, which conserves their dignity and allows communities to benefit from their efforts.

The project aims to enhance food security and support the resilience of the population in besieged areas.

As a part of the emergency response plan in Ihsan for Relief and Development and Welthungerhilfe together have been reached 2602 families on a monthly basis in the south of Idlib governorate, which host enormous numbers of (IDPs) displaced people . Furthermore, IhsanRD provides families with food support vouchers ($50 per voucher) to be exchanged in the form of foodstuffs according to the needs of each family, where the project will continue to support families for 5 months.

The project is funded by the German Foreign Office “Auswärtiges” Amt in order to improve livelihoods and safe access to food, especially for the most vulnerable people and communities that host massive numbers of IDPs.

Because the Syrian women have their special place in the society and home, and because they are capable of producing and manufacturing and have the will to support themselves and their families, IhsanRD has launched a new project in several areas of rural Idlib, which aims to empower women and support livelihoods that allow them to preserve their dignity and put them in the right place as a productive member in the society that has been and continues to suffer the brunt of war.
This project is providing the necessary equipment and raw materials for the production process of milk, cheese, pomegranate molasses and many other household products that Syrian women are characterized by their ability to produce them with high qualities specifications, which give them in return a decent income and provides the local market with an outstanding product.

For more than six years, Syrian people have been suffering from the cruel conditions of the war, during which the agricultural process was severely damaged, especially in the northern regions of Syria, but this was not an enough reason for Syrian people to fall victim to despair and surrender, however they continue to produce.

Ihsan for Relief & Development, in cooperation with WHH and funded by the German Foreign Office, is implementing a project consisting of two main activities:

The first aspect includes supporting farmers with agricultural vouchers that allow them to purchase agricultural inputs and equipment during two seasons in summer and winter, as well as providing irrigation support vouchers to farmers in rural areas of western Aleppo.

The second aspect includes the support of the local communities with bread, where 4000 daily bread packages are distributed in the areas of Kernabal and Jisr al-Shughour.

In the photos, IhsanRD team provides agricultural support vouchers to the registered farmers in the area of ​​Atarab.

As part of the emergency response plan in Ihsan for Relief & Development and in cooperation with World Food Program (WFP). 4,600 families have been reached monthly in the villages of Jisr al-Shughourarea who hosts enormous numbers of displaced people. The response has been providing food kits families that suffice a family for a month, in order to support the resilience of local communities and displaced families in the Jisr al-Shughour.