Earthquake Response with INARA
The people of Northwest Syria have been through one crisis on top of another, with the latest earthquake exacerbating their pain and suffering, reminding them of all the displacement and heartache they’ve been through over the years. With great and important partnershipWith INARA distributed much needed items comprising dignity and hygiene kits, educational toys for children, as well as diapers, underwear, winter clothing and boots to this affected population, standing by them through this tough and challenging crisis.Let’s work together to ensure the people of Northwest Syria have access to basic necessities and services, and relieve their suffering and pain. We cannot do this without your help.You can make a difference.http://www.kparadise.org/donate/
PSS Stories
Improving the self-subsistence for women headed Households and the resilience of children in the midst of conflict PSS Stories: April & May /2021 I’m a student in Seger School, and I dream to be a lawyer to defend the oppressed in my country Stand by them and help them. Sham Al-Sheikh is one of the students of Seger School in Kreiz area who excelled in her school and has always had a distinctive imprint in our activities. She has never been absent from our activities, she is always distinguished by her participation, and she has a smile and optimism. She encourages her colleagues and inspires them in many things. Sham we are with you to achieve your dream and defend the oppressed! Nour says “Kreiz is a beautiful village, but Kafranbel is more beautiful….. Words said by the beautiful girl Nour, one of the students of Abd-Al Razzaq Kardoush School in Kreiz area. Nour and her family were displaced from their home due to the air raids of government planes on her peaceful village. I am in the fourth grade and I love my new friends and my new school, but I miss Alreef school in Kafranbel. I hope we all go back to our homes to meet my friends who have been abandoned like me. The innocence of childhood spoke and silenced everyone…… We are with you Nour and with all the children to get your dreams back”. Muhammad is a fourth-grade student at Abd-Al Razzaq Kardoush School in Kreiz area. He loved his kind uncle very much and visited him regularly until he was killed by the bombing of government planes with cluster bombs on his small house, which made Omar feel very sad for him… Omar participated with PSS activities. He is polite and hardworking student. He was able to pass the past by knowing the therapeutic garden and new friends. We wish him and all his colleagues good luck. Raghad is a third-grade student at Kafruhin School. She lives with her family in a house near the school. Raghad says: “The exam is dreadful, although I studied well, but I am still afraid.” Our PSS team answers her during the PSS activities: “Concentrate on your studies, eat well, get enough sleep on the night of the exam, and you will succeed, God willing.”
Livestock Stories
Improving the self-subsistence for women headed Households and the resilience of children in the midst of conflict Stories for Livestock: April & May /2021 Every day families have stories but the stories from Syria are different. She has 28 years old , is a resident of the village of Northern Ora and one of the beneficiaries of livestock. Wafaa says: “I knew that my name was among those accepted by the livestock services through the lists that posted on walls and public places by KP’s team. I received 4 pregnant sheep and during May 2021 the number of my sheep increased to be 8. Our happiness can never be described in words. Since few months, I became a self-reliant and did not wait for people to pity me and my children. I get milk daily from sheep, which I sell yogurt and cheese sometimes and milk at other times. I use part to my family and sell the rest. Sheep is a blessing which we can benefit from like milk, its derivatives, wool and newborns. My children take fresh milk every day after it was difficult to give it to them during the past years”. Wafaa adds “What a wonderful project, and how I wish all the women who are breadwinners to get what we got, as it is a generous source of livelihood and preserves women’s dignity”. 02 – Yusra Al-Mohammed She is 40 years old, from the village of Northern Ora. She says: “I support my mother and my four disabled sisters. I used to work on the farmland for long hours for a small wage that is not enough to buy the basic need of the house, and I was away from my family for a long time without anyone taking care of them. Now that I benefited from sheep project and got four sheep, my sheep were born and their number increased to be 8 heads of sheep which helps me to feed my family and sell the extra milk to buy medicines. A while ago, I mowed sheep’s wool and I’m going to use the wool to make comfortable pillows for my family in the winter. My life changed upside down after my success in this project and I dreamed of a better tomorrow. Rahaf says: “I am 23 years old, displaced from Saraqib countryside, and I currently reside in the village of Northern Ora. I benefited from the livestock project and received 4 pregnant sheep. After days of work and follow-up, my sheep gave birth to triplets. I feel reassured every time the veterinary team visits me to check on the health of my sheep and their newborns. During the project, I received 2 cycles of fodder to feed the sheep. The technical veterinary team vaccinated the sheep against some diseases for 2 cycles which helped me very much in taking care of my sheep. I take sheep daily to graze in the neighboring pastures and I hope to be a pioneer in the field of sheep care in the next few years and pass on my successful experience to other women in my village”. She displaced from Saraqib since 2 years. She says: “My husband is disabled. I have four daughters. I live in a small shelter in the village of Kreiz. My husband can not work because of his disability and we have no source of income. We were waiting for the relief basket to survive, and my children always slept hungry. She adds “I applied to benefit from the livestock project and I was one of the selected beneficiaries, God willing. At the beginning of the project, I received four pregnant sheep, and I took care of them until they were born, and I had four new sheep, which brought happiness and joy to the hearts of my family. Directly, I started milking my sheep, feeding my children, and selling extra milk to the shops in the area. The delay of relief basket does not worry me, as I have my own project near my husband and children, and our life has changed for better. Hanadi is 24 years old from the Northern Ora village and has four children. She is the only breadwinner of her family. Hanadi says “I tried repeatedly to find a job, but to no avail because of the unstable conditions and lack of job opportunities. After we were rich in our homes and had sheep and fields, today we find it difficult to secure the most basics need which forced me to cook one meal a day. After I was almost in despair, I heard about the livestock project and applied to have sheep and I think this is the best job opportunity for women in my case can get. She adds” I started working in my house and next to my children. I still remember the happiness of my children when my first sheep gave birth to beautiful twin sheep. Now I have nine sheep, from their milk I make yogurt and cheese for my children after they were deprived of milk for several years, and I sell the extra in the area market. Thank you too much and I hope that all the women who are breadwinner for their families will have a great job opportunity like me”.
Agricultural Stories
Improving the self-subsistence for women headed Households and the resilience of children in the midst of conflict Stories for Agriculture: April & May /2021 Every day families have stories but the stories from Syria are different. Adlah as 64 years old, and I live in the village of Northern Ora. She is from a poor family and the only breadwinner for her family. Adlah says, “My life has started to improve since I was accepted as one of the beneficiaries of this project. I have good experience in the field of agriculture, but this is the first time that I work in greenhouse. So I set my goal from the beginning that my greenhouse would be one of the best in the village. I attended all the trainings given to us by the agricultural specialists, and I follow all the technical instructions that I get through field visits and the WhatsApp group for agricultural guidance. I try not to leave my house unless absolutely necessary, as I always like to work inside my greenhouse. I feel so excited about this work. I follow the growth of the seedlings continuously, and every day my joy increases with the increase in the growth of the seedlings and the increase in the number of tomato fruits.” Adlah adds: “I was one of the first women in the village who started picking the tomato crop. The first day I picked was 10 kg of tomato, which I decided to distribute them to my neighbors, especially the poor among them. I was so happy when my neighbors shared my great joy and eating my first crop. I will allocate a part of my crop for distribution to my needy neighbors and the rest I will sell to be an income for my family. I never imagined that I would have a job in my home. This work is our only source of income now and I will be able to buy our basic needs of oil, firewood, bread and medicine. I will do my best to keep this greenhouse constantly full of fruiting plants.” Diba says: “My name is Diba, I am 60 years old, the breadwinner of my elderly husband and my sick daughter. My families is 7 members. I live in the village of Kafruhin and I am one of the beneficiaries of greenhouses services. I received a greenhouse with full agriculture input. Finally my dream is a real, I have my own beautiful project inside my home and next to my family. I’m very pleased with the continuous follow-up of the agronomists, as they provided me with sufficient experience to produce vegetables inside greenhouses. We used to plant vegetables on open farms before the war, but did not provide us with good production and large plants such as greenhouses now. Through my own project of greenhouse, I will have good income so, I can buy medicines for my elderly husband, my disabled daughter, and some our basic needs by selling the tomatoes to the sellers in the market. The tomatoes, I pick up are beautiful, red and retain its quality for a long time, so sellers are waiting impatiently for me to sell them my fresh crop. I hope from my heart that all women can benefit from projects similar to this project, which preserves the dignity of women and keeps them always close to their children and family”. Fatima from the village of Kafruhin. She has 44 years old. Fatima Says: “My husband is disabled and I’m the breadwinner of my family. I have been working in the agriculture fields for a long time and I grew up in the fields. I had to work in far places for low wages to support my family. She added “When I heard for the first time that there was an organization that would provide an agricultural project for the women breadwinner of the family, my heart beat hard and I went to the registration centre and applied to benefit from this project. The days passed and thanks God I was one of the beneficiaries and my happiness increased when I learned that the agricultural service is a greenhouse next to my house and near my family . Thank you for providing me with an opportunity that most women dream of in my country that has been exhausted by war, conditions of displacement, bitterness of poverty and scarcity of job opportunities.. I am confident that better is coming and that our future will be more beautiful. I trust in God!”. Fikret, 45 years old, from the village of Kafruhin. She says: “I am the breadwinner for my family of 3 persons, a child and two daughters, Fatima and Doaa, who have a physical disability caused by a disease called “the crystal body”. I suffered a lot in the past because of my daughter’s illness because they could not walk or be exposed to light since birth, and this constituted a heavy burden on me because I had to work in the fields outside the village for long periods of time to make a living and at the same time I had to take care of my two disabled children.. Years passed and I was patient with my situation until I heard with this project for women who breadwinner of family.. Hope was born in my heart again, and I actually became one of the beneficiaries of the greenhouse project. I started earning money by selling tomatoes and I was able to send my daughter to continue her education and my life changed for the better and I hope that in the future I will be able to build new greenhouses next to my house because my experience in this field has developed wonderfully”. Warda, 48 years old lives in the village of Kafruhin. She says: “I am responsible for my family, which consists of my elderly mother and my nephews. My brother unjustly detained in Syrian government prisons since many years, without
