As infrastructure upgrade contributes to developing productivity and improving profitability, the SSSD team in Tartous, in cooperation with UNHCR, launched a CBI entitled Rehabilitation of the Khirbet al-Sanasel Road.
This off-road connects farmlands between two neighbouring villages. As it used to be unpaved, it was extremely hard for owners of lands on both its sides to access their own lands, bring over the necessary raw materials or transfer the crops to the city. Therefore, most villagers—farmers in particular—took part in the implementation of the CBI. Gravel was spread all over and subsequently rolled, thus turning the wild, dirty road into a passable one for cars and trucks.
The initiative, which was completed on 11/12/2017, benefited about 1,800 low-income people of both local and IDP communities.