Based on our belief in the prominent role of women in society, as well as in the importance of promoting women’s participation in finding solutions for community challenges, the SSSD team, in cooperation with UNHCR, implemented a community-based initiative at the Maisaloon neighborhood, Qamishli City (al-Hasakeh Governorate). A group of women collaborated in making mosquito nets and distributed them on all neighborhood households. The CBI aimed to protect local community members, especially children, from the risk of Leishmaniosis, caused by mosquito stings.
The CBI was concluded on September 28, 2017, benefiting approximately 170 households (676 individuals) from the local community.