Since safe playing and recreation is an inalienable right of children, the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) team in Qadmus, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), launched a community-based initiative at al-Maidan Park, Qadmus, under the title “Child-friendly space”. The initiative, which is part of the GCBI Program, aimed to rehabilitate the park adjacent to the Mohammed Dali School (upgrading the fountain, repairing seats and lighting, planting roses) to create a safe space where children can play safely away from street risks and accidents. More than 1,650 benefitted from this initiative. Implementation of all the works of the CBI was completed on .

Believing in supporting grassroot solutions to local problems, the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) in Rural Damascus, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), organized a community-based initiative under the title "Making mosquito nets”.

By the manufacture of mosquito nets benefiting more than 100 HHs of residents of Karm Smadi neighborhood in Jaramana, the CBI aimed to protect beneficiaries from diseases caused by flies and other harmful insects and to promote a spirit of partnership among them. All works of the CBI were completed on 5/10/2017.

Teachers are definitely the cornerstone for the upbringing of generations. Believing in the crucial role of teachers in society, the team of the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) in Hasakeh, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), launched a community-based initiative under the title “Teachers’ Break”. 

The CBI aimed to secure a suitable space for the staff and teachers in the Directorate of Education to have a break and relax, by conducting a clean-up campaign in the Directorate premises courtyard, which also included upgrade works (putting a fence, designing and installing a shed, painting the seats and benches, planting trees and roses). The CBI will benefit more than 30,000 teachers and civil servants.

Voice of peace is a Grand community-based initiative which has been implemented by a group of Syrian youth with the support of the Syrian society for social development team in Baniyas  and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

The initiative targeted all the Baniyas people who love art and music, especially the IDPs families, who lack the spaces of joy, entertainment, culture and music, as well as children and adults with special needs. The initiative allowed them to show their musical talents and to appear on stage for the first time by forming a coral named “ Wama “

The closing ceremony of the initiative was held on Saturday 13/1/2018 at the cultural center in Baniyas to be the result of the four-month training and efforts in the initiative. The ceremony was the starting point of the Coral “ Wama “  and thereby the coral will form the core of a new musical band in Baniyas ,

Believing in the ability of community members to cooperate and solve their own problems and in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Syrian Society for Social Development team in Suwayda organized a community-Based initiative entitled "Lighting and paving the land of the camp between Salkhad and Arman"

The initiative, which is part of the Community Initiatives program, aims to secure safe corridors within the camp that facilitate the movement of residents and facilitate access to the camp's land, as well as providing the necessary lighting for a safe life in the camp. Where all the work of the initiative was completed on 30/12/2017 

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