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Sterelization Campaign at the "Hand in Hand" Society for PwSN - Aleppo

As part of the national preventive measures against COVID-19 and out of the importance of protecting people with special needs and the staff offering them support, the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) conducted disinfection works for the center attached to Yadanbiyad NGO for People with Special Needs in Aleppo City.


The disinfection works covered the playing rooms, the facilities, the backyards, the warehouses, the workshop rooms, the offices, and the transportation means attached to the center.


The management of Yadanbiyad NGO expressed their gratitude for SSSD’s initiative and shed light on importance of repeating disinfection works on regular basis.

Sterelization Campaign at the "Juvenile Protection Association for Adolescent Girls" and "Beggars and Homeless Care Association" - Aleppo

The Syrian Society for Social Development conducted disinfection campaigns for two NGOs, the Female Juvenile Protection Association and the Beggars and Homeless Care Association. The teams responsible for Mosaic Community Center (Achrafieh) and Aman Center (Zibdiyye) led the campaign targeting around 40 residents.

The team disinfected all the departments and rooms of the two NGOs, pasted posters, distributed awareness raising brochures and hygiene baskets containing different types of disinfectants.

The team conducted individual awareness raising sessions about preventive measures, how the virus spreads, and the correct way of washing hands.

The beneficiaries expressed their gratitude for the campaign:
“We are appreciative of your efforts, you made us feel safe. We hope this pandemic will end soon.”
“I will always wash and disinfect my hands. This will protect my health and my family’s.”

Visiting and Disinfecting Dar Mar Mansour for Older Persons - Aleppo

In response to COVID-19 pandemic and to raise the awareness level of older persons against the virus, mitigate dangers, and strengthen their protection level, given the fact that they are most affected by the consequences of the virus.
The Syrian Society for Social Development visited Dar Mar Mansour for Older Persons in Aleppo City. The team provided individual awareness raising sessions against COVID-19 to correct wrong perceptions and to fight rumors, distributed hygiene kits, and sterilized the furniture and rooms using antiseptics and disinfectants.


Here are some of the comments the team captured:
• “Your visit made us happy. We are grateful for your support and for remembering us.”
• “Reaching this old age, I did not know the correct way of washing my hands.”
• “Thank for your lovely gift and lovely spirit. Always visit us.”

 

A new Morning…

I am special, and my disability is not my death sentence!

 

Sabah is a 12-year-old girl who lives with her mother and five sisters. As for her father, he went missing, which made her mother the sole breadwinner for the family.

Sabah suffered from herniated nucleus pulposus, hydrocephalus, and hemiplegia since she was born, which caused her many difficulties and challenges. Nevertheless, it did not prevent her from going to school and striving for her education.

Sabah’s mother was responsible for dropping Sabah off to school in the morning and taking her back at the end of school hours. The latter posed a heavy burden on her, since her daughter’s school was quite far from their home. On top of all that, Sabah suffered from fatigue due to sunlight exposure for a long period of time.

Fortunately, Sabah got introduced to the Syrian Society for Social Development through the Farah Center in Adra, and joined the Friendship groups. While at the center, her mother learned that SSSD also provided medical assistance.

Consequently, Sabah's case was brought up to the Health and Medical programme manager, who in turn assisted her by providing her with a wheelchair for the children.

The wheelchair changed both Sabah and her mother’s lives, as Sabah didn’t feel tired anymore when going to school, and it reduced the mother’s burden and fatigue. It also helped Sabah move around easily and play some of the games with her friends and sisters. Thus, Sabah became one of the top students at school.

The mother’s joy was overwhelming, as she expressed:" You have brought me comfort, and made my dear daughter extremely happy, since she is now able to play with her friends at school…”

 

UNHCR

My beautiful Hair

WASH team conducted an awareness session entitled "My beautiful Hair" for 20 children of the group 9-10 years old in the community center of Masyaf (Jarneit Al TAr), where some children performed a purposeful play, they previously had rehearsed using large cartoon characters to tell about hair hygiene for the prevention of lice insect, especially in schools. The correct method of cleaning hair and the times of use of lice shampoo was explained. The children also designed, along with the volunteers, an awareness poster with singing some songs.

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