In order to spare the people of al-Cadmus, both displaced and hosts, the trouble of waiting for public transportation vehicles, the SSSD-Tartous team, Beit al-Farah Center, carried out a community-led initiative to help them manufacture waiting benches and then install them in safe places within the Cadmus Bus Station.
After the installation of the 15 benches at the Bus Station, customers—people from various social categories, including those with specific needs, children and the elderly—will not suffer any more, standing for long hours waiting for public transportation vehicles that take them to and from their villages. They can now sit on the benches and protect themselves from diseases caused by severe weather, like heatstroke and severe cold.

In order to secure the site of the water spring in the village of Hammam Wasel and offer denizens a safe space to enjoy the beauty of the scenery surrounding the spring, the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) in Tartous, in cooperation with the village’s local community, implemented a special community-led initiative benefiting about 10,000 people. CLI major works included cleaning the spring reservoir and installing metal wire mesh on its openings to prevent dirt from falling into it. In addition, wooden planks were placed on the benches, part of the square in front of the spring was paved, a metal door was installed and the whole site was lighted.

In order to ensure proper learning conditions for school children in the village of Balghunes, the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) in Tartous, in cooperation with the local community, implemented the Clean Is Safe community-led initiative. Works of the CLI, which will benefit the estimated 1,200 residents of the village, consisted mainly in placing two speed bumps in front of the school main door to protect the children from the danger of rushing cars while they are crossing the street to access their school. They also included placing traffic warning signs, installing water taps and distributing a number of garbage containers in the village, after a public cleaning campaign was carried out in collaboration with the municipality.

During a visit to the Deaf and Blind School in Hama City, many difficulties were discussed in the school's educational process.
One of these difficulties is that blind children are sometimes combusted by winter heaters, and that children in general suffer from winter rains that fill up their classrooms and the hot sun rays in the summer. Within the framework of community initiatives, A team of young people with school staff, have come together to formulate a community initiative aimed at protecting children from the risks they face .
The initiative to protect the deaf and the blind was the manufacture of metal protections and installed in a manner surrounding the heaters, and coloring them in bright colors, in addition to the manufacture of external colored umbrellas works as protectors of the rain in winter and breakers to the sun rays in the summer.
Although it is a relatively short initiative in its duration (one month), but its effects last for all seasons.
Children, parents and teaching staff felt happy, because they would not be afraid of those dangers anymore.

Community- led initiative “Prevent Tooth Cavity and Head Lice for Children”, Athar Al-Farashah and Beit Al-Wiam community centers, Rural Damascus, Jaramana.
Drawing on the belief “We Care about your Health”, especially taking care of children’s health at early ages, and due to the severity of head lice and tooth cavity spread among very young children, SSSD team, in cooperation with UNHCR, organized a community- led initiative (CLI) in Rural Damascus, titled “Prevent Tooth Cavity and Head lice for Children” on 12-10-2018.
The idea of the CLI came to life during a focus group discussion with the children who expressed their toothaches, their fear to visit the dentist, and their parent’s financial strains to treat them. They also mentioned that their friends suffer from head lice and spoke about the negative side effects on their health, everyday life, and daily routine, be it at home or school. 
SSSD cooperated with Dr. Aghiad Daheem, who was enthusiastic to volunteer and help IDP kids. 50 children, boys and girls, received full- dental treatment. This kind gesture stressed the importance of community participatory work drawing on the abilities of each individual, offering help and supporting vulnerable groups.
4 barbers who benefited from the livelihood tool-kit program performed haircuts for 100 children, boys and girls. Those barbers believe in social responsibility, especially after receiving the tool kits that enabled them to provide for themselves and support others.
Dental treatment and haircuts were preceded by health awareness campaigns pertaining the importance of keeping the hair clean and treatment steps to end head lice, as well as, shedding light on kids’ tooth problems, how to prevent them through oral health and regular dentist visits. To break kids’ fear of dental treatment, the campaigns included entertainment activities, at which the dentist participated.
The adolescents from the mentoring program and child protection club participated in carrying out the activities of the campaign, including the entertainment activities. 
This CLI had huge positive impact on all the participants and left unforgettable imprints, particularly raising awareness about health care to prevent tooth and hair problems. In addition to promoting the spirit of humanitarian assistance and aid.

In a real story starred by epic heroes and heroines who lived in the shade. Their lives were nothing but struggle and fight against disease, who suffered in every sense of the word; nonetheless, they are still holding on to life, clinging to looms of hope. Out of the belief that all community members enjoy the same rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, or social class and that everyone has the right to proper healthcare and the right to receive treatment in proper facilities,
SSSD in partnership with UNHCR and cooperation with the staff of Al-Qamishly National Hospital carried out a CBI rehabilitating the Thalassemia section.
The CBI included cleaning up works, changing mattress covers, wall painting, installing an air-condition, TV and curtains, repairing serum stands and patient conveyance wagons. Upon completing the CBI works, an event was held honoring the staff hospital and many children suffering from Thalassemia.
The CBI was completed on 20 Oct 2018, benefiting more than 750 persons suffering from Thalassemia.

Ensuring the safety of children while playing is one of the most important children rights. Out of the belief that playing is crucial for children development, SSSD in partnership with UNHCR provided support to a group of young men and women to rehabilitate a park. Some of the participants work in the administrative team of a school and others are the inhabitants of the adjacent neighborhood to the school. The youths removed tree trunks (cut logs) and reeds, cleaned up the park, repaired the playground equipment, and made benches from used tires. 
The CBI was completed on 22 Sep 2018, benefiting 1011 children from the school and adjacent neighborhood.

Having faith in the critical role women play in the community and the importance of providing the means for them to step in to find solutions for community dilemmas, SSSD team in cooperation with UNHCR supervised a CBI in Al-Layliyeh neighborhood, Al-Hasakah governorate carried out by a group of women to protect the inhabitants, especially children, from mosquito bites and Leishmania disease.  The women sewed mosquito nets and distributed them to the families residing in the neighborhood.
The CBI was completed on 24 Sep 2018, benefiting nearly 850 individuals/100 families.

Strongly believing in the abilities of the civil society to make a substantial difference through supporting individuals and directing their energies toward solving the problems they face, SSSD team in cooperation with UNHCR provided support to a group of men and youths to overhaul part of Al-Khabour river banks. They cleaned up the river banks, lit it up, planted trees, and set up benches to protect children and women from alcohol and drug addicts who used to hang out there in the dark, neglected area.
The CBI was completed on 27 Sep 2018, benefiting 1400 persons in the neighborhood.

Out of concern to provide healthy environment for the local community in Bab Alhadeed, SSSD in cooperation with UNHCR conducted a community- based initiative titled “Shelves and Shade” installing shelves in front of Janat commercial bakery, where the inhabitants could lay bread, instead of laying it on sidewalks. The objective of the CBI is to prevent the spread of diseases, especially among children and older persons and to encourage the members of the community to propose solutions for the problems they face. A group of people experienced in smithery made and installed the shelves.