In order to familiarize adolescents with the safety rules in the event of a fire , networking was established with the Aleppo Fire Brigade to present a field trip for the adolescents of Shams Community Center on fires , their causes , risks and methods of correctly extinguishing them .
The session began with an informative paragraph about the causes of fires , how to prevent them and safe ways to put them out , in addition to explaining the tasks of the firefighter and the evolution of their role to meet the call in all environmental and natural disasters . Noting that you must call 112 in the event of a major fire .
This session was conducted in cooperation between the Syrian Society for Social Development and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees .
The adolescents expressed the huge benefit they have obtained from the session by saying:
“ I learned how to put out the fire in case it happens to us at home or with our neighbours . At the same time , I also learned what could harm me and how to prevent it . “
“ This the first time I have seen the fire engine and learned how to put out all kinds of fires “
“ The information we have obtained today is very rich and it will help us in the future and the days ahead to actually act right if we ever face a similar situation of a fire and be able to save lives , including our own "
With the aim of introducing children to the importance of personal hygiene and the need to take care of the cleanliness and health of their teeth and protect them from decay, The Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, implemented an activity entitled "My Clean Teeth" within the child-friendly space in the Rozana community space.
The activity began with a visit to the dentist, who provided interesting information about dental health, the importance of hygiene and how to take care of the teeth. He also explained the difference between healthy and bad foods. Then, the children made a tooth brushes out of cardboard.
The children expressed their thoughts during the activity, out of those thoughts were the following:
“In order for all of my teeth to become happy and joyful, I must take care of them and their hygiene.”
"We should not be eating that much chocolate and drinking that much Pepsi. This can cause us to get cavities in our teeth. Today we have learned the right way to brush our teeth and get rid of all the ugly dark lines we have there”
Given the importance of spreading the idea of humanitarian and community work, and the need to familiarize adolescents with its concept, objectives, types, and positive results, and to involve them in setting milestones in their society.
The Child Friendly Space implemented an activity entitled (My fingerprint within my community) in the Al Wadhihi community space in cooperation with the Syrian Society for Social Development and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The activity started with a brainstorm about adolescents’ information that they have about humanitarian work, followed by a video clip about community work, and a discussion of a set of questions about the mechanism of identifying problems in societies, ways to solve them, and types of community initiatives, then showing images that describe the concept of initiatives.
The activity concluded with two initiatives, where the young people made flowers from handicrafts and distributed them to the workers in the community space in appreciation of their efforts. Then, they went on to clean the neighborhood and the garbage baskets on the street and put clean new bags inside them.
The children interacted during the activity and shared their opinions with us, saying:
"Being a part of society means that we are active people, not mere watchers."
"We learned today that we can leave an imprint in our society even with just a nice word and a caring initiative."
"When we become united within the society we can actually fix any problem we are facing. All problems and worries pale in the face of our unity."