The Trust receives $40.000 grant from Chinese Embassy in Damascus

DAMASCUS, DEC.21, (ST)- The Syria Trust for Development (The Trust) received on Tuesday USD40.000 grant from the Chinese Embassy in Damascus to support its work and programs. 

 

In a press conference held following the delivery of the grant in the headquarters of The Trust in Bab Sharqi area in Damascus, the Chinese Ambassador to Syria, Feng Biao, expressed his country’s keenness on strengthening friendship and cooperation relations with Syria in various fields with the efforts of both peoples and leaderships.

 

For his part, the Director of the “Al-Manara” Program in The Trust in Damascus and its countryside, Tariq Jeroudi, reviewed the plans of the program of 22 Manara centers in Syrian provinces. 

 

The Trust said in a statement to the reporter of the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) that the grant will be allocated to develop laboratories and the Manra’s halls to enable them to perform their tasks, particularly in supporting youth and adolescents and providing them with the appropriate skills to enter the labor market.‎

 

Basma Qaddour