The “Al-Nada” Association moves beneficiaries from need stage to production stage

The “Al-Nada” Association is among the associations that works on developing  society and supporting and empowering the most needy people. It offers various types of assistance including micro-projects that achieve a tangible and sustainable impact on them, and moves them from the stage of need to the stage of production, according to the Chairman of the Association’s Board of Directors, Mrs. Noha Al-Eita.

“The association offers monthly financial support to orphans, needy families, students and the elderly. It also holds free  courses for students of both 9th and 12th degrees in centers of Zabadani, Ghezlaneyeh, Mliha, and Saboura,” she said in an interview with Syria Times e-newspaper.

Mrs. Al-Eita clarified that in 2023, the association rehabilitated a number of damaged houses belonging to displaced families with the aim of helping them to return to their houses due to the high cost of living and high rents. In addition it provided relief to those who were affected by the earthquake that hit the country last February.

“Our association sent to the affected people in Aleppo clothes, various food items, diapers and milk for children, women’s supplies and other necessary materials.We also sent a specialized team of experienced volunteers to meet the needs of the affected people and to conduct a field survey of the affected areas and to contribute to renting houses for the affected families,” she added.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors pointed out that the association held many awareness lectures for mothers and provided loans to support their economic projects and secure a decent source of income for them as well as holding several bazaars to market the products of beneficiaries of small projects.

“ The association has an agreement with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Damascus and its countryside for support and development, through which it financed a number of associations with maximum 85,000,000 Syrian pounds for each association to support and develop them besides supporting 34 community and youth initiatives to support the Damascus countryside through renovating schools, repairing potholes, lighting roads, restoring and beautifying a gardens, rehabilitating  small bridges and drainage networks, and providing water tanks for a schools…etc,” Mrs. Al-Eita clarified.

She went on to say: “ Last year, the association distributed 14.000.000 SYP among 60 beneficiaries to start their micro-projects in different fields such as blacksmithing, carpentry and barbering. We also distributed Ramadan baskets to 1,000 beneficiaries at a value of 200,000 for each one, and Iftar meals for fasting people, and provided stationery and bags worth 150,000 for each beneficiary student as well as distributing winter clothes, blankets, electric heaters, and diesel among needy families to support them in bearing the burdens of life.”

Mrs. Al-Eita concluded by saying that the association will go ahead with offering its services to needy peoples in society, helping them and empowering them, especially in light of the acute economic and living conditions that the country is going through.

Basma Qaddour