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Within the framework of the intercropping project initiated by the IhsanRD in the northern Homs countryside, the seed samples were examined and the quality checked in order to recieve the quotations provided by the suppliers within the Ihsan office in Rastan during the last week.

The agricultural experts in the project team carried out technical tests of seeds and fertilizers to before distributed to farmers in preparation for the process of agriculture and planting, which will be held next week, after completion of the verification and field detection by the project team to select the beneficiaries registered with local councils according to their conformity with the conditions.

IhsanRD has launched this project to support food security and livelihoods by providing support to 400 families within inter-agriculture project between trees for more than 1100 dunums by providing farmers with agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, pesticides), as well as partial irrigation support. The project also aims to support the most vulnerable and reach the besieged areas of Syria to enhance the resilience of the population and improve safe access to food.

Despite the ongoing war in Syria, IhsanRD continues its projects to restore food security and ensure safe access to food for the local population through the implementation of rehabilitation projects for food facilities, which have been exhausted by years of war, constant fighting and shelling.

IhsanRD team in Southern Idlib countryside has completed a rehabilitation project for a major reserve bakery in the region, serving 25 towns in southern countryside of Idlib through the restoration and maintenance of the main building and the rehabilitation of the facilities in it, in addition to providing the bakery with the machines needed for producing bread for more than 60 thousand residents in the surrounding areas.

“The bakery in our area is badly damaged and unable to cover the needs of bread for the people in the surrounding villages,” says Abu Mohammed, a resident of the area. “We are waiting impatiently for the opening of the bakery. Getting a hot bread is a happy day for us, sometimes we have to cut tens of kilometers to get on bread”

The production line was successfully tested after the rehabilitation and restoration of the reserve bakery in the project implemented by IhsanRD in collaboration with WHH and with the support of the German Foreign Office. The bakery will open in the coming days with a production capacity of 36 tons per day.

“There’s nothing like the enjoyment of getting a hot bread, bread is the main food item for Syrians and as a result of the war in Syria, it is impossible to get a loaf of bread in some areas, so we had to respond to the main need of people in southern countryside of Idlib in securing the bread ” said Bassel, a project manager at Ihsan.

However, bread is not the only issue faced by Syrians, and other basic necessities such as water and electricity have become increasingly difficult and costly. Support is not only for the construction and rehabilitation of more bakeries, but also for the rehabilitation of water and sanitation networks in the region, and the support of agriculture and livelihoods for the population through various projects in IhsanRD through food security, livelihood, water, education, protection and shelter programs.

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Distribution of food baskets to the most people in need in the communities hosting IDPs continues within Emergency Response plan for Food Security and Livelihoods in IhsanRD.

More than 17,000 families are being reached monthly in the villages of Jisr al-Shughour area and Azaz city who host enormous numbers of displaced people. The response has been providing food kits families that suffice a family for a month until the end of this year.

The project is carried out in cooperation with the World Food Program to support safe access to food and to strengthen the resilience of hosting communities and displaced people in the north of Syria.

Within Support Inter-Agriculture project implemented by the IhsanRD in the northern Homs countryside, the project team conducted the field survey and verification of the farmers’ registration forms who are applying for the project. The applications are submitted in two stages:

The first stage starts by providing the local councils with the personal information, addresses and telephone numbers through special forms distributed in the local councils. The forms are then handed to IhsanRD team who checks the registration forms and conducts field verification visits of the land and to make sure if they meet the project conditions.

The second stage after the technical approval of the field, the farmer moves to the second stage by submitting an e-form designed by the project team, the farmers who meet the requirements will be registered in the project lists.

IhsanRD has launched this project to support food security and livelihoods by providing support to 400 families within inter-agriculture project between trees for more than 1100 dunums by providing farmers with agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, pesticides), as well as partial irrigation support. The project also aims to support the most vulnerable and reach the besieged areas of Syria to enhance the resilience of the population and improve safe access to food.

The distribution of bread in Jisr Al Shagour city has been continuing within the project implemented by Food Security and Livelihoods program in IhsanRD in cooperation with WHH where the project provides bread to the residents of Jisr Al-Shughour and Kafr Nobol with an average of 4000 bread bags daily.

In addition to the provision of bread, the project includes supporting farmers with agricultural vouchers that allow them to purchase inputs and agricultural equipment in two stages, summer and winter, as well as to providing irrigation support vouchers to farmers in rural areas of western Aleppo.

This project comes in cooperation with WHH, funded by the German Foreign Office, to support the resilience of civilians and to assist the population within the project areas who are suffering from the impact of the war in Syria.

The first phase of Cash-for-Work project was completed in the northern countryside of Homs where most of the construction materials, industrial equipment and electrical installations of the project were received and the production lines of Al-Rastan automatic bakery have been moved to begin to be rebuilt and repaired.

This project is part of the Food Security and Livelihoods program in IhsanRD, where it aims to enhance food security and support the resilience of Syrian people in the besieged areas through the rehabilitation of food facilities (Bakeries, mills and food warehouses) in Al-Rastan and Talbisa districts, in addition to supporting 250 families in improving their income through the employment of 250 workers (200 ordinary workers and 50 skilled workers).

Through its projects, Ihsan for Relief and Development continues to support the most vulnerable people and reach the besieged areas in Syria to enhance the resilience of people and improve safe access to food.

IhsanRD has launched a new project in the villages of Al-Rastan and Talbisa in the northern Homs countryside to support food security and livelihoods by providing support to 400 families in the project of inter-agriculture between trees for more than 1100 dunums of legume crops (lathyrus -bean-peas) with agricultural inputs (seeds, fertilizers, pesticides), and the provision of land plowing service in addition to partial irrigation support.

In addition to support of inter-agriculture activities, another project is being prepared to support the cottage industries for the production of cheeses and milk in both Rastan and Talbisa.

In cooperation with WHH, IhsanRD works to support livelihoods and improve safe access to food within the rural areas of Idlib through a number of projects being implemented in several areas in northern Syria, including the rehabilitation of bakeries currently underway in the southern countryside of Idlib, Ihsan has started a rehabilitation project of r central bakery serving 60,000 people in several villages in the southern countryside of Idlib, through the restoration and maintenance of the main building and the rehabilitation of the facilities in it, in addition to providing the bakery with the machines needed for producing bread to the residents in the surrounding areas.

This project comes with others funded by the German Foreign Office in order to support the resilience of Syrian people who suffer from ongoing war for 6 years.

As part of Food and Livelihood program in IhsanRD, cash-for-work project has been launched in the northern Homs countryside, which aims to rehabilitate food security facilities (bakeries, mills, food warehouses) in Al Rastan and Talbisa districts.

This project is providing support to 250 families selected according to IhsanRD’s criteria of the most families in need in this area through the employing of 250 workers, including 200 ordinary workers and 50 skilled workers, where a financial allowance is being provided for workers -whom their families rely on- for their services, which conserves their dignity and allows communities to benefit from their efforts.

The project aims to enhance food security and support the resilience of the population in besieged areas.

As a part of the emergency response plan in Ihsan for Relief and Development and Welthungerhilfe together have been reached 2602 families on a monthly basis in the south of Idlib governorate, which host enormous numbers of (IDPs) displaced people . Furthermore, IhsanRD provides families with food support vouchers ($50 per voucher) to be exchanged in the form of foodstuffs according to the needs of each family, where the project will continue to support families for 5 months.

The project is funded by the German Foreign Office “Auswärtiges” Amt in order to improve livelihoods and safe access to food, especially for the most vulnerable people and communities that host massive numbers of IDPs.