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On November 25, 2017, Women’s Creative Center in Kabassin has been opened with a number of participants and visitors in two periods. The first period was for the participants and visitors of women. The second period was for men, and number of dignitaries in Kabassin were present there, where they were introduced to the Center’s activities and its importance for the support and empowerment of women.

Women’s Creativity Center in Kibasin is one of many centers operated by IhsanRD in several areas of Syria. Through its centers, Ihsan aims to support women’s creativity, develop their skills and raise their awareness of their special role and abilities through training activities for women and girls in various professional and educational aspects psychological support.

The centers includes activities and multiple classes in literacy, computer skills, sewing and wool knitting, English, hairdressing courses, and sessions about life skills for girls. The center has a nursery room to relieve the burden of mothers participating in scheduled programs. The Center’s activities also include mobile teams conducting awareness sessions for women and girls outside the center.

Despite difficult circumstances in the area, the Mobile Team at the Child’s Friendly Space (CFS)  in Tqad continues in delivering entertainment and awareness programs to the largest number of children and parents. The team has access to 3,500 children and parents.

“Save the children of al-Ghouta”

“How long will you remain silent?

These were the signs carried by the children of the northern Homs countryside at the solidarity stand organized by the Child-Friendly Space supported by IhsanRD in Al-Rastan in solidarity with their friends in the Eastern Ghouta on the occasion of International Children’s Day. The people of Al-Ghouta near the capital Damascus is still suffering from the siege for more than three years, where food prices have risen almost impossible for the people in Al-Ghouta to provide enough food to survive, especially during the last week as the siege intensified and medical evacuation is prevented resulting in killing civilians including children due to malnutrition, in addition to the brutal shelling of civilians without discrimination.

All this has caused the children of northern Homs to forget their own suffering and their hardships and push them to stand in International Children’s Day and appeal the whole world and everyone who has the decision to “End the siege of Al-Ghouta”

Women are not only half of society, they are also responsible for preparing the other half.

Because IhsanRD believes in the importance of women and their role in building Syrian society, IhsanRD has sought since its establishment to implement unique projects aimed to empower women, developing their skills and raising the awareness of their special role and abilities.

IhsanRD team is preparing to launch the Women’s Creative Center in Qabasin in order to support and empower women and girls in the fields of vocational, educational and psychological support.

The center includes activities and multiple classes in literacy, computer skills, sewing and wool knitting, English, hairdressing courses, and sessions about life skills for girls.

The center has a nursery room to relieve the burden of mothers participating in scheduled programs.

The Center’s activities also include mobile teams conducting awareness sessions for women and girls outside the center.

Until the end of the year, the Women’s Support Center in Kabassin continues its activities with up to 600 participants of women and girls.

War and the unjust siege could not stop the children in the Child Friendly Space (CFS) supported by IhsanRD in eastern Ghouta from playing and enjoying the closing ceremony held at the Center with the ending of the third session. 419 children participated in the Center’s two-month scheduled activities in psychosocial support for children, recreation and awareness activities.

Till this moment the number of children participated in the first three sessions at the Child Friendly Space (CFS) in the eastern Ghouta since the beginning of April reached 1081 children.

The center is also provides raising awareness activities and lectures for adults and parents skills.

The Child Friendly Space (CFS) in the eastern Ghouta is one of many centers Supported by Ihsan for Relief & Development, which are spread in several other governorates in Syria, such as the center in Jarablus in northern Syria and Rastan’s Center in Homs province.

The Child Friendly Space in Jarablus supported by IhsanRD concluded its second session with a closing ceremony included various activities for children, gifts were distributed, and the children enjoyed with cake and juice.

590 children participated in the Center’s two-month scheduled activities in psychosocial support for children, recreation and awareness activities. The center’s activities also include lectures for parents on the skills parents should have as well as adult awareness activities.

The Women’s Support Center in Grapples ended its second session with a closing ceremony, where the graduating participants in this session were honored and presented some of their works.

The number of women and girls reached through the activities of the center during 2^nd session was 1800 girls and women.

499 women and girls attended the training classes within the center in wool knitting, hairdressing, learning English language and computer skills in addition to psychosocial support sessions.

While about 1,380 women and girls were reached through the Center’s outreach and recreation activities.

Open Day activities at Women’s Creativity Support Center in Armnaz – Idleb.

Women’s Creativity Support Center in Armnaz concluded the fourth session yesterday with the establishment of an open day with various activities provided by the participants. The ceremony was attended by 342 women who participated for two months in the Center’s activities, Where every two months at the Center for the support of women’s creativity in the city of Armanaz conduct a new cycle of courses held at the Center on two levels. The first level includes professional and practical courses which allow the participants to learn the skills of wool and handicrafts, attend literacy courses, learn English and computer skills, first aid principles and hairdressing skills. On the second level, participants attend courses in psychosocial support and learning life skills.

Scheduled activities at Ihsan’s child friend center in eastern Ghouta – Damascus countryside.

The center hosts 416 children who visit the center on a regular basis during two months, classrooms within the center are varying between playing, creativity, sports and psychosocial support for children.

The center also provides several services at family level, community awareness and training for parents.

Child’s Friend Center in Aleppo western countryside – Taqad, which operated by Ihsan, continues to hold activities for children in its fifth scheduled session which lasts for two months with 520 children committed to attending psychosocial support, creativity, sports and play rooms.

Beside providing the entertainment activities within the center, the mobile team is also reaching out the children in the surrounding areas of Taqad village.