Baytna’s Blog
Before the popular, peaceful revolution began in 2011, Syria was an unknown entity for those unfamiliar with the region or with the realities of living under an authoritarian regime.
Since then, as Syrians began to spread around the world, fleeing the regime’s violence, many facets of Syrian life and social customs became better known, and civil society activities started bringing varied aspects of this wonderful country’s people to light.
Baytna’s Blog will bring some of their stories to you.
A Journey of Creativity: Advancing True Social Inclusion
The Qudrat project for working with people with disabilities, led by the Sanabel Al-Amal Association in the western countryside of Aleppo.
Participation of Syrian Women in the Political and in Peacebuilding Processes
SYCAC, with the support of Baytna, has undertaken a comprehensive project, "Empowering Syrian Women," to enhance women's capabilities, foster their participation in society and politics, and build a more just and equal Syrian society. SYCAC's efforts encompass a range of activities, including legal and political empowerment training sessions for women in various regions in Syria.
From Northern Syria, Assemblies, and Unions to Deliver the Voices and Obtain the Rights
About Wasl Network connecting unions and assemblies, and the great results in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
Work, Ambition, and Devotion With People With Disabilities Inside Syria
The Qudrat project for working with people with disabilities, led by the Sanabel Al-Amal Association in the western countryside of Aleppo.
Baytna’s Various Learning Platforms Connect Syrian Students Everywhere
Baytna continues its work with Syrian students in unusual ways outside the school and university classrooms. For us, education is a tool for development, access, communication, and an opportunity for everyone to continue raising awareness of the Syrians' cause and their status in the host countries.
Baytna Online is Continuous Knowledge for Everyone, Everywhere
It could be a course to help you build volunteer teams, train to gain more time management skills, or plan for your newly launched organization/business through focused training on problem-solving and the art of decision-making.
Can't make up your mind? Here is a glance at some of the trainings we have for you on our platform.
For Baytna, Every Day is Human Rights Day
In an environment where human rights are a dream for many, Baytna is keen on supporting these rights on the ground by dedicated funding, promoting local civil society actions, training, building capacities, and encouraging revival elements.
A Strategic Planning Dive for Baytna Partners in Syria
A training course on strategic planning challenge for twenty young male and female managers of our partners in Syria.
As Their Course Ends, Baytna Trainees Look Forward to Civil Work
In this final round, the course was designed to include many vital subjects that would be important for participants’ current and future work, starting with safety, security, and risk management, then going through the role of civil society, and ending with social cohesion and the best ways of enhancing it.
The Skills Trainings That Continue to Appeal to Young Syrians
Themes relating to political empowerment continue to trigger much interest, as an essential part of Syrian civil society’s concept for a better future. In a training on International Humanitarian Law, nearly 70 young women and men delved into the importance of building strong and independent legal institutions, and the activation of civil society’s role in ensuring the observance of laws.
Rituals, a Beautiful Syrian Musical Bridge Between Past and Present
Amongst the project supported by our Online program’s grants in the category of creative solutions, culture, and technology is Rituals, a beautiful album of classical Arabic music released this month by talented Syrian musicians Yammen Jazbeh and Ayman Jesry.
Baytna’s Trainings for Syrian University Students in Exile
The latest trainings of the Baytna Outline Program to Syrian university students in Turkey and Lebanon.
An Unconventional Life Skills Retreat for Azaz Youth
The two-day life skills training, organized by Baytna’s partner Hooz Center for Community Development, was designed to help emerging civil teams in the city to better function with one another.
Syrian Women are Creating Their Own Opportunities
The Women's Support and Empowerment Unit, one of the organizations Baytna supports and funds in Syria, is a non-profit civil society organization that launched in 2018 with a conference attended by more than 150 women from Aleppo's northern and eastern countryside. The Unit now has over 500 members from all around the countryside of Aleppo, from Afrin to Jarablus.
Young Syrians’ Participation in Public Life Rises
Baytna’s recent support for the Hawz Center, established in 2016 in the cities of Azaz and Al-Bab in northwestern Syria, has shown that programs with young men and women are increasingly popular in some areas of Syria.
Networks and Alliances for Aleppo’s Civil Society
Wasl Network is a group of local civil society organizations in the northern and eastern countryside of Aleppo, working to support Syrian civil society to play a more influential role in advocating the issues of its communities, and choosing its representatives to implement programs that serve these issues.
Building Young Syrians’ Political Empowerment in Northern Syria
Focusing on education, protection, empowerment, capacity building, support for community resilience, and peace and governance building with Afaq organization in Northern Syria.
Civil Society And Environmental Engagement
In the World Environment Day, here is how Baytna supports the environment through its projects inside Syria.
In Eastern Syria, Rising Youth Political Awareness is Changing Communities
The Peace Tent is a non-governmental, non-profit Syrian civil society organization. Founded in 2018, it seeks to achieve community stability and to build sustainable regional and peace by spreading a culture of human rights and citizenship, and by achieving social cohesion and reconciliation in societies emerging from conflict.
Peace in Syria: Possibility or Fantasy?
On the sidelines of the 6th Brussels Conference on Supporting the future of Syria and the region, Baytna and the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) co-organized a side event on May 6, 2022, bringing together leading members of Syrian civil society to explore their vision on required elements for sustainable peace in Syria.