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.
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.
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.
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.
The Inspirational Women Strengthening Syrian Civil Society
The Fadaa project aims at empowering women's capabilities to engage in the workplace. As many women do not have work experience, they need a space to gain and improve the skills needed to enter the labor market, and to succeed in their chosen careers.
Planting a New Hope for Syria
Through their work with young men and women in the community, the female leaders of the "Basmat Janudiyat" organization seek to implement pioneering projects in the region that have not been done before, to maintain the renewal of the civil work and not to implement projects executed by other organizations, in order to avoid wasting resources and to participate in supporting the area with what it really needs.
Messages of Peace, Advocacy, and Mobilization from Syria
The Women for Peace organization conducts periodical workshops with the young men and women of their city to convey powerful advocacy messages to their participants, spreading the culture of mobilization advocacy and empowering a group of women and youth to be community capital.
A Unique Campaign in Jarablus to Save Every Water Drop
In Jarablus, a small city in northern Syria situated close to the Euphrates River whose population has greatly increased with the arrival of displaced persons, the issue of water safety has been an increasing concern. Jarablus Cultural Forum, supported by Baytna, has been working to raise awareness on this and other local community issues, through mobilization and advocacy campaigns.
A Glimpse into Baytna’s Daily Activities in Northwestern Syria
Workshops, training, joint projects between partners, volunteer teams, and many other works that Baytna carries out through Baytna's Inline program and its field coordinators inside Syria.