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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Boosting Syrian Women’s Political Empowerment

Baytna Outline program works with Syrian female refugees in Lebanon to empower them politically and professionally. Twenty women of different educational levels have participated in the Alminyah workshops, Read their inspiring stories.

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A Wealth of Open Resources on Baytna Online

Baytna Online’s work, digitized training, the services it provides, publishes and presents on its platform. Also, an interview with one of Baytna’s prominent trainers and his view on what Baytna provides to the civil society.

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New Website and Logo

This month, we launched our new website and unveiled a new visual identity that reflects the foundations of Baytna’s work to empower Syrian civil society.

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World Youth Skills Day

On World Youth Skills Day, read about the life-changing journey of our young Syrian partner Mona, leader of the Women for Peace team that Baytna helped train and form with its Peace Building and Citizenship workshops in Turkey.

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World Refugee Day

On World Refugee Day, Syrians the world over are looking for a way to go home. For that to happen, they need the international community’s support, so that they can rebuild their country.

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