To Alleviate the Suffering of the Syrian People
Syria Recovery Trust Fund
Recovery Programme

Enhancing Food Security in Northeast Syria (NES)
Historically, the Northeast of Syria (NES) region has been a major wheat producer of Syria. However, due to the severe decline of rainfall and other climatic factors, the wheat yields in 2021 have been far below previous years and seriously threaten food security in the region. Moreover, a large number of wheat mills throughout NES were damaged during the conflict period with ISIS and are not in an operational state due to extensive damage, looti...

Medical Waste Management for Health Facilities in Northern Aleppo
A recently conducted preliminary needs assessment regarding medical waste disposal practices at hospitals in North-West Syria (NWS) revealed major gaps in waste management practices in health facilities. The assessment revealed that practices including medical waste separation, collection, treatment, and disposal are inefficient and inadequate with medical waste being either burned in waste pits, located behind the health facilities, or disposed...

COVID-19 Emergency Response and Establishment of Secondary and Tertiary Care in Deir-ez-Zor -Phase II
During the implementation period of the previously SRTF funded intervention in Deir-Ez Zor namely “Emergency Response for COVID-19 in Deir-ez-Zor Governorate” from February to August 2021, the supported SRTF hospital under this intervention contributed to the overall treatment of 584 patients and it was evident after analyzing admission rates, available spaces and in conjunction with COVID-19 surge projections that an expansion is needed to provi...

Support to Potato Producers in North Aleppo
During the conflict, most of the equipment required by farmers in the cultivation and production of potatoes have either been destroyed or ended up as wrecked beyond repair. As a result, the availability of locally produced potatoes diminished in the local market leading to the need to import from neighboring countries. Addressing the lack of new equipment for field preparation and planting, and the use of after-harvest handling of potatoes th...

Enhancing Food Security in Northeast Syria (NES)
Historically, the Northeast of Syria (NES) region has been a major wheat producer of Syria. However, due to the severe decline of rainfall and other climatic factors, the wheat yields in 2021 have been far below previous years and seriously threaten food security in the region. Moreover, a large number of wheat mills throughout NES were damaged during the conflict period with ISIS and are not in an operational state due to extensive damage, looti...

Medical Waste Management for Health Facilities in Northern Aleppo
A recently conducted preliminary needs assessment regarding medical waste disposal practices at hospitals in North-West Syria (NWS) revealed major gaps in waste management practices in health facilities. The assessment revealed that practices including medical waste separation, collection, treatment, and disposal are inefficient and inadequate with medical waste being either burned in waste pits, located behind the health facilities, or disposed...

COVID-19 Emergency Response and Establishment of Secondary and Tertiary Care in Deir-ez-Zor -Phase II
During the implementation period of the previously SRTF funded intervention in Deir-Ez Zor namely “Emergency Response for COVID-19 in Deir-ez-Zor Governorate” from February to August 2021, the supported SRTF hospital under this intervention contributed to the overall treatment of 584 patients and it was evident after analyzing admission rates, available spaces and in conjunction with COVID-19 surge projections that an expansion is needed to provi...

Support to Potato Producers in North Aleppo
During the conflict, most of the equipment required by farmers in the cultivation and production of potatoes have either been destroyed or ended up as wrecked beyond repair. As a result, the availability of locally produced potatoes diminished in the local market leading to the need to import from neighboring countries. Addressing the lack of new equipment for field preparation and planting, and the use of after-harvest handling of potatoes th...