• Aleppo
• Kassab
• Dara’a

In Syria, we work with internally displaced persons and host populations.

With more than 13.5 million people having severe needs, the Syria crisis is currently among the world’s greatest humanitarian crises. Violence continues in many parts of Syria, leading to more displacements and leaving communities susceptible to food insecurity, health problems, lack of shelter and various protection issues.

ZOA leads Syria Joint Response

ZOA has been working in Syria for several years now. ZOA leads the Syria Joint Response since 2015, in which 11 Dutch NGOs join forces as members of the Dutch Relief Alliance. Through ZOA’s component of the Syria Joint Response programme, a community centre was established in Aleppo in 2017 which offers psycho-social support and other services to women, victims of gender-based violence and trauma. Additionally, from 2018 we were able to support households with shelter kits to restore their homes.

Agriculture support

In Kassab we provide agriculture support to hundreds of farmers and their families to cultivate various types of vegetables, and to gain an income that helped them to regain a sense of dignity and self-dependence.

Registration in Damascus

In September 2018, ZOA’s registration as International NGO in Syria has been approved. This enables us to expand our programmes in Syria and have much greater impact.

With funding from

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Red een Kind, Stichting Mitswah, ZOA the Netherlands.