What we do

Increasing food production (for income and/or consumption) requires a comprehensive market-based approach. The SRI works with various actors across value chains in its interventions. We map and assess value chains, identify challenges and barriers, and support agriculture and livestock producers to improve food production and incomes. 

To enhance income and employment opportunities, and to restore supply and demand within relevant markets, individuals require safe and equitable access to a suite of interventions. As part of its integrated and market-based approach, the SRI conducts market and labor assessments with a gender and political economy lens to identify employment gaps and market needs.

The SRI firmly believes that strengthening social cohesion and reducing discrimination and harmful social norms will enable more resilient communities in Syria, while also contributing to the creation of preconditions for long-term, sustainable recovery. SRC interventions encourage positive attitudes and behaviors within and between communities.
Our Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) supported by the Multi Donor Fund enabled rural women to save and grow their earnings as entrepreneurs while also providing a platform to tackle gender norms and raise community support for women’s economic and community leadership. Similarly, our Youth Committees, under the same program, brought together young Syrians from different genders, ethnicities, religions, and displacement status to break down stereotypes, encourage dialogue, identify common challenges, and work together with local authorities and leaders to find and implement solutions.