The SRTF’s Agriculture Efforts Help Over 27,400 Farmers in 2020
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Amman – Thursday, February 4, 2021 – The SRTF’s focus on Syria’s agriculture sector has positively impacted over 27,400 farmers in Syria in 2020. Over the past year, the SRTF approved one new recovery project in the agriculture sector in Northern Aleppo, as well as four stabilization interventions to support farmers in the northeast of Syria bringing the total number of active agriculture projects to 11; five recovery projects, and six stabilization interventions. Due to its important contribution to the economy, food security, and well-being of the country, this sector currently has a total budget of around EUR 45 million, which represents over 42% of all SRTF-active projects and interventions.
The SRTF Announces the Completion of One of its Largest Food Security Projects Benefitting Over 400,000 Beneficiaries Every Month
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Turkey – Thursday, January 28, 2021 – Today, the SRTF is extremely proud to announce that its nearly four-year food security project, “
Enhancing Food Security of Aleppo and Idleb Governorates”, has successfully completed and closed. This is the largest project that the SRTF completed with a total budget of over EUR 13.7 million, and one of its most impactful. Over the past four years, the SRTF, in collaboration with the implementing entity (IE), worked to enhance the overall food security situation in Northern Syria through the supply and establishment of two milling plants, the supply of two mobile flour mills, wheat and flour laboratory equipment, forklifts and belt conveyors, and twenty thousand tons of soft wheat.
The SRTF Announced Results of its Efforts to Combat the Spread of COVID-19 in 2020
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Amman – Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - Since the onset of COVID-19 in Syria, the SRTF approved and allocated EUR 8 million to respond to the growing pandemic inside Syria. These allocated funds went to two emergency interventions in Northeastern Syria, a health project in northern Aleppo, and the Emergency Response Plan (ERP); all with the goal to mitigate the spread of this highly infectious virus.
Most recently, an SRTF-funded health project in Northern Aleppo received critical COVID-19 supplies including much-needed ventilators, ICU beds, oxygen concentrators, monitors, and syringe infusion pumps. The funds for this project will also be used to establish a laboratory for epidemiological tests, as well as an isolation and case management centre. Additionally, the SRTF is funding the rehabilitation of a medical center and two health facilities, as well as a fully equipped COVID-19 lab at a