The presence of COOPI in Syria

In 2017, COOPI started its first intervention in FSL and WASH in Qatana, in the rural area of Damascus, funded by AICS. In 2018, COOPI launched a protection programme in Aleppo funded by UNHCR to provide support to people with special needs – namely elderly, children and disabled. It also promoted a life-saving food assistance and agricultural production support intervention at household level, funded by ECHO and OCHA, targeting returnees from Eastern Ghouta.

In Syria, COOPI also provided educational and psychosocial support to children in Aleppo, to reduce school drop-out and promote their well-being.

COOPI in Syria today

In Syria, COOPI implements emergency projects, in coordination with the local authorities and national and international organisations, while promoting the transition from emergency management to more sustainable and lasting development processes. COOPI mostly operates in the Governorates of Aleppo, Lattakia, Raqqa, Dara'a, Homs, Hama and Rural Damascus, where basic services are very poor and food insecurity has become an issue of utmost importance. In 2023 COOPI staff is also responding to the earthquake in Aleppo, Lattakia and Hama.

To date, COOPI continues working on Food Security and Agricolture, Early Recovery, Education and Protection, for the benefit of vulnerable groups, including women headed households, children, people with disabilities and elderly.