Do you have a ready community initiative with clear impact?

A call for specific community initiatives — not for individual or family livelihood applications.

Darb Rezq's core criteria around seriousness, transparency, sustainability, and feasibility still apply here. The difference is that this track gives greater weight to community impact: the initiative must remain ready and sustainable, but its benefit should not be limited to its leader or team alone.

• Led by a person or team with clear expertise or execution capacity
• Addresses a real community problem
• Benefits more than one person or household
• Has a clear, initially well-developed idea
• Has genuine leadership and execution capacity

• A person or team inside Syria with real knowledge of the problem
• Has a clear concept, not just a vague idea
• Understands the problem and knows who will benefit
• Ready to take leadership and follow-up responsibility
• Has suitable expertise, a team, or partners to support execution
• Has an initial view of steps and needs

Community impact means the initiative:

• Serves a group of people, not just the idea owner
• Solves a real problem or reduces an existing burden
• Provides a shared service or public benefit
• Strengthens community cohesion and opens space for cooperation between different people or groups

Readiness does not mean everything is 100% complete. It means having:

• A clear idea and understanding of the problem
• An initial plan for implementation
• Expertise, people, or partners to work with
• A clear leadership role
• Willingness to provide a simplified feasibility study or financial overview of cost and expected income
• A plan for how the initiative will sustain and fund itself after launch
• Real readiness to begin once support is available

Community impact does not mean the initiative must be fully free or unable to support itself. On the contrary, we prefer initiatives with a clear model for continuing after initial support.

• Offers a service or product people actually need
• Has an initial financial view of how it will cover its costs
• Can generate fair income for its leader or team
• Does not depend on repeated grants to continue
• Balances economic benefit for the leader with broader community value

In this track, we are not currently accepting projects whose main impact is securing income for one person or household, without clear broader community impact.

Examples for clarification only:

• A greenhouse or livestock project aimed only at income for one household
• A small shop serving only its owner with no broader visible impact
• Individual projects whose main goal is improving one person's or family's income only
• General requests such as "any project that suits me" or "suggest an idea for me"

If your project is mainly an individual or family livelihood project, see project criteria.

These are general headings for inspiration only — not finished ideas or a ready-made list to copy. When applying, explain the full concept: the problem, beneficiaries, implementation approach, required resources, and how the initiative will sustain and fund itself.

• Shared tool depot for artisans: reduces equipment costs for several craftspeople and encourages shared use and coordination.
• Shared water tank for a group of households or farmers: spreads cost and benefit across several beneficiaries and addresses a basic need cooperatively.
• Small food-processing unit linked to a local crop: adds value to a locally available product and connects the leader with several local suppliers or producers.
• Local platform connecting artisans to customers: helps skilled workers reach clients and makes it easier for people to find reliable services.

Your initiative may be a good fit if you answer yes to most of the following:

• Do I lead this idea myself or with a clear team?
• Does the initiative address a real community problem?
• Will more than one person benefit — not just my household?
• Do I have a clear initial plan for implementation?
• Do I have the expertise, team, or partners needed to execute?
• Do I have a clear plan for how the initiative will sustain and fund itself?
• Does the initiative go beyond a purely individual or family livelihood idea?
• Can I explain why this initiative matters now?

If you answer "no" to more than three questions, this track may not be the best fit for you right now.

Read the criteria first, then message us on Messenger with the following information:

• Full name and contact number
• Governorate / area
• Initiative name and brief description
• Community problem addressed and who will benefit
• How the community benefits, not just the idea owner
• Who leads the initiative? What expertise or team is available?
• Why do you believe you are capable of implementing it?
• What makes the initiative ready now?
• How can the initiative sustain itself financially?
• Expected initial needs

Or by email: [email protected] with "Community initiative" in the subject line.

• Submitting an application does not mean automatic acceptance.
• We will only review initiatives that align with this track.
• Priority goes to the most ready initiatives with the clearest community benefit.
• We may follow up to request additional information.
• We may not respond in detail to applications that do not fit.