Project Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria – Current Phase

Last updated: 2025/08/31

The Darb Rezq initiative is still in its early stages, which is why we deliberately focus in this first phase on a narrow range of projects with high success potential, to ensure the best possible investment of available resources and secure funding for projects ready for implementation. As the initiative progresses, we will expand our support to include broader projects and ideas, but currently we focus on projects capable of immediate launch. We are also currently working on developing a points system that allows for more transparent comparison between projects as the number of applications increases.

To learn about the complete work methodology from evaluation to follow-up, you can visit our 🔧 How We Work page.

1. Complete Project Readiness

We only support projects that have been fully studied and prepared by their owners, which includes having:

  • A specific, clear, and well-studied project idea: We cannot fulfill general requests such as: “I’m ready for any work” or “Help me open any shop.”
  • A simplified feasibility study: Clarifying expected costs, revenues, and capital recovery period.
  • A simplified marketing plan: Including how to distribute products and market readiness.
  • Precise knowledge of required equipment and materials: To start work, along with their costs. This requires the project owner to conduct prior research on the best suppliers and prices.
  • Complete understanding of operational steps: From launch to delivering the product or service.

This means that what the project lacks is only material support: funding or purchasing equipment.

2. Alignment with Darb Rezq Principles

  • Sustainability: Project continuation after funding without reliance on recurring monthly support.
  • Community Value: The project must provide real added value to the community, whether productive, service-oriented, or otherwise. From this perspective, we currently apologize for not supporting projects that contradict this principle, such as gaming and entertainment centers, beauty centers, tobacco production or trade projects, alcoholic beverages, and similar ventures.
  • Transparency: The project owner’s readiness to provide accurate information about the project and costs, and to provide our team with regular updates on work progress to share with supporting entities.
  • Ethical Work: Commitment to local laws and not harming the environment or community.

3. Project Size and Funding

  • Small and micro projects: Support is limited to projects with limited funding requirements.
  • Maximum funding calculation: Determined based on the number of direct beneficiaries, according to the principle of achieving maximum impact with minimum cost.
  • Funding repayment: The project owner commits to repaying the amount spent on supporting their project within a specified period, for use in supporting other projects.

4. Support Priorities

Due to the increase in qualified projects compared to funding capabilities, “Darb Rezq” relies on a set of core axes that form a clear and objective framework for evaluation in selecting projects. These axes include:

  • Readiness and seriousness: The extent of project clarity and the owner’s readiness for immediate implementation.
  • Speed of impact achievement: The project’s ability to create tangible impact within a short time frame.
  • Project owner’s living conditions: Priority for individuals and families most in need and economically vulnerable.
  • Sustainability and independence: The extent of the project’s ability to continue without need for recurring support.
  • Community value and number of beneficiaries: The broader and more beneficial the project’s impact on the community, the greater its chances.
  • Cost versus impact: Preference for projects with reasonable cost and high impact.
  • Risk level: Consideration of the project’s success probability and possibility of capital recovery for recycling in new projects.
  • Creative ideas: Additional priority is given to projects that offer innovative solutions or new methods of production and service, provided they are implementable with limited resources and achieve real community impact.

To achieve greater fairness and transparency, work is underway to develop a points-based evaluation system with relative weights, allowing objective project selection while considering geographical diversity and distributing support across multiple fields. This page will be updated when it is ready.

5. Ineligible Projects

  • Projects lacking a ready idea, prepared plan, or clear study.
  • Projects requiring massive capital or aimed solely at large commercial profits.
  • Projects that do not achieve clear social or economic impact.
  • Projects that contradict Darb Rezq’s values and principles.

Illustrative Examples

Examples of Eligible Projects

  • Small agricultural project: Growing seasonal vegetables on available land, with a marketing plan in the local market.

  • Home-based food production project: Requires simple equipment and starts production immediately.

  • Professional workshop: Such as tailoring, blacksmithing, or carpentry, where the project owner has the expertise and only needs tools.

  • Small grocery store in an underserved neighborhood: Fills a real need and provides a stable income source.

Examples of Ineligible Projects

  • Grocery store in a neighborhood saturated with grocery stores: Does not fill a real community need, with higher failure potential.

  • Large-scale project: Such as establishing a restaurant or cafeteria primarily aimed at profit generation. (Outside funding scope due to high cost and focus solely on profit without addressing community needs).

  • Large and complex developmental project: Such as establishing a private school or large training center. (Despite its value, it does not fall within “Darb Rezq’s” current scope due to difficulty in capital recovery and complexity of implementation and impact monitoring).

  • Consumer or entertainment projects: Such as gaming centers or beauty salons. (Do not achieve productive or essential service value for the community within our current priorities).

  • Projects violating principles: Such as tobacco or alcohol trade.

  • General and unspecified requests: Such as “any suitable work” or “help me with a shop.”

Note: These criteria are regularly reviewed and updated based on field experience and community needs.

Have questions about application or criteria? Please visit our ❓ Frequently Asked Questions page or Contact Us directly.