Acadia Women's Association
A Local Agricultural And Development Cooperative In The Towns Of Kelly And Kafr Aruq In Idlib Countryside, Concerned With Vegetable Farmers And Raising Their Efficiency. This Association Is A Pioneering Idea Designed By The Watan Foundation As A Pioneering New Idea In Northwestern Syria Within The Project The Journey Home Funded By The European Union, As It Is Considered A Cornerstone And A First Step Of Sustainable Development To Empower The Syrian Society. Building Economic Empowerment Activities In The Northwestern Region Of Syria, Which Has Been Suffering From The Effects Of War And Destruction For More Than A Decade, The Association Also Considers An Added Value For Vegetable Farmers And The Vegetable Value Chain, As It Will Contribute To Strengthening Collective Action And Syrian Community Stability.The Acadia Women’s Association To Support Vegetable Growers Was Established In The Second Half Of 2023 And Has Begun To Follow Innovative Support Mechanisms To Catalyze Real Change, Reduce The Burden Of Production, Enhance Farmers’ Productivity, Empower Them Economically And Revitalize Agricultural Practices In The Region. With The Guidance Of The European Union For Continuous Support And Through The Activities Of The Journey Home, And Implemented By The “Acadia” Women’s Association, Under The Supervision Of The Watan System
Association members
The association is managed by a board of directors consisting of seven members elected by the general body, all of whom are women from the project area, who have academic qualifications and good practical experience
| Member names | Adjective |
|---|---|
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Fatima Ali Ismail |
President of the association |
|
Rahma Abdel Hamid Khattab |
vice president |
|
Fatima Al-Batoul Walid Diab |
A member |
|
Fadia Hussein Haj Ahmed |
A member |
|
Munira Magro Hammoud |
A member |
|
Enas Ahmed Moqtafi |
A member |
|
Maha Muhammad Walid Zammar |
A member |
Association members
The association currently includes 102 vegetable farmers from the villages of Killi and Kafr Arouq, and it is possible in the future to expand the association’s work and activities horizontally to include a larger segment of farmers. The efforts of all members combine to develop the association’s work, increase the quality of the activities implemented, and enable the association to expand in the future to be a success story that includes all vegetable growers in northwestern Syria.
Bylaws and regulations of the Women’s Association
There is a development plan for the association, as many trainings were provided to members of the association’s board of directors by the Watan system, such as governance training, and there are some trainings that are also currently being provided, such as entrepreneurship training. There are also planned trainings that will be provided by the Watan system to provide the association with an accounting system to control financial and warehouse operations and inventory management. You can view the drafts of the internal regulations, policies, and contract system, which are expected to be approved at the beginning of May 2024 after being presented to a vote in an electoral conference currently organized by the Watan System