About SARD
In early 2012, with the massive influx of displaced people to the city of Aleppo, a group of young Syrian volunteers went door to door distributing food, medicine, and clothes to families displaced by the growing conflict. The growing group of volunteers established SARD in 2013 and entered into our first major partnership with Foundation Caritas Luxembourg, providing critical emergency assistance to IDPs on the Syrian-Turkish border. Foundation Caritas Luxembourg (FCL) played a significant role in SARD’s growth, strengthening our capacity and investing in our core organisational strategy and technical support. SARD was FCL’s sole implementing partner in northwest Syria for seven years. Thanks to our successful partnership with FCL and in recognition of our successful localization, SARD started to implement projects directly in Syria with other partners and donors in 2020. SARD expanded to new geographical and sectoral areas in 2019 and 2020. Following the 2019 displacement waves towards northern Aleppo governorate, SARD expanded operations to A’zaz district. In 2020, we further expanded our operating areas to Jarablus through a local partnership to implement cash and voucher activities.