Support vulnerable women resilience and restoring the local resources Prior to the beginning of the current crisis in 2011, Olive sector played a very important role in the economic and social life of the Syrian state. The following data ((Syrian Olive Office 2011 – 2015 statistics and publications - position paper 2016)) supports this role:
12% of total cultivated areas  - 66% of total fruit trees areas – 28% of total fruit trees production – It contribute up to 3.5% of the national income, 9% of the agricultural income.
Due to the current conflict there has been a lot of damage to olive sector suffering from major problems such as the decreased yearly production of fruit (up to 50% decrease in 2016 compared to 2011 - Olive Position Paper 2016) caused by lack of production requirements especially fertilizers, and pesticides besides the high prices and the absence of governmental support and services which led many of Olive cultivated areas to become out of production.
This project has been designed based on needs assessments conducted by Sadad in the targeted locations and after identifying the major problems and needs, Sadad in cooperation with Syrian Commission for Development SCD, (SCD team will monitor and evaluate the project's activities and there will be contractual services with specialists and agronomists from the SCD's staff throughout the project's period / work contracts) will work together to deliver the Key interventions of the project and best met the needs and provide the services.
When implementing this project, Sadad will support 1000 female-headed households (HHs with access to 0.5 hectare or less of olive cultivated holdings) throughout providing 2000 dunums of these olive cultivated holdings with quality agricultural services (average 2 dunums per Household).     
The project will contribute mainly to improving the productivity of the targeted olive cultivated dunums and thus improving food security, livelihoods and creating means of income for the targeted households and other direct beneficiaries throughout conducting the following interventions:
- Improving agriculture production and supporting the livelihoods through providing 2000 dunums of olive cultivated areas with quality agricultural services (pest control and leafy nutrition – harvesting  - olive oil extraction –technical pruning).
- Capacity building for 90 male beneficiaries, providing them with vocational training on basics and techniques of technical olive pruning.
- Providing 410 beneficiaries according to specific selection criteria ( 150 males / 260 females) with income generating activities (cash for work) linked to the projects agricultural activities as the following:
#40 male-beneficiaries will be hired and provided with cash for work to perform the project's related services and activities such as hanging the bio-climates and insects' traps – supporting and helping on leafy nutrition and pests controls activities – overseeing the process of exchanging oil vouchers and oil extraction process besides other related services 
#280 beneficiaries (260 females / 20 males) will be divided into groups and provided with cash for work to conduct olive fruit harvesting to the targeted 2000 dunums      
#90 male-beneficiaries will be provided with cash for work to perform pruning to the 2000 dunums of the targeted olive cultivated areas
The project's main aim is to rehabilitate and restore olive cultivated holdings and improve livelihoods related assistance besides supporting agricultural vocational training within the targeted areas to be taken as priority for improving food production and livelihoods. The project will also encourage the collaborative labor and activate the roles of the agricultural committees at the local councils' level and involving Rural Women Association (one of Sadad Women Empowerment Project's establishments) to play a basic role in coordination between the targeted women during the project period.