How does Al-Dahabi work in the field?

## One idea governs everything Al-Dahabi does not go where it wishes, but where it is asked to go. This is not an organisational detail; it is what makes an event welcome in its place rather than imposed upon it. ## First: a team from the area itself Each governorate has its own field team drawn from its own people. Someone from Aleppo works in Aleppo; someone from Deir ez-Zor works in Deir ez-Zor. The reason is practical, not rhetorical: local people know which neighbourhoods are in greatest need, they know local customs and traditions, and they know whom to contact. Their presence is more readily accepted than an outsider's, however good his intentions. ## Second: coordination before arrival No event is held without prior coordination with the competent authorities. Some events have been held with direct support from Awqaf directorates — among them the Tariq Al-Nour Institute event in Qudsaya, sponsored by the Qudsaya Awqaf Directorate, where the students in turn honoured the sisters of the team. **Why begin with coordination?** Because charitable work operating outside the law does not last long, however good its intentions. Coordination ensures the event passes without confusion, obstruction or misunderstanding, and it keeps the door open to returning to the same area again and again rather than making a single visit and then finding it closed. **And what does this mean for a donor?** That your money is not spent on an event that might be halted before it begins, nor on a shipment that sets out and then stalls on the way. Prior approval turns a donation from a gamble into a calculated step. ## Third: organising the event itself Three fixed rules at every site: **Full separation** between men and women at the handover points. **No blocking the road** and no disturbance to neighbours. The event is a guest in the place, not its owner. **No pressure and no speeches.** Whoever asks for the hijab receives it; whoever passes by without asking is offered nothing. The approach is a silent call: the effect comes from the scene itself, not from words. ## Fourth: when demand exceeds supply This happens often. In Aleppo demand exceeded the quantity available, and in Deir ez-Zor the team returned to the same governorate within two weeks. When this kept recurring, the answer was not fewer events but more production: manufacturing began in Aleppo on 5 September 2026 to cover all the governorates. ## Fifth: documentation Every event is published in the media center on this site: the date, the place, and a clip from the field. You should not have to read about work whose effect you cannot see. ## What does this mean for a donor? That your donation does not go to an unknown place. It enters a known production line, comes out at an event whose date and place are published, and is carried out by people from that very place.