SHEILD Association was established in 2010. It is a registered civil society organization/ civil company founded on the Lebanese territories. It is committed to working in the following sectors: Emergency and Relief Protection and Monitoring Development and Livelihoods Agriculture Food Security and Food Production Prisons and the Judiciary Humanitarian Mine Action Training Education Research studies SHEILD Association is currently operating several interventions in Syria related to Humanitarian Assistance, Emergency Response and Development. SHEILD Association aims at bringing relief, assistance and development to the population in general and to those who are marginalized and deprived from governmental health services, social care, economic assistance, and protection. In order to achieve its mission, SHEILD Association provides direct assistance and community-based interventions to enhance human rights, social awareness, economic conditions, access to food and services and protection for marginalized community categories as well as for other inhabitants living in the same intervention areas. SHEILD Association operates through a participatory approach involving coordination between local stakeholders and authorities involving beneficiaries to assess the needs and implement programs that respond to such needs while focusing on the most vulnerable and deprived communities. SHEILD Association operates in absolute harmony with the principles of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and The Arab Charter on Human Rights. People in need must be assisted with no discrimination based on race, gender, religious belief, nationality, ethnic origin or class.