Between 1 August 2025 and 3 March 2026, the Swaida American Society (SAS) ran a food-security response supplying flour, potatoes and onions, infant milk, and related hygiene materials to communities in the Swaida governorate. The project comprised 44 transactions and cost $341,065.50 before transfer fees, invoiced in full at $349,157.46.<\/p>\n\n
The project was carried out as part of SAS’s a-la-carte crisis response work, funding food staples and infant milk shipments alongside a small bakery equipment grant to Al-Gharia village. Purchases were grouped into shipments and delivered over several rounds between August 2025 and March 2026.<\/p>\n\n
By expense category, cost of goods and cash grants accounted for $335,153.10 (98.3%) of the $341,065.50 project cost across 15 items, cash for work (team stipends, salaries and casual labour) accounted for $3,071.10 (0.9%) across 5 items, and logistics, transport and related costs accounted for $2,841.30 (0.8%) across 24 items.<\/p>\n\n
| Statement of costs<\/th> | Amount (USD)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> |
|---|---|
| Project cost<\/td> | $341,065.50<\/td><\/tr> |
| Fee base \u2014 less advance transferred at no cost<\/td> | -$150,000.00<\/td><\/tr> |
| Transfer and remittance fee at 5%<\/td> | $9,553.27<\/td><\/tr> |
| Credit \u2014 fee billed in the partner NGO invoice<\/td> | -$1,692.00<\/td><\/tr> |
| Fee variance \u2014 2025 invoices billed at 4%<\/td> | $230.69<\/td><\/tr> |
Total invoiced<\/strong><\/td>| $349,157.46<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n | Payments were applied from two transfers: $149,157.46 of a $179,353.18 payment received 22 July 2025, and the remaining $200,000.00 from a payment received 25 August 2025. The full $349,157.46 due was applied, and the account is settled in full.<\/p>\n\n The project delivered nine rounds of food and hygiene purchases over roughly seven months, with infant milk shipments making up the largest recurring activity and flour the largest single shipment. No partner organization is named in the source beyond a reference to a partner NGO invoice used in the fee credit calculation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Swaida American Society (SAS) distributed flour, potatoes, onions and infant milk across the Swaida governorate between August 2025 and March 2026, spending $341,065.50 on goods and logistics.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12399,"template":"","sas_fundraiser":[107],"sas_program_area":[102],"class_list":["post-12381","sas_project","type-sas_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sas_fundraiser-swaida-2025-crisis-fundraiser","sas_program_area-emergency-response"],"blocksy_meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t |