ALEPPO, Syria —  A newly opened Youth Support Center in al-Atarib, a town in the western Aleppo countryside, will provide training, from computer skills to English, to 250 young Syrians.

The center, which opened Sept. 17, is supported by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, a Saudi not-for-profit organization whose headquarters were established in Riyadh in May 2015. The organization provides humanitarian and development aid to more than 37 countries, including Yemen, Sudan and Afghanistan. Its Iraq branch, which opened in August, provides aid to poor families and widows, particularly widows of those who died fighting among the ranks of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The center also supports civilians in the opposition-controlled Euphrates Shield area and areas in Aleppo’s northern, northeastern and western countryside.

The center’s training courses include teaching the maintenance of electronic devices and generators, computer skills and English. Meanwhile, young women will be trained in sewing, hairdressing, first aid and housekeeping. These courses are offered free of charge and will last for one month.

The Youth Support Center’s director, Ahmad Hajj Taha, told Al-Monitor, “The center was established with the support of the King Salman Center and its implementation was overseen by Ihsan Relief and Development [a Turkish nongovernmental organization headquartered in Istanbul]. The project aims to provide training courses and support programs for young men and women between the ages of 16 and 24.”