Category: Projects

Hatay Together!

A project ongoing at our Hatay Community Center, aiming to strengthen the social cohesion of Turkish and Syrian youth affected by the February 6 earthquakes and develop their essential skills.

B.E.S.T (Balsu, Ethical, Sustainable, Traceable) Program

The project aims to eliminate child labor among the seasonal migrant agricultural worker families and local children.

In A Nutshell

The project aims to eliminate child labor among the seasonal migrant agricultural worker families and local children.

Elimination of the Child Labor in Seasonal Agriculture Project

“Elimination of Child Labour in Seasonal Agriculture” project aims to contribute to overall policy advocacy and implementation, expansion of knowledge base and improvement of institutional capacity for the elimination of child labor in seasonal agriculture. The project will focus on children engaged in seasonal agricultural work or at-risk and referral to education services together with guidance, counselling and rehabilitation services.

Everyone Included

The project aims to identify the problems experienced by approximately 35 thousand immigrants registered in Sakarya and to help on their urgent needs, as well as to strengthen the harmony between immigrant and local communities in Sakarya. In line with this goal, various actors and stakeholders will be included in the process with a holistic approach.

Support Education

Thousands of children are migrating to various regions of Turkey between April and October for seasonal harvesting of different products. These children are working 12-15 hours a day while deprived of basic needs and can’t continue their education 1/3 of the school year, almost half of them leave school completely. With the pandemic, conditions got more difficult; with lengthening distance education and school closures, the risk of these children separating from education has increased considerably.

Scholarship Project

The Genç Hayat Foundation scholarship was announced to the students identified by the foundation in its studies throughout Turkey and through an open call; It is a scholarship given to students studying in primary and secondary education in Turkey, who meet the application conditions for 9 (nine) months, starting from September to the end of May, in an academic year, whose application has been accepted and whose evaluation has been positive by the Foundation Scholarship Commission.