2016 Charity Projects
This year, as we are a women association, we decided to make a project about women who needs help ..
We worked with Karsiyaka Belediye .They helped us to get the list of poor women with or without kids, especially divorced, or single around Karsiyaka, Ornekkoy, Cigli..
Our charity project was, giving them some clothes to keep them warm in these cold days or smt they need as a new year present ..
We had intercourses with LC waikiki, Coton,and Defakto. At the end we had a good deal. Defacto company gave us 200 giftcards per person each cost 50 liras (10 000). We paid 9 000 liras instead..
Two weeks before new year, we invited the women who listed by Karsiyaka Belediye, With a simple ceremony, the giftcards were given by some of our members at Karsiyaka Belediye Carsi conference hall..
The women were so shy, they didnT wanna be in the pics so we didnT take pics. Everyone was happy at the end..
We r happy to announce that we spent our charity money on the new year presents by giving 200 giftcards to very poor women and kids..
Thanks to Elgiz Perera and also Turan Ates for his support (Karsiyaka Belediyesi )
ILKE KARDELEN, Charity Leader
We worked with Karsiyaka Belediye .They helped us to get the list of poor women with or without kids, especially divorced, or single around Karsiyaka, Ornekkoy, Cigli..
Our charity project was, giving them some clothes to keep them warm in these cold days or smt they need as a new year present ..
We had intercourses with LC waikiki, Coton,and Defakto. At the end we had a good deal. Defacto company gave us 200 giftcards per person each cost 50 liras (10 000). We paid 9 000 liras instead..
Two weeks before new year, we invited the women who listed by Karsiyaka Belediye, With a simple ceremony, the giftcards were given by some of our members at Karsiyaka Belediye Carsi conference hall..
The women were so shy, they didnT wanna be in the pics so we didnT take pics. Everyone was happy at the end..
We r happy to announce that we spent our charity money on the new year presents by giving 200 giftcards to very poor women and kids..
Thanks to Elgiz Perera and also Turan Ates for his support (Karsiyaka Belediyesi )
ILKE KARDELEN, Charity Leader
10 women 10 stories.
Women Group Workshop.
Young women encounter challenges every day. Apart from sharing their communities’ problems, difficulties of migrant life, lack of jobs, etc.; many systematically face discrimination simply by virtue of being female, sometimes, physical and sexual violence applied by their husbands/partners.
“Empowering Young Women” is the main objective of our participatory, culturally sensitive and rights-based program that we started implementing as of November 28th. 2015. Under this program, we conduct 8 women group workshops taking place each Saturday during 8 weeks. Every session is conducted in informal and interactive way with participation of a psychologist and different guest speakers who can give women needed useful information (breathing specialist, women advocate, diet specialist, stylist, yoga trainer, etc.).
Our beneficiaries consist of 10 women from disadvantaged families and facing some kind of discrimination. 5 of them are Turkish women, and 5 are foreigner women who got married with Turkish men. This diversity helps us to create awareness and sensitivity against discrimination and prove that foreign and Turkish women can make good friendships, breaking language and cultural borders.
During each session we have many activities boosting the participants’ self-esteem, developing their communicational and leadership skills, their abilities to solve problems. All meetings proceed is a very interactive and funny way.
As of today, our beneficiaries state that they have had huge transformation, both inner and outer. One of them found a job with flexible hours and started working by doing something she really likes. Almost all of them started having better relationships with their husbands and relatives. Two of them started receiving orders for the jewelry they used to make as a hobby. Their way of thinking became much more positive. Even their appearances have had improved a lot since we started our group workshop! We think these are very good results of the program we initiated with the support of IWAI.
We would like to thank Elgiz Perera, who supported us in our initiation and women of IWAI for the financial support of the project. We do hope that this project will show the great importance of empowering women and bringing together women from different cultures.
Zaure Ahmetova, instructor;
Nargiza Ozguzel, instructor;
Natalya Perevozchikova Kilinclar, psychologist.
Women Group Workshop.
Young women encounter challenges every day. Apart from sharing their communities’ problems, difficulties of migrant life, lack of jobs, etc.; many systematically face discrimination simply by virtue of being female, sometimes, physical and sexual violence applied by their husbands/partners.
“Empowering Young Women” is the main objective of our participatory, culturally sensitive and rights-based program that we started implementing as of November 28th. 2015. Under this program, we conduct 8 women group workshops taking place each Saturday during 8 weeks. Every session is conducted in informal and interactive way with participation of a psychologist and different guest speakers who can give women needed useful information (breathing specialist, women advocate, diet specialist, stylist, yoga trainer, etc.).
Our beneficiaries consist of 10 women from disadvantaged families and facing some kind of discrimination. 5 of them are Turkish women, and 5 are foreigner women who got married with Turkish men. This diversity helps us to create awareness and sensitivity against discrimination and prove that foreign and Turkish women can make good friendships, breaking language and cultural borders.
During each session we have many activities boosting the participants’ self-esteem, developing their communicational and leadership skills, their abilities to solve problems. All meetings proceed is a very interactive and funny way.
As of today, our beneficiaries state that they have had huge transformation, both inner and outer. One of them found a job with flexible hours and started working by doing something she really likes. Almost all of them started having better relationships with their husbands and relatives. Two of them started receiving orders for the jewelry they used to make as a hobby. Their way of thinking became much more positive. Even their appearances have had improved a lot since we started our group workshop! We think these are very good results of the program we initiated with the support of IWAI.
We would like to thank Elgiz Perera, who supported us in our initiation and women of IWAI for the financial support of the project. We do hope that this project will show the great importance of empowering women and bringing together women from different cultures.
Zaure Ahmetova, instructor;
Nargiza Ozguzel, instructor;
Natalya Perevozchikova Kilinclar, psychologist.