Kızılay Akademi – Page 15 – Türkiye Humanitarian Action Overview

Sustainable Charitable Services at the National and International Levels

İhsan Açık

Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, 2nd President of the Board of Trustees

Developing projects in every area that touches humans from education abroad and at home to the support activities of social and charitable services, the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation [Turkey’s Religious Foundation] alongside other non-governmental organizations in Turkey in the field of humanitarian aid have lead the Turkish nation’s helping hand to the oppressed and the victimized….

Communication and Coordination in Migration Management

Katharina Lumpp

UNHCR Turkey Representative

For the last six years, Turkey has been hosting to the world’s largest asylum-seeker and refugee population of nearly 4 million, 3.6 million of whom are Syrians under temporary protection. Only 1.6% of this population (around 59,000 people) live in Temporary Accommodation Centers; the vast majority live in and around cities or in the rural…

Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Children in Turkey

Regina De Dominicis

UNICEF Turkey Representative

Turkey continues to host the largest refugee population in the world. In 2020, the number of refugees and migrants in Turkey was around 4 million, almost half of whom are children. The Government of Turkey has shouldered the bulk of the financial costs related to the refugee response in Turkey. As the displacement situation remains…

2020 on Earth

Ayşenur Yalınkılıç

Doctors Worldwide Turkey Director of Corporate Communications

For the first time since the historic World War II, humanity has come face to face with a crisis that has had such a sudden impact on the whole world in 2020. The climate crisis has also harshly called attention to itself while wars, conflicts, disasters, famine, and poverty continue. We’ve watched the rapid melting…

The Multi-Faceted Struggle Against Addiction

Mücahit Öztürk

Prof. Dr., President of the Green Crescent

Addiction continues to be a major social problem around the world. According to research, the number of addicted people has been gradually increasing over the years and loss of life due to addiction continues to increase. With our 100 years of experience and know-how as the Green Crescent, we are struggling versatilely with the problem…

Snippets from the World Disasters Report

Uluslararası Kızılhaç ve Kızılay Dernekleri Federasyonu (IFRC) tarafından hazırlanan 2020 Dünya Afet Raporu’ndan öne çıkan konular

Towards More Civil and Comprehensive Humanitarian Aid

Ahmet Emin Dağ

Dr., Humanitarian Relief Foundation IHH Board Member

When assessing 2020 in terms of humanitarian relief, the COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been the dominant development. IHH established a COVID-19 commission after the pandemic reached Turkey and launched the “Now is Time for Solidarity” campaign to help those suffering from economic difficulties, distributing food packages to more than 100,000 families. 40,000 food packages were…

Humanitarian Action in 2020 and Difficulties Experienced

Mohamed Ouahi

Qatar Charity Turkey Director

The Qatar Charity’s (QC) Turkey office continues to provide its humanitarian assistance to the vulnerable IDPs, refugees, and host communities in North Syria and Turkey. Throughout 2020, QC has contributed significantly to addressing the needs of internationally displaced persons (IDPs) in Northwest Syria based on the 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) and the Regional Refugee…

2020: A Year Spent in Disaster Regions

İbrahim Özer

Turkish Red Crescent Deputy Director General

Humanity throughout history has suffered from different types of disasters and been subjected to great devastation. Due to certain disasters like earthquakes, floods, avalanches not being able to be detected in advance or the necessary precautions not being taken, the traces they leave are equally large. 2020 is engraved in our minds as an unforgettable…

A Socially Effective Red Crescent

Mustafa Tutkun

Turkish Red Crescent Deputy General Manager

Spread all over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has had many consequences adversely affecting social and economic life in addition to its impacts on the field of health. As a result, the healing process will take much longer than expected when actors who struggle with the pandemic make plans by ignoring these effects. Throughout the…