2009
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Touching Lives
“Çalışmak çok güzeldi. Sorumluluk duygusu… Beğenilmek…” 1978’de ikiz olarak dünyaya geldim. Çiftçi aynı zamanda esnaf bir babanın çocuğuyum. 11 kardeştik. Çok mutlu bir çocukluğum olmadı. Ortaokul çok uzaktı, bu nedenle ilkokuldan sonrasını okuyamadım. 4 ablam da hiç okula gitmedi. Dayımın oğlu askerdeyken beni istediler. Aile arasında nişan yaptık. Nişan yüzüğünü takıp ona telefon açıp “biz […]
An Estate Gift Becomes A Scholarship for A Medical Student
TPF Chairman Haldun Tashman, Scholarship Recipient Onur Can, and TOG Scholarship Coordinator Gozde Duranay Onur Can is the first recipient of a scholarship named in memory of the late Dr. Sevket Turgut Nese at his alma mater, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine. Dr. Nese has lived most of his life in the United States […]
Adopt-a-Project Program
TPF’s new website offers new tools and benefits. You can now search and browse for your own project; personalize your project page with photos, videos, and blog posts; send emails directly to friends and family; post status updates and messages on Facebook and Twitter; and much more. Read more.
Gender Inequality is increasing in Turkey
2009 Global Gender Gap Report of World Economic Forum ranks Turkey 129st amongst 134 countries. Turkey displays below average performance on all 4 sub indexes (Economy, Health, Education, and Politics) and its performance in 2009 is worse than it was in 2008. Inequality of the genders directly affects many aspects of life for women. However, […]
Good News from TPF Grantee Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi!
July 01, 2009-TPF Grantee Partner Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi (Community Volunteers Foundation) has recently completed their “Youth and Social Rights Project” which aimed to create a platform for communication among politicians, academicians, NGO representatives, bureaucrats and youth to discuss existing social rights issues that youth in Turkey face and collaboratively produce possible solutions . Three major […]
Turkish Philanthropic Fund ve Sabanci Vakfi “Gencten Genc’e Paylasim” Projesine Destek Sagliyor
20 Ekim 2009-Sabancı Vakfı ve Turkish Philanthropic Fund (TPF), Sabancı Vakfının 4 yıldır desteklediği Birleşmiş Milletler “Kadınların ve Kız Çocuklarının İnsan Haklarının Korunması ve Geliştirilmesi Ortak Programı” kapsamında geliştirilen Sabancı Vakfı Hibe Programı çerçevesinde ikinci kez işbirliği içine girdi. New York’ta yerleşik olan TPF, Sabancı Vakfı Hibe Programı aracılığıyla Harran Universitesi ogretim uyesi Doc. Dr. […]
Turkish Philanthropic Fund and Sabanci Foundation Supports “Seasonal Migrant Workers Youth Program”
October 20, 2009 – Sabanci Foundation and Turkish Philanthropic Fund (TPF) are collaborating once again to support the “United Nations Joint Program on Promoting and Protecting the Human Rights of Women and Girls,” through Sabanci Foundation Grant Program, which has been supporting the Joint Program for the last 4 years. Through the Grant Program, TPF […]
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Painting. Teacher. Friend. 1-hour bus. I love it. Bye.
“Painting. Teacher. Friend. 1-hour bus. I love it. Bye.” This is how Edip, a 20-year-old from Hatay, describes the rehabilitation center he attends every day.
Refilling the buckets of psychosocial support providers in Hatay
For three years, psychosocial support providers in the earthquake region have carried others while setting themselves aside. They listened. They intervened.
Envisioning the Revival of Small Villages
After earthquakes destroyed her workshops, Gamze Ateş advances My Beachy Side, a sustainable fashion brand empowering women through hand-crafted crochet..