help those impacted by the earthquake in turkey

Because our field team lives in Turkey, we were able to mobilize right away! 

They have active networks of partners and resources already established. 

Because of these critical partnerships, our response began in hours… not days, weeks, or even months!

This rapid response helped begin the immediate care for the very people impacted by this horrific disaster. 

 Our Turkish National Director, Basak, her team, and our partners have now established 5 food centers in 5 cities. These are soup-kitchen style operations where food is made and then distributed to people coming from all over each of these cities. 

The kitchens are in: Elbistan, Malatya, Adiyaman, Gaziantep, Antioch …and they’ve just added, Adana! 

Six total cities with soup-kitchens are now in operation!

Learn more about the work in Turkey!

Women empowerment Centers!

In areas of extreme poverty, women and children are particularly vulnerable. So we developed Empowerment Centers to augment and focus our TCD efforts with women, who are critical to a vibrant village.

Through Transformational Community Development (TCD) and Empowerment Centers, we are helping women develop sustainable skills to support themselves and their families. They are learning valuable knowledge and tools from Birth Life Saving Skills (BLiSS) to decreasing birth-related mortality for women and children, starting and running small businesses, financial management, literacy lessons, and hygiene for family and community health and wellness.

Many women have been the strongest champions of change and transformation in their communities and are growing as leaders among the TCD committees. Thank you for supporting them!