Apr 30, 2023 | Disaster Response, Food, Middle East, Smyrna Women's Empowerment Center, Sustainable Development, Turkey, Women's Empowerment
An Active Role in Rebuilding Last month, Turkey had a major earthquake disaster. Eleven provinces were affected by the earthquake, and according to official figures, over 50,000 people died, with many more injured or disabled. Tens of thousands of people are still...
Mar 30, 2023 | Middle East, Smyrna Women's Empowerment Center, Sustainable Development, Turkey, Women's Empowerment
A Fresh Hope Thanks to Transformational Community Development (TCD), hope continues to grow, transform, and renew wherever it is found. For the past three months, we have hosted a youth meeting, with approximately 20–25 young people attending each month. We...
Feb 9, 2023 | Disaster Response, Middle East, Turkey
Ongoing Updates on our Disaster Response for Turkey A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and parts of Syria yesterday morning. With more than 19,000 people killed and thousands injured, the earthquake is one of the strongest ones to hit in over 100 years and...
Feb 3, 2023 | Education, Middle East, Smyrna Women's Empowerment Center, Sustainable Development, Turkey
Celebrating Growth and Connection December has been a joyful month of celebration, and we had a nice celebration dinner together. Our knitters have made many, many stockings throughout the year. They were so tired! They have also learned a lot about relationships...
Dec 2, 2022 | Education, Middle East, Smyrna Women's Empowerment Center, Sustainable Development, Turkey, Women's Empowerment
Working Towards a Stronger Future During the month of October, we worked to improve the capacity of our organization in general. We have made a series of efforts to add more resources to contribute to the transformation of more people’s lives. We saw that...
Nov 1, 2022 | Education, Middle East, Smyrna Women's Empowerment Center, Sustainable Development, Turkey
Finding Reconciliation at Seaside Our Transformational Community Development (TCD) work with women in Smyrna shows its effect in many different aspects. We draw the attention of business people, local administrators, and other non-governmental organisations...