Newsletter

We care about field-based work and localization. We create the dynamics of our workspace by opening local offices and establishing strong communication with local actors and society. We support the participation of target groups both in defining the need and developing the solution. To this end, we rapidly continue our ...

Gender inequality also deepens gender-based violence. Violence; is any behavior, threat, pressure or obstruction that may occur in private or social life that has or may have the result of physical, sexual, psychological harm and distress. While the majority of those affected by gender and gender-based violence are girls and ...

COVID-19 pandemic measures continue with the vaccination process. We continue the measures and follow-ups we apply in our offices. Thanks to these applications, we prevent the spread of the disease in our offices by directing our teammates who show symptoms of COVID-19 to health institutions. The Pandemic Protection Committee, which ...

In the COVID-19 pandemic, as in different types of disasters such as earthquakes and migration, it has been observed that women have difficulties in accessing their basic health rights and needs. Since many hospitals were declared as pandemic hospitals and many women could not go to remote hospitals using public ...

We carry out capacity building activities to support our working teams both in their work areas and psychosocially. Our capacity building activities since the beginning of this year have been Arabic lessons, communication studies and art therapy. Arabic Lessons Due to the Syrian refugees being one of our main work ...

2020 has been one of the most challenging years in Mavi Kalem’s 20-year life. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, we have reorganized all our work and tried to get used to the pandemic. After working from home, we created environments in our offices where we can live with COVID-19. When we ...

Esenyurt is a region where risks and sensitivities are high due to the dense refugee population and the lack of civil society support. We opened a child protection office in Esenyurt, after Fatih and Kocaeli, in order to increase civil society support and expand child protection efforts. Working together with ...

Many children in the world cannot access the right to education due to economic difficulties, disasters and emergencies, and cultural reasons. Syrian children and girls are most affected by these conditions. In April, when the theme of children’s rights came to the fore, we held an informative meeting with Syrian ...

In this pandemic period, especially in order to support vaccination, we ask all clients who call the line about the vaccination status of individuals living in the household and whether they need support for vaccination appointments. We get their opinions on vaccines and explain the importance of immunization with vaccines ...

  We get together with children every week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at events with specific themes. These events range from learning to play a musical instrument to handicrafts and COVID-19 information. With the activities we organize, we aim to both support the psychosocial well-being of children and ...