Akçansa supports children in Kahramanmaraş, which was affected by the earthquake disaster, with the ‘My Neighbourhood’ project launched in April.

The ‘My Neighbourhood’ project, which was initiated within the scope of the Sabancı Republican Mobilisation to build a hopeful future for children affected by the earthquake, continues in cooperation with TOÇEV (Tüvana Foundation for the Education of Children Willing to Read).

The project, in which trainings are currently continuing intensively, aims to support the education and development of children in all provinces affected by the earthquake.

In addition to the psychological and social trainings provided by specialised psychologists to 1000 children between the ages of 5-18, special activities were also carried out to support their mental and physical development.

Akçansa, which initiated its activities within the scope of Sabancı Republic Mobilisation, Türkiye’s most widely participated social responsibility movement, stands by the children affected by the earthquake with the My Neighbourhood Mobile Education Truck.

In addition to the psychological and social training provided by TOÇEV’s specialised psychologists to 1000 children aged 5-18 in April, special activities to support the mental and physical development of children were implemented and their questions were answered. 

In addition to the pre-school, school period and high school psychoeducation content, the trainings, which included educational and developmental activities such as storytelling, nature pedagogy and body percussion, were welcomed with great interest by the children.

Educational psychologists worked with primary, secondary and high school children in groups of 12. The project aims to reach children in the provinces affected by the earthquake and support their education.

 “We are on the field to enlighten the future of our brilliant youth with My Neighbourhood”

Akçansa General Manager Vecih Yılmaz stated that they continue to work within the scope of the Sabancı Republican Mobilisation to heal the wounds of the earthquake and that they consider being with the children in the earthquake zone with the My Neighbourhood project as their top priority responsibility and added: “We attach great importance to being on the field for our children and young people affected by the earthquake disaster that we have suffered as a country and to contribute to their education. With our My Neighbourhood project, which has turned into its seventh year and which we continue in cooperation with TOÇEV, we are hand in hand and heart to heart in the field to enlighten the future of our children in the region. We strongly believe that investing in our youth is an investment in development and a better tomorrow. In addition to the educational programmes, we provide in this direction, we are happy to be together with our children and make them smile in the libraries and playgrounds we have established. We will continue our work at full strength. On this occasion, I once again express my deepest sympathy to all the people of the region affected by the earthquake”. 

Ebru Uygun, TOÇEV Chairman of the Board of Directors, said: “As TOÇEV, our biggest goal is to ensure that our projects meet the needs of our children… With this awareness, we have been continuing our My Neighbourhood project with Akçansa since 2015. With the projects we carry out with different age groups, we touch different areas in children’s lives and aim to find solutions to their needs through various topics. After the earthquake disaster that deeply saddened our country, we recreated our project with brand new content. At our first stop in Kahramanmaraş, we are very happy to have started working with our My Neighbourhood mobile truck. Together with our psychologists and field experts, we carry out mood state, psycho-social support workshops with pre-school, school and adolescent children. In addition, we continue to organise special activities to support the mental and physical development of children affected by the earthquake. We draw attention to the importance of supporting the education and development of children through our work.  Our goal is to carry out our activities with children in all provinces affected by the earthquake. On this occasion, I would like to once again express my condolences to the families of all our citizens who lost their lives in the earthquake and my deepest sympathy to all the people of the region. I would also like to thank everyone who contributed to my Neighbourhood project very much”.

For detailed information

Akçansa Corporate Communications
Anıl Erbayrak / anil.erbayrak@akcansa.com.tr / 0553 317 46 06

About TOÇEV

TOÇEV (Tüvana Foundation for the Education of Children Willing to Read) is a bridge to provide material and emotional support to children willing to read.  It recognises every child as an individual on its journey with the motto “Every child has the right to read” and works tirelessly to ensure that they are cultured, knowledgeable, harmonious, productive and integrated into social life. Starting with 5 children in 1994, TOÇEV’s journey continues with more than 7 million children in its 29th year with the projects it has implemented. TOÇEV aims to set an example for everyone with its mission of being peaceful, unifying, educational, transparent and loving at every step and in every project. For 29 years, TOÇEV has been proud of its non-political stance, above and beyond all ethnic and ideological definitions. For more information: www.tocev.org.tr