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We supported 80 children to access their basic needs and 112 children to access services On the morning of February 6th, two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 occurred in Kahramanmaraş. According to official data, 50,783 people lost their lives, 115,353 people were injured and 37,984 buildings were ...

Since the day we were founded, we have been carrying out women-oriented work. An important part of our efforts to empower women is to support refugee women. We organize various activities to support refugee women to get to know the environment and culture they live in, to share their own ...

We are working to strengthen local non-governmental organizations. In this context, we organize meetings between organizations that allow sharing of knowledge and experience, thinking and learning together. In the first step of these meetings, we hosted the associations we work with in our offices in the Marmara region and shared ...

  Our workshops on preventing violence against women with men continue We continue the workshops on gender-based violence with men that we started last year. The workshops take place with men who are adult, married and with children. It is conducted in Arabic and conversational style by an expert working ...

Our post-earthquake psychological support activities After the earthquakes on February 6th that affected the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia regions of Turkey, we continue our support activities both in the earthquake zone and in the Marmara region. In addition to the work we carry out in Hatay and Adana, we also ...

More than a month has passed since the earthquakes. During this period, humanitarian aid efforts increased in earthquake areas. There is still a lot of need and uncertainty about the future, but the survivors are starting to rebuild their lives with little routines. As of February 26th, we established a ...

Mavi Kalem Policy Document on Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (PSEA) Mavi Kalem Policy Document on Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (PSEA) – (click to download)    

The blog published on Global Fund for Children (GFC)’s website highlights Mavi Kalem’s work in the Hatay earthquake zone and its activities since its establishment. You can find the full article here and below. Helping children and families impacted by the earthquakes in Türkiye Global Fund for Children partner Mavi Kalem is ...

Since February 6th, we have been working in Hatay and Adana to identify and respond to the urgent needs of women and children affected by the earthquake. Since the Marmara earthquake in 1999, Mavi Kalem has been aware that humanitarian aid efforts in disasters should focus on the needs of ...

After the February 6th Kahramanmaraş earthquakes, in addition to the work we carried out in the region, we have been providing counselling to people affected by the disaster who contact the Mavi Kalem Consultation Line and visit our offices in the Marmara region. Within the scope of the projects we ...