Apr
14
2021

Together to Protect Human Honor: Core Humanitarian Standards Training (CHS)

Humanitarian Aid, Story
We organize core humanitarian standards (CHS) trainings to increase the capacities of persons and institutions working with refugees. These two-day trainings are given by our Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning Director Aslı Silahdaroğlu Bekmen. A dedicated humanitarian worker, Aslı talks about what core humanitarian standards mean for her and explains the significance and content of this two-day training. As Support to...
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Apr
02
2021

Supporting Life with Community Volunteers

Humanitarian Aid, Migration, Story
Our team of community volunteers is very important for voicing the rights of refugee communities we want to reach, meeting their needs and touching their lives. Our outreach officer Pervin Eviz from Batman describes what kind of responsibilities volunteers have in responding to the changing needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. I am Pervin Eviz, I am an outreach officer at Support to Life’s Batman branch. I am responsible for identifying...
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Feb
25
2021

After a Difficult Year

Humanitarian Aid, Story
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected vulnerable groups, refugees, women and children in the Mardin area? Social workers Berfin Ordu and Abdurrahman Kaya from Support to Life share their experiences from 2020 and tell us how extraordinary circumstances continue to affect the lives of refugees. The pandemic suddenly changed the system that we have been used to for years. As Support to Life staff, we faced many challenges in this process and...
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Feb
10
2021

Overcoming the Distance to Deliver Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian Aid, Story
The Coronavirus pandemic has made extraordinary measures necessary to deal with unprecedented challenges. Abdullah works for an organization delivering humanitarian assistance and tells us how aid is continuously delivered to those most in need amidst COVID-19. I am Abdullah Önder Özkul. I work as project manager at Support to Life in Diyarbakır. As part of our humanitarian aid activities, we implement a project to increase refugees' access...
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Jan
15
2021

Source of Hope for Us

Humanitarian Aid, Story
The pandemic has changed many things in our lives and is still continuing to do so. What would you do if you had trouble accessing even basic services, lost your job, did not have accommodation and on top of it all got sick? Semih Öztürk from Support to Life Istanbul tells us what supporting lives mean for a humanitarian worker in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. My name is Semih Öztürk. I am a social worker, and my job is the purpose of my...
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Dec
03
2020

Regardless Of The Challenges, Don't Leave Anyone Behind

Humanitarian Aid, Story
#SupportToLifeDuringPandemic Meryem is a young refugee woman trying to stay healthy with her three children amidst the coronavirus the pandemic. Dilek Latifeci from our Şanlıurfa team tells us what Meryem and others are experiencing during the pandemic, and about her work as a humanitarian. I am Dilek Latifeci. I have been working as a social worker in the individual protection team of Şanlıurfa at Support to Life Association since 2018. As...
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Feb
19
2020

Capacity Building is Crucial for Lasting Solutions

Humanitarian Aid
By definition, humanitarian aid conducts activities to provide basic services when local capacities are overwhelmed and public institutions fail to facilitate vulnerable groups access to basic rights and services. As Support to Life, beyond addressing immediate protection needs of the refugee community living in Turkey, we also care a great deal about enabling sustainable solutions and building local capacities. In this context, supported by...
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