Transcript turkish red crescent society

CHARITY
ORGANISATIONS
IN MY COUNTRY
The Foundation for Children with
Leukemia was established in 1998.
Prior to this, children with leukemia
were treated at the Social Security
Government Hospital.
Every year in Turkey we see 1000 1500 new cases of children diagnosed
with leukemia.
Families with limited financial
resources may be forced to make a
difficult decision-that of choosing to
support their healthy child, or their
child who has leukemia.
LÖSEV helps to shoulder this
unexpected financial burden. However,
not only does it aim to provide income
for these little heroes, it also
endeavours to communicate the
problems of our children and their
families to society in order to create
awareness of leukemia.
THE CITY FOR THE CHILDREN
WITH LEUKEMIA
Why A Necessity?
BECAUSE Cancer diseases have
started to become more common
among children. Every year more
than a million children in the world
and approximately 1200 children in
Turkey are under the risk of being
afflicted by leukemia. On the other
hand, WHO warns us: There will be a
60% increase in cancer diseases by
2020.
BECAUSE During the treatment of leukemia
hygiene, nutrition and staying in touch with
life are equally important as medication.
Children should not conceive of hospitals as
a place where they will be treated for
approximately three years, but as an
entertaining playschool and a warm home.
BECAUSE At birth a child cannot choose
between poverty or wealth and between
being healthy or ill. Nor can he/she choose
the place to be treated. Whereas according
to the Children’s Rights Agreement, every
child should have the right to live and be
treated under equal circumstances and state
patronage.
TURKISH RED CRESCENT
SOCIETY
Turkish Red Crescent Society is a
humanitarian organisation that provides relief to
the vulnerable and those in need by mobilising the
power and resources of the community to protect
human dignity anytime, anywhere, under any
conditions and support the enhancement of the
community’s capacity to cope with disasters.
The vision of the Turkish Red Crescent
Society is to be a humanitarian aid organisation
that embraces and is embraced by the entire
society, constantly enhancing its reputation and
quality of service at national and international
levels.
The TURKISH RED CRESCENT
SOCIETY was born from a desire to
bring assistance without
discrimination to the wounded and
sick soldiers on the battlefield.
The Red Crescent was established
on 11 June 1868 during Ottoman
Empire.
The Turkish Red Crescent Is
Together With The People Of Van
The humanitarian aid works
of the Turkish Red Crescent
(TRCS), which took action
immediately after
earthquakes magnitude 7.2
and 5.6 took place in Van,
are streaming.
Turkish red crescent is ready to
send aid to Syria!
Kizilay has been operating for a year
in southeastern province of Hatay and
provided 10,000 people with catering
services. It has been also fulfilling
psycho-social, education and food
needs of those people. It has six tent
cities in the area.
1.276.000 units of blood were donated to
Turkish Red Crescent in 2011
TEMA
The Turkish Foundation for
Combating Soil Erosion,for
Reforestation and the Protection of
Natural Habitats
TEMA’s mission is to raise public
awareness of environmental
problems, specifically soil erosion,
deforestation, biodiversity loss and
climate change. In this endeavor,
TEMA collaborates with several
organizations and institutions working
in environmental protection and
sustainable development.
TEMA AIMS ;
• To prevent erosion, desertification,
drought, pollution and the use of
environmentally destructive agriculture
techniques on the land;
• To combat national and international
administrative, political and economical
pressures concerning the destruction of
natural habitats, and to create solutions
toward overcoming these problems;
• To
protect and increase the efficiency
and sustainability of biological diversity,
land, water and other natural resources;
• To ensure that policies concerning the
protection of natural habitats are created
by governments, that much needed legal
regulations are made, and that
international contracts are followed;
to create effective and conscious public
opinion.
TEMA’S INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
An accredited NGO of UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)
and UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) and partner
of UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) and UNEP-MAP (United Nations
Environment Programme – Mediterranean Action Plan)
• Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council)
• Member of IUCN (World Conservation Union
• Member of CAN-Europe (Climate Action Network – Europe)
• Executive Board Member of MIO-ECSDE (Mediterranean Information Office for
Education, Culture and Sustainable Development)
• Executive Board Member of EEB (European Environmental Bureau)
• Member of EUROSITE
• TEMA-D (Germany), TEMA-NL (The Netherlands) and TEMA Brussels
• Publisher of Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World and other publications in Turkey
• Partner of DRYNET project among many other international projects