NewsOkul Yap Project of the Porcaro Education Fund underway!07/01/2009The Porcaro Education Fund, a Donor-Advised Fund of TPF, has begun its project to build a school for victims of the 1999 Marmara Earthquake in Caykisla, Adapazari. For more information click here. A New Library in Izmir from the Young Guru Academy07/01/2009Through a challenge grant received from TPF, the Young Guru Academy, has completed the building of a creative library at 30 Agustos Elementary Public School in Izmir, Turkey. Turkish Women's Association of Trabzon has Completed their Mission!07/01/2009Turk Kadinlar Birligi's project "Kasik Tutan Elden Para Tutan Ele" has been completed! Read more on their project here. Good News from TPF Grantee Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi!07/01/2009TPF Grantee Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi has recently completed their "Youth and Social Rights Project". For more information on the project, read more.  |
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Featured Project: The Caykisla Project of the Porcaro Education Fund
After the devastating 1999 Marmara Earthquake damaged the only elementary school in the Caykisla town of Adapazari, Nick Porcaro, an American Architect and his Turkish wife Ayse Porcaro, along with Asli and Nesli Basgoz, have created a mission for themselves to build a fully functioning school for Caykisla by the ten-year anniversary of the earthquake on August 15, 2009. Having visited Adapazari recently, the Porcaro couple decided to make their philanthropic interest of building a school become reality in Caykisla, a small town outside of Adapazari, which was in dire need of a new school for the eager kids in the town. Mr. Porcaro turned to the Turkish Philanthropic Fund to establish a Donor-Advised Fund so that all contributions made to this project could be deductable under U.S. law while donating for a project in Turkey.
Mr. Porcaro described the conditions in the temporary school built after the earthquake in Caykisla as "appalling - the temporary building had the smell of sewer throughout; classrooms sized for 24 students housed up to 45; the library consisted of merely forty books; a leaky roof; no lunch room, not to mention a host of other health and environmental related hazards." In order to address these problems, the couple has been in contact with several Turkish based foundations such as Turk Egitim Vakfi (Turkish Education Foundation) as well as the Turk Milli Egitim Bakanligi (Turkish Ministry of Education). After establishing his contacts in the region and designing the project himself, Mr. Porcaro and his colleagues in this endeavor were able to raise $490,000 of the $510,000 needed for the completion of the project. In order to raise funds, Mr. Porcaro has given the option of naming classrooms for donors who contribute a certain amount. Seven out of eight classrooms and the library have been dedicated.
The construction of the building started on May 1, 2009 and is expected to be completed by October 30, 2009. To learn more about the Porcaro Education Fund, the project and to donate, please visit the fund's website at www.okulyap.org/caykisla.
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