The Goal of the Project

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CYDD aims to address these issues through various projects to support girls education in Turkey such as KARDELENLER and BABA BENI OKULA GONDER.

The purpose of these projects is to increase schooling of girls in Turkey through scholarships by reducing the financial burden of education on families. Families have a tendency to have girls stay at home and help with the household chores and then marry them off before they even finish elementary school. To break this cycle, CYDD encourages girls to go to high school by supporting them with scholarships. They also facilitate the continuation of their education by constructing girls dormitories all around Turkey.

The Impact of the Project

By empowering girls through education, CYDD not only has been creating a movement of sustainable change but also stronger, more independent community of Turkish women. CYDD has created awareness about girls' schooling throughout Turkey, which became one of the national goals of the Ministry of Education and also an area that the European Union decided to support in Turkey. CYDD's impact on the lives of thousands of girls is evident in the number of scholarships they have given: more than 54,650 high school scholarships for a better future.

Name a scholarship by

supporting a girl in primary school: $400

A commitment of 3-4 years is required for name scholarships.

...or contribute to the pool scholarship fund.

Donor List

• Orcun Kurugol
• Evren Ozargun
• Ziya Boyacigiller
• Aylin Demirkan
• Melanie Berkmen
• Banu Roso
• Pinar Ozgu
• Yesim Senay
• Pinar Ilgar
• Berkin Kologlu
• Sirin Aysan
• Sezin and Atil Erken
• Asena Basak and Aaron M. Martin
• Balahan Bobus and Ayse Ceyda Ozgen
• Basak Somaya
• Izgi Yapici
• Alanur Inal-Veith
• Sebnem Caglayan
• Sinem Koban
• Mustafa Ozgu