The new school built in Caykisla in honor of Esat Egesoy and Bedia Basgoz by the Porcaro Education Fund at TPF had its official opening ceremony on May 24, 2010. The children of Caykisla and their families, as well as many supporters of the school were present to celebrate this day.
2010 Emerging Leaders International Fellows of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Anna, Jennifer, Zeynep, Bernadette and Alexandra visited Turkish Philanthropy Funds to learn about TPF, and discuss civil society and community foundations. Since its inception twenty years ago, the International Fellows Program has sponsored 142 fellows from 54 countries. TPF’s Chief Operating Officer,…
In an effort to provide assistance to the victims of the earthquake in Elazığ, Turkish Philanthropy Funds has reached out to leading nonprofit organizations in Turkey to find the most feasible way to support the disaster relief efforts. We learned that the center of the earthquake is the district of Başyurt at Karakocan however the…
TPF Grantee Dr. Zeynep Simsek’s project “Seasonal Migrant Workers Youth Program” supported through the Sabanci Foundation Grant Program of the UN Joint Program to Promote and Protect Human Rights of Women and Girls has recently been completed. The purpose of the project was to reduce social exclusion of seasonal migrant workers from the rest of…
TPF’s Scholarship Program with Toplum Gonullueri Vakfi (TOG) was all about giving back and a need to level the playing field. Nick Porcaro’s speech inspired guests and showed that “everyone can be a philanthropist.” Nick said: “Through a friend I met Ibrahim Betil who had built the ENKA School in Adapazari and who offered to…
Good News From Caykisla! The Porcaro Education Fund’s Okulyap Project has been completed and accepted by the Turkish Ministry of Education. The children of Caykisla, Adapazari will welcome the new semester in February in their new school. The official dedication for the school is expected to take place in May 17, 2010. Nick and Ayse…
“Çalışmak çok güzeldi. Sorumluluk duygusu… Beğenilmek…” 1978’de ikiz olarak dünyaya geldim. Çiftçi aynı zamanda esnaf bir babanın çocuğuyum. 11 kardeştik. Çok mutlu bir çocukluğum olmadı. Ortaokul çok uzaktı, bu nedenle ilkokuldan sonrasını okuyamadım. 4 ablam da hiç okula gitmedi. Dayımın oğlu askerdeyken beni istediler. Aile arasında nişan yaptık. Nişan yüzüğünü takıp ona telefon açıp “biz…
TPF Chairman Haldun Tashman, Scholarship Recipient Onur Can, and TOG Scholarship Coordinator Gozde Duranay Onur Can is the first recipient of a scholarship named in memory of the late Dr. Sevket Turgut Nese at his alma mater, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa School of Medicine. Dr. Nese has lived most of his life in the United States…
TPF’s new website offers new tools and benefits. You can now search and browse for your own project; personalize your project page with photos, videos, and blog posts; send emails directly to friends and family; post status updates and messages on Facebook and Twitter; and much more. Read more.
July 01, 2009-TPF Grantee Partner Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi (Community Volunteers Foundation) has recently completed their “Youth and Social Rights Project” which aimed to create a platform for communication among politicians, academicians, NGO representatives, bureaucrats and youth to discuss existing social rights issues that youth in Turkey face and collaboratively produce possible solutions . Three major…