Daily Archives: March 21, 2017

Last Stop, Children’s Village

BlogBy Turkish Philanthropy Funds March 21, 2017 Leave a comment

by Goncagul Ay, Program Associate. “I made this painting so when I grow up I can remember my family.” This is a quote by an eleven-year-old Mustafa, who lives in the Bolluca Children’s Village. This village is the first place he calls “home”. All the stories start with an opening line of “once upon a…

The Mentee Becomes the Mentor.

Entrepreneurship, News, Women EmpowermentBy Turkish Philanthropy Funds March 21, 2017 Leave a comment

Now at her late 20s and a role model herself, Sara became an inspiration to her own mentor, Secil, because of her self-determination to win in life against all odds. Secil, a Bogazici University graduate, started her career as an editor at Cosmopolitan magazine. She spent over 20 years in corporate communications where her career…