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The project’s aims and activities comprised the following:

First aid training for individuals;

Training of first aid trainers;

Firefighting training;

Risks assessment and response training.

Up to now, IBC provided similar training to the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Justice, multinational companies as Ford, Hyundai, Turkish Refineries, Petrochemical Complexes, Industrial Complexes of Gebze and Tuzla Istanbul, Shipbuilders Consortium etc. Family adaptation seminars for the families of the disabled in Izmit. The trainings were done for trainers, trainees and public and private sector professionals.

The project aimed at increasing the access to the health services and at improving the health standards of people.

People who are affected from the earthquake and who reside in Yazlık Region are the direct beneficiaries of the project. The people who live in those regions which are close to Yazlık will also benefit from the health services.

After the earthquake in 1999, International Blue Crescent started its humanitarian relief work in Golcuk, the epicenter of the earthquake. As the town was devastated to a large extent, its habitants relocated to Yazlık town in the north, which is safer. After the determination of a need for a health clinic and after meetings with the Kocaeli Governor, Mr. Erdal Ata, the land for construction of a health clinic was allocated and IBC started a campaign for the construction and refurbishment of the health clinic. Malteser International Foundation responded to the call for help and provided the financial support. After the design of the health center project, the tenders were announced and the construction was completed in five months. After the procurement of the equipment and laboratories for the clinic, an opening ceremony took place with the participation of the governor. The Ministry of Health assigned medical personnel to the health center therefore the sustainability of the health center was assured.

The aim of the project was to raise awareness of the representatives of various Iranian NGOs on the issue of disaster preparedness and response. The two main goals were;

Raising the awareness level of the representatives about the risks and measurements to be taken to reduce them and their responsibilities.

Realization of “Trainer Trainings” for the wide spreading of the knowledge and awareness.
The main beneficiary group that was identified was the representatives of the Iranian NGOs especially working on disaster related issues. These people would contribute to the risk mitigation and disaster preparedness efforts of their country.  

Implemented Activities: “A to Z First Step Community Disaster Awareness” and “Light Search and Rescue Trainings” were realized by AKA (Search and Rescue Research Association).

The objectives of this project is to outreach, through face to face communication, to 4000 men and 6000 women at the age of 15-49, including influential family members and opinion leaders in rural areas where access to services is limited and to contribute to raise awareness on safe motherhood, family planning, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, breast and cervical cancer in wider public in Ardahan, and thus contribute to the increase in access to services and to the decline in unfavorable cases.

Rural Settlement Units Trainings:

Within the scope of the Project, in 100 rural settlement units, 6807 women were outreached face to face for 6 times, and 4219 men for 4 times. In the first of these training visits, a pretest was applied in addition to provision of the general information on stakeholders and the project content, and in the last visit, a post-test was applied in order to measure the improvement. In these trainings, information on safe motherhood, family planning, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, breast and cervical cancer were  provided, though the load of the trainings changed depending on whether the target group was men or women.

The aim of the project was to reinforce the knowledge and debate regarding gender issues as well as stimulate members of the civil society to play an active role against new forms of slavery such as trafficking. The project aimed different aspects of women trafficking that were analyzed in Istanbul and Trabzon conferences and during network meetings. Creation of efficient strategies in terms of national and international cooperation about issues like supporting the victims, legislative preparations, execution procedures was discussed during these activities. Network meetings also became a mechanism for the related actors of civil society and government to discuss the problems and difficulties. There have been some improvements in Turkey about legislation and structure of related institutions dealing with women trafficking.

Two conferences and film festivals on trafficking and its victims were organized, aiming to fight trafficking by enhancing the knowledge and promoting a sympathetic view of the plight of victims to decision makers and opinion leaders. Discussions around gender and human rights’ issues in general leaded to the adaptation of more contemporary and tolerant attitudes. This program aimed to present and make known the Human Rights violations endemic to the trafficking industry to the widest possible audience. Main beneficiaries were decision makers and stake holders. It is mainly targeted to form a network of NGO representatives and of course the potential trafficking victims.

Four network meetings and two conferences were realized in the framework of the project. A contact list of related actors and institutions was formed at the beginning of the project to invite them to the network meetings. These actors have also been invited to the 2 day conference in Istanbul. In the first and second days of the conference the movie “Balalayka” form Turkey and “Lila4ever” form Ukraine was projected and for the purpose of drawing attention to the issue. The Trabzon conference was planned as a local conference to be realized with the attendance of local NGOs, representatives of governmental institutions and public again to draw some attention to the problem. Film projections were also realized. After these two conferences both local and national media was monitored to evaluate the impact. A conference book was published at the end of the project. Organization of the conferences, media monitoring, designing and publication of the conference book was realized by Beyaz Gemi Training and Consultancy Services.