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The aim of the project is to train 75 unemployed in beekeeping who are living in Posof County of Ardahan Province and to restructure their qualities and to give rise to entrepreneurship.

In scope of the Project, 75 unemployed especially from the vulnerable group (women, disabled, ex-convict, adolescents, etc.) who are living in Posof County of Ardahan Province are trained in beekeeping.

The Project apart from the climate and seasonal conditions that engender mandatory modifications executed as it is planned.

This project's aims are to create an aware society in Istanbul Gaziosmanpaşa County on safe motherhood, family planning, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS, early diagnosis of breast and cervical cancers, to widen the good applications and to increase the access to the related health services. The priority target group had been, women and men whom were between the ages of 15-49, and whom lived in the shanty towns of Gaziosmanpaşa where the access to health services being low. The second target group had been women and men of the same age group living in the urban settlement areas of Gaziosmanpaşa.

The priority target group is; 75.000 women and men whom are between the ages 15-49, living in the shanty towns of Gaziosmanpaşa where access to health services are low. The second target group is women and men of the same age group living in the urban settlement areas of Gaziosmanpaşa.

Project Activities :

Within the scope of shanty town trainings, 7.500 women and 5000 men whom lived in 29 neighborhoods of the county center, 5 districts and 5 villages, whom were of ages between 15 and 49, had been actively reached. Beneficiaries were followed up with regular visits during the course of the project. Trainings were conducted in “reproductive health”, “family planning”, “safe motherhood”, “sexually transmitted infections”, “breast and cervical cancers”, importance and how to accesses related health services for the target groups.

This project's aims to raise awareness among children and adolescents in taking responsibility of their own health by preventing themselves from accidents and to establish safe behavior patterns also by teaching them basic first aid techniques that can be used in daily life which may give them the chance to reduce casualties and disabilities.

446 individuals, 335 being children and adolescents to the additional 111 personnel of the orphanages' staff, has benefited from the project.

• Cooperation has been established between the World Bank Project Office, the General Directorate of Social Services and Child Protection Agency, the orphanages participating to the trainings and IBC.
•  A curriculum for the training program and training materials on “Safe Behavior and First Aid for Children and Adolescents” has been developed
• 11 trainings were given to 335 Children and Adolescents on safe behavior and first aid in 5 orphanages in Ankara.
• 5 trainings on safe behavior and first aid were given to 111 staff working in the 5 orphanages.
• Distribution of 420 copies of the previously prepared “First Aid Practical Guide Book” has been made.
• 44 copies of the “First Aid Practical Guide” were donated to the libraries of the orphanages.

The project aimed to contribute to the recovery of Aceh region through providing housing solutions and facilitating community-driven recovery activities, to the rebuilding of social cohesion and to the recovery process in Aceh after the devastating tsunami, to the welfare and empowerment of the families and also to provide a ‘workshop therapy' facility to the women by the organizing sewing and culinary trainings. 332 women have been directly benefited from the project.

The Project beneficiaries were 500 families living in villages of Mukhan, Alue Mie, Kuala, M.Rayeuk, and M.Tengough. In accordance with the requests of the villagers, the food packages distributed consisted of items enabling them to bake sweet biscuits and other sweets as a tradition of the Holy Days, instead of standard food packages for minimum needs. Each package contained 3 kg sugar, 4 kg wheat flour, 2 kg rice flour, 360 gr. corn flour, 1 kg starch, 1 kg sugar powder, 150 gr. corn cracker, 12 packs of jelly,1 kg margarine and 2 kg of palm oil. On the other hand, being within the tradition, the first morning of the Idul Fitri 8 buffalos were sacrificed and distributed to the villages. Clothing and toys were distributed to the 24 orphans of the villages.

• 22 women had been trained as sewing trainer and received the certification of the Family Welfare and Empowerment Organization,
• 20 women had been trained as culinary trainer with the certification of the Family Welfare and Empowerment Organization,
• 196 women had been trained on sewing in the courses organized in the villages and,
• 94 women had been trained on culinary in the courses that organized in the villages.

On the other hand, about 2000 families from the villages that the material donations had been done have benefited indirectly from the project.

The project aims the capacity building and share experience about disaster preparedness and management of the representatives of Iranian local authorities and government.
As representatives of local authorities and government the attendants had seen the efforts and applications in Istanbul, Izmit and Düzce. These applications will be the needed examples for the implementation in their country.

1st day: The participants and members of the press were informed with an opening/press conference on the first day of the trainings.
2nd day: On the second day Izmit and Düzce area that has been affected by the 1999 Earthquake was visited by the group for onsite observation.
3rd day: On the third day of the program Disaster Coordination Center (AKOM) in Istanbul was visited and attendants have been informed about the managerial and structural features of AKOM.
4th - 5th days: The fourth and fifth days of the program was used for theoretical and practical applications. The attendants have been informed about the preparations done in Istanbul and Turkey.
6th day: Attendants did have the chance to do hand on practice on the sixth day of the program. The program ended with the distribution of the CD of the program and attendance certificates.

The project consisted in conducting safe building trainings in the earthquake affected area and providing technical assistance for rural housing reconstruction in one Union Council with 16 villages and 45 sub-villages in Azad Jammu & Kashmir / Pakistan. In this project IBC was the Partner Organization of ERRA – Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority. The project supported a number of approx. 30.000 beneficiaries. After the stage of community mobilization and lobby of the ERRA policy, Village Reconstruction Committees have been established at sub-village level. The implementation of the project was supported by the field office set-up in Rawal Gali / Salmia Union Council. IBC engineers have been trained by UN-Habitat and NSET in earthquake resistant techniques and leading 4 mobile teams (with masons, carpenters and social mobilizers) have trained artisans, self-builders, male and female community members.

The project included a component of model houses, for which self-builders have been trained practically (hands-on-training). The beneficiaries of those houses (both bricks masonry & dhajji) are 80 most vulnerable household owners (widows, disabled and senior citizens). In the technical support component of the project, the following were implemented: tools sets; winter relief support; landless support; roads clearance. Immediately after the earthquake, IBC distributed food packages to 600 affected families in Rawla Kot / Ali Sojal tehsil (7 villages). Temporary shelter and basic survival nonfood items were distributed to 200 families in the high-up villages situated inside of Bagh District of AJK.

The activities already implemented in the village are as following

Two big size tents for the boys’ and the girls’ primary schools were provided;

A playground for the children in the village was provided and installed;

Educational, recreational (toys) and hygiene kits were distributed to 250 pre-school age children in the village;

Winter jackets distributed to the boys and girls of the Sarbala Governmental Primary Schools;

Road clearance was provided after a major landslide at the entrance road in the village.