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İLKYAR Aid Foundation For Elementary Schools

İLKYAR Aid Foundation For Elementary Schools. http://www.ilkyar.org.tr. Brief History. Initially founded: 1978 (by Princeton U. Turkish students) Refounded: 1998 in Turkey as İLKYAR Reorganized to focus on YIBOs: elementary level regional boarding schools in rural areas. YIBOs in Turkey.

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İLKYAR Aid Foundation For Elementary Schools

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  1. İLKYAR Aid Foundation For Elementary Schools http://www.ilkyar.org.tr

  2. Brief History • Initially founded: 1978 (by Princeton U. Turkish students) • Refounded: 1998 in Turkey as İLKYAR • Reorganized to focus on YIBOs: elementary level regional boarding schools in rural areas

  3. YIBOs in Turkey • Providing 8-year compulsory education in rural areas • Total of 582 regional boarding schools • Total of 287,000 students

  4. İLKYAR’s vision İLKYAR will not leave any YIBO unvisited! Number of schools visited since 1998: ~200

  5. İLKYAR’s mission • Motivate elementary students to continue with their education • Motivate teachers to motivate their students • Create opportunies for students in their schools

  6. İLKYAR’s Projects

  7. Memorial Libraries • Foundation of school library (initally 800 books) • Ongoing library support

  8. Game Rooms • Toys for kindergarten and 1st graders

  9. Educational Activities • 2-day program • Educational activies in math, science, archeology & literature. • Experiments in physics & chemistry. • Educational games • Books for each student

  10. Remote Projects: • Project to support for female students • Gifts for successful students • Mentoring

  11. Letters from students“I want to study Math there”

  12. Summer School • 120 students at Math camp at METU • 40 teachers at Bogazici University this week!

  13. İLKYAR volunteersODTÜ and Boğaziçi U. students

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