Private Atayurt Schools in Turkey organize social responsibility projects led by teachers and students to benefit the community. Some of the projects described include collecting plastic bottle caps to obtain wheelchairs for disabled people, participating in international tree planting initiatives, fundraising for facilities for mentally challenged and orphaned children, providing support to animal shelters and elderly homes, and collecting supplies for schools in need. The document outlines various social programs undertaken by the schools to positively impact social, environmental, and economic issues.
2. “We make a
living by what
we get, but we
make a life by
what we give”
Winston
Churchill
3. What is Social Responsibility?
Being Socially Responsible means that
people and organizations must behave
ethically and with sensitivity towards
social, cultural, economic and
environmental issues.
4. What is Social Responsibility?
Striving for social
responsibility helps
individuals,
organizations and
governments have a
positive impact on
development,
business and society
with a positive
contribution to
bottom-line results.
5. Private Atayurt
Schools are
aware of being
Socially
Responsible;
the teachers
and the
students at
Private Atayurt
Schools are
trying to
organise social
responsibility
projects for a
better world.
6. LET’S HAVE A LOOK AT
SOME OF THE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY PROJECTS
HELD
BY
OUR TEACHERS
&
STUDENTS
7. Do you think that plastic bottle
caps can help disabled people?
8. In Turkey, there is a social
responsibility project:
If you collect 250 kg of plastic bottle
caps, you can get a wheel chair.
We have got 14 wheel chairs for 4 years
and donated them to the people who are
in need.
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11. ENO TREE
PLANTING DAY
ENO tree planting
day is the biggest
international
activity.
5 million trees have
been planted up to
now. And we got our
certificate for
participating this
activity.
12. Fund Raising Campaign for
mentally challenged children
We visited a special school for
mentally retarded children on 17th
February 2014.
After the visit, we have started a
fund raising campaign for that school
to build a cafeteria and to supply
their lacking materials in their
workshops.
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14. We regularly visit the Animal Shelter in
Eskişehir. We do not forget to take some
food with us.
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16. We make regular visits to
Turkish Social Service and
Children Protection Institution.
We try to make the orphans
happy and make them feel that
they are not alone.
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19. We organised a fund raising campaign
for the children who have leukemia. We
made some souvenirs and sold them.
We donated the money to the
foundation. (LÖSEV)
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22. We organised a help campaign for the
schools who are in need of books and
stationery materials. At the end of
the campaign we sent the donations to
the schools in the east of Turkey.
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24. We regularly visit the nursing home for elderly
people in Eskişehir and try to show our respect
to them.
