THE LATEST NEWS FROM UNICEF TURKEY

PUTTING CHILDREN FIRST

The closing ceremony of the first phase of Towards Good Governance, Justice and Protection for Children in Turkey, the Government’s multi–sectoral project, which is funded by the EU and implemented with the technical support of UNICEF will take place from 14:00 to 16:00 on the 14th of May at the Dedeman Hotel, Ankara. The occasion will provide a platform to inform representatives of the European Union, Government ministries and institutions, children and their families — the main beneficiaries of the project — as well as the media about key results and achievements of Children First as the project is known by it’s shorter title.

Read more about the Children First closing ceremony in our Press Section.

Read more about Children First in our Resources Section.

Children First is implemented by the Government of Turkey with financial support from the European Union and technical support from UNICEF.

WE’RE ADDING LOTS OF PRE–SCHOOLS!

The nation–wide telethon broadcast on the 23rd of April raised more than one million new Turkish lira to fund the construction of more pre–school classrooms in the most needy areas of Turkey. Running under the We’re Adding Pre–schools! slogan, the telethon campaign is another remarkable result of the successful partnership between the Turkish National Committee for UNICEF and the national broadcaster NTV.

Thanks to the support of NTV, the sixteen–hour telethon managed to promote UNICEF’s message about the importance of early childhood education for all children into millions of Turkish homes on the most appropriate day of the year — National Children’s Day.

Read more about the We’re Adding Pre–schools! telethon in our Press centre.

THE LATEST ISSUE OF SAY YES GOES ‘INSIDE’ …

The Ministry of Justice has been working to improve conditions for children who are serving custodial sentences or in detention awaiting trial. Say Yes visited the Ankara Detention Centre where the Ministry is running the Ardıç programme, — developed with financial support from the EU and technical support from UNICEF.

Speaking to Say Yes about the success of Ardıç, Kenan İpek, Director General of Prisons and Detention Centres, said:

Now we are ready to implement the programme in our training centres and spread it to all our institutions. All this has involved the labour of far too many people to mention by name. But I would like to thank them all for their tireless efforts.

Also in this issue of Say Yes:

With the arrival of 2008, Reza Hossaini has taken up his duties as the new UNICEF representative in Turkey. Hossaini, an Iranian citizen, is married with one child. He was previously UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan, where he was recently awarded the Presidential Order of National Friendship in recognition of the results achieved by UNICEF under his leadership.

Members of the provincial Children’s Rights Committees, made up of children themselves, reported back enthusiastically on the progress of their national campaign to promote child rights at The Eighth Children’s Forum in November.

Say Yes also reports what Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for the Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS) had to say on her recent visit to Turkey.

Child poverty rates are declining in Turkey — but there is still a long way to go while one in four children continue to live in poverty.

Read the latest issue of Say Yes online or download the whole bulletin in pdf format. [PDF 660KB].

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