Teach Children Computer Coding for a Better Future

Dear donor,

In our previous report we have told that we had finally secured permissions to set up the CYDD Community Center in Samandag near a tent city where 1000 earthquake surviving families live.

The CYDD center started its activities beginning of June and consists of three containers and two big tents. One container is reserved specifically for computer coding workshops as we have to keep the twenty laptops and the TV screen secure under lock when not in use. The community center was run by CYDD volunteers rotating every fortnight for 3 months in summer and due to the enthusiasm and demand of the participants we plan to keep the center open till February.

 Every day, a total of 16 children in two groups of ages 8-14 attend the computer coding classes given by our volunteer university student trainers. The coding classes are so popular that as you will see from the photos some students even bring their younger sisters and brothers to class.

The summer conditions in the region and especially the heat in the containers is quite difficult to support but children are all happy to learn and the instructors share their enthusiasm.

Kind regards,

Dear donor,

On February 6th, Turkey was shaken by two powerful earthquakes which destroyed 11 cities in southeastern Turkey where CYDD has 8 local branches and 3600 scholarship students. About 12.5 million people were affected and 3.5 million of these were children below age 14.

Hatay is the province most affected by the earthquake and received the least aid. In the weeks following the earthquake, CYDD started taking humanitarian aid to families living in tents in rural areas in Hatay.

We now secured permission to take one more step to provide psychological and social support to earthquake victims and will be setting up a CYDD Community Center in Samandag near a tent city where 1000 families live.The community center will consist of three containers and two big tents and one container will be used specifically for computer coding workshops.The center will be run by CYDD volunteers rotating every fortnight for 3 months in summer.

In the mornings, every day, a total of 16 children of ages 8-14 will attend computer coding classes given by our volunteer university student trainers. In the afternoons, we plan to use the same space for computer programming workshops for students of 15 years and older given by professionals. These students will receive a certificate at the end of their one month intensive course which will enable them to find jobs as programmers.

Any support you give to our Project will help the children and families affected by the earthquake so thank you…