İLKYAR Aid Foundation For Elementary Schools
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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
Providing 8-year compulsory education in rural areas
Total of 582 regional boarding schools Total of 287,000 students
İLKYAR’s vision
İLKYAR will not leave any YIBO unvisited!
Number of schools visited since 1998: ~200
İLKYAR’s mission
Motivate elementary students to continue with their education
Motivate teachers to motivate their students Create opportunies for students in their
schools
İLKYAR’s Projects
Memorial Libraries Foundation of school library (initally 800
books) Ongoing library support
Game Rooms Toys for kindergarten
and 1st graders
Educational Activities 2-day program Educational activies in math, science,
archeology & literature. Experiments in physics & chemistry. Educational games Books for each student
Remote Projects: Project to support for female students Gifts for successful students Mentoring
Letters from students“I want to study Math there”
Summer School
120 students at Math camp at METU 40 teachers at Bogazici University this week!
İLKYAR volunteersODTÜ and Boğaziçi U. students