Ahmet's Inaugural Marathon
Ahmet Ozcan is raising money for Turkey Mozaik Foundation
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Dear Friends and Family,
I will be running my inaugural marathon on April 23rd, 2021 in support of Turkey Mozaik Foundation - a registered charity in England and Wales.
Turkey Mozaik Foundation aims to create positive social change in Turkey by supporting grassroot charities through their following funds:
🔹Children's Fund
🔹Gender Equality Fund
🔹Culture and Arts Fund
🔹Sustainability Fund
🔹Institutional Fund
🔹Emergency Relief
Your kind donations will be directed to The Colourful Hopes Association (Rengarenk Umutlar Dernegi, RUMUD) via Turkey Mozaik Foundation. RUMUD aims to provide equal cultural and social opportunities for children and women who live in the disadvantaged neighbourhood of Sur (Diyarbakır) and who are exposed to regional traumas such as conflict or migration.
I will be running my first ever marathon without getting any support during the run and taking Covid constraints into account, it will be a solo run in Regents Park and Hyde Park.
Many thanks in advance for your kind contributions.
Best regards,
Ahmet
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The Colourful Hopes Association (Rengarenk Umutlar Dernegi, RUMUD) organises playrooms, workshops for children aged 7 to 16 years on drama, photography, art, music, folklore, children’s rights and gender equality; conversations with leading professionals, artists and sportspeople; and visits to the theatre, cinema, sports events and local attractions. The Association has also established a library of 1500 books in various languages, to improve literacy and access to both educational materials and books to enjoy. Children can also borrow and play with toys from the “Tahir Elci Toy Library”.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, RUMUD conducted interviews with the families of the beneficiary children and identified that 90% of families did not have access to the internet which became a limiting factor for the implementation of their activities. As a response, RUMUD started using the teleconference method to continue working with the children in the outbreak. Turkey Mozaik Foundation provided a COVID-19 Support Fund to RUMUD in 2020. Further funds will allow to strengthen the internet infrastructure with a radio link system to be installed in 3 different locations of the Sur neighbourhood. This will enable the organisation to transfer its work to the digital environment and to continue the activities carried out with the children online. In this way, several workshops and psycho-social support will be provided for children with volunteers from various professions such as psychologists, social workers, health professionals and artists.
Turkey Mozaik Foundation also supported Colourful Hopes Association as part of the Children’s Fund in 2019. With the grant and the capacity building support, the Colourful Hopes Association aimed to strengthen its financial sustainability. An interview with RUMUD on their activities with this core grant can be found on Turkey Mozaik Foundation's website. (www.turkeymozaik.org.uk)
Turkey Mozaik Foundation instagram: @turkeymozaik
Colourful Hopes Association instagram: @rengarenkumutlardernegi