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Following the February 6 earthquakes, the disaster coordination efforts initiated by the Turkey Social Entrepreneurship Network (TSEN), of which İstasyonTEDU is one of the founding partners, continue for cooperatives, social enterprises and communities in the earthquake-affected regions. The first action taken was the establishment of the TSEN Help Desk.
The following activities were carried out in the scope of TSEN Help Desk.
Project Writing Support
Immediately after the earthquake, TSEN Helpdesk worked to facilitate access to those providing support in areas of urgent need. For example, within the scope of the Small Support Fund of the Support Foundation for Civil Society, İstasyonTEDU provided project writing support to Yer Çizenler - Mapping for Everyone Association and the project was entitled to be funded. Within the scope of the project, information on damaged and intact buildings, roads and services in the disaster area was collected, mapped and published as open source that can also be used offline, which is a very critical data in times of disasters.
Social Innovation Transfer Panels
Two Social Innovation Transfer Panels, which aim to make visible the social innovation practices both in the post-disaster region and globally and to create a basis for new solutions together, was held on May 26th and July 7th. In the first panel, Saha and Yuva; and in the second panel, Anadolu Meraları and Erişilebilir Herşey presented the innovative solutions they implemented in the earthquake zone.
You can watch these panels here:
1st Meeting:
2nd Meeting:
Machinery & Equipment Support to 11 Women's Cooperatives Affected by the Earthquake
As part of the TSEN Help Desk activities, cooperatives and social enterprises in the earthquake affected region were connected one-on-one. They stated that they could start production if their damaged machinery and equipment were supplied. Needs lists were created on the website www.listiyo.com which is also a social enterprise, and these lists were disseminated by TSEN members.
In the meantime, the Ahbap Association, which had announced its willingness to support women's cooperatives affected by the earthquake, was contacted and 100,000 Euros of international funding was found to meet the needs. Throughout the process, communication between Ahbap Association and the cooperatives was maintained. All cooperatives received their machinery/equipment by November 2023, started to produce again and earn income to sustain their cooperatives.
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