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