TOG in 2011 (Community Volunteers Foundation)

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Toplum

GnllleriVakf

Toplum Gnllleri VakfCommunity Volunteers Foundation

Toplum Gnllleri Vakf [TOG] is a foundation that contributes

tothe personal development of young people throughout Turkeybyenabling them to develop and participate in socialresponsibilityprojects as volunteers.


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Turkeys NeedDetails on the Youth of Turkey

Population: 70 million

Population ages 15-24: 13million

Percentage of Youth in thePopulation: 18.6%

Percentage of Youth in School:30%

Percentage of Youth Working:30%

Percentage of Youth Idle: 40%

Unemployment Rate: 10%

Unemployment Among Youth:

20%

Voter turnout in 2011 election:87%

Rank of Youth Participation:55th of 55 countries

GDP: $772 billion

Public Expenditure onEducation: 105th of 177countries

Rank on the HumanDevelopment Index: 84th of177 countries

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TOG creates opportunities for youth

to empower themselves

The report Studies on YouthPolicies in theMediterranean PartnerCountries notes that

Turkeys government hasrightly insisted, youth [are]the future of the country.

However, the report adds,no measures or targets toachieve this end have beentaken. This is a clear gap inthe governmental

institutional structure.

Through projects andtrainings that empoweryouth, TOG is part of thenon-governmentalframework filling in thegaps in the governments

youth policy.TOGs services are essentialto the youth of Turkey. Thegovernment entity thatprovides youth servicesbudgeted roughly 50 cents(in USD) per young personper year for 2008, a number

that is woefully inadequate.

Similarly, the governments

education budget is verysmall in comparison to thatof other countries and isallocated unevenly acrossregions.

Furthermore, Being Differentin Turkey notes that theeducational system is markedby a lack of creativestimulus, freedom, andinquiry in the formaleducational system. TOGcreates opportunities for

youth to empowerthemselves without the needfor government action.

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Toplum Gnllleri Vakf:Setting Young People in Motion

TOG works to create an

environment in which young

people can solve their problems

through volunteerism and shape

their own future.

Since 2002, TOG has worked in

over 65 cities in Turkey, providingsupport to young people to raise

their own voices and empower

themselves. The foundation

supports projects designed and

implemented by young people,

organizes peer-to-peer trainings,

helps young people create social

responsibility projects throughout

the year and mobilizes youth both

inside and outside the country.

TOG is involved in a wide variety

of projects to meet these aims.


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TOG:

Trains the trainers who implement peer-

to-peer trainings on subjects such as

volunteerism, project management, human

rights, social rights, reproductive health,

health literacy, and organizational

management.

Offers face-to-face support to university

student clubs according to their local

needs

Provides scholarship and internship

opportunities to young people.

Creates learning environments that

increase youth mobility, which in turn

supports learning from other young

people and youth organizations

Supports young peoples ideas on social

problems specific to their projects and

helps them finding financing for these

projects

Investigates and contacts stakeholders to

increase awareness of the needs of

university students in public sphere

TOG brings young people together so they can

learn by experience, and so they can contribute


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+Projects:Young people explain a few of TOGs programs

Health to Youth

This health literacy program

provides information on

solutions to health issues that

young people face. By preparing

young people to become peer

trainers, the program succeeds in

spreading important health

information to young people.

Its important for us and for

young people who need to know

the risks of sexually transmitted

infections and reproductive

health vulnerabilities, said

Duygu Gner, the project

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Youth and Social Rights

Training

Sometimes young people do not

know their rights, Alper Senturk,

the coordinator for the program,

explained. By coordinating

trainings, TOG enables young

people to inform their peers on

these issues using non-formal

educational methods.

The students come away from

trainings ready for action and

armed with new information. We

help them(Understand) when

(their) rights are violated,

Senturk explained.

European Voluntary Service

& Youth Centers

At the youth center we are

organizing English workshops

and taking part in other

activities I really enjoy it, said

Eliza Jaka, one of the EVS

volunteers hosted by TOG, when

she learned while volunteering in

Pink House, one of TOGs two

youth centers. After

participating in TOG youth

council and seeing TOG volunteer

projects, I am actually inspired

by how active the young people

in Turkey are I really enjoy my


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A study , conducted by N. Ekrem

Dzen through Izmir Universitys

Department of Psychology,

evaluated the effectiveness of

TOGs university clubs in helping

young people. Students who wereactive in the clubs scored higher

on all seven indicators than their

non-active classmates. These

indicators are important factors

that form the building blocks to a

successful society of fully

functioning citizens.

These indicators include:

Selfhood

Autonomy

Individuation

Self-efficacy

Social adjustment

Conformity

Noncompliance

Duzen, N. E. (2011). Left alone and left

behind: Impediments prohibiting Turkish

university youth to become political beings.

Paper presented in 34th Annual Scientific

Meeting of the International Society of Political

Psychology (ISPP), July 9-12, Istanbul, Turkey.

Evidence that TOGworks for Young People:


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35,812

volunteers

youth clubs in

universities and communities

101

people reached through

local, national, and

international projects

313.881

1,704,226volunteer hours

TOG by the Numbers in 2011:Our Response to the Needs of Youth

7,999,014

budget, in Turkish Liraprojects implemented

locally, nationally,

and internationally

844

percent of budget used

for administrative expenses

8

youth centers

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volunteers

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Please go to our website:

http://tog.org.tr/EN/

Or please use:Garanti Bank Baglarbasi Branch (422)USD : 9089635 (IBAN: TR 76 0006 2000 4220 0009 0896 35)

EURO: 9089634 (IBAN: TR 06 0006 2000 4220 0009 0896 34)

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9 years: some statistics


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TOPLUM GNLLLER VAKFI

(1 JANUARY31 DECEMBER 2011)

INCOME-EXPENDITURE (TL)

INCOME 2011

PERIOD INCOME 7.999.014

DONATIONS 2.100.245

EAR-MARKED PROJECT DONATIONS 2.362.387

EAR-MARKED FUNDS 78.549

SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS 1.539.151

MATERIAL DONATIONS 311.495

INTEREST INCOME 173.34

RECURRING FUNDS ANDSCHOLARSHIPS 1.051.780

OTHER INCOME 382.063

TOTAL INCOME 7.999.014

EXPENDITURE 2011

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

EXPENDITURE 502.757

CORE ACTIVITY EXPENDITURE 5.571.059

OTHER EXPENDITURE 67.087

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 6.140.903

PERIOD SURPLUS 1.858.111

RECURRING EARMARKED FUNDS 78.549

RECURRING PROJECT FUNDS ANDSCHOLARSHIPS 1.779.562

TRANSFER TO EQUITY 0

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 7.999.014

Audition: All the expenses of TOG are audited by an international audit company.

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