With the launch of the “One Child, One Wish” mission initiated by the governorship of Istanbul, the desires of 5,013 orphaned kids registered with the Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundation are coming true.
“As the governorship of Istanbul, on the 100th anniversary of our republic, our foremost desire is to fulfill the wishes of our orphaned children, thereby contributing to their happiness. We eagerly anticipate the invaluable support of philanthropists in making these wishes come true. While parents can never be replaced, we acknowledge that each of us carries a burden of sorrow, and we must not forget that sharing happiness can alleviate this sorrow,” Gül said.
The “One Child, One Wish” mission began with a letter despatched by Istanbul Governor Davut Gül to five,013 orphaned kids of households with inadequate monetary earnings and registered with the Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundation.
In the letter, every little one can be requested to jot down three needs. The solutions to the letters despatched to the youngsters by the social staff have been acquired from the youngsters and categorised by the social staff every week in the past.
The kids’s needs can be revealed on the “www.1cocuk1dilek.org” web site ready for the mission. While a few of the kids made needs resembling telephones, tablets, computer systems, toys, skates, scooters, bicycles and skateboards, others needed to go on vacation or to a course, academic scholarships, clothes help, stationery, desks, box-spring beds and youngsters’s bed room units.
In the want field, there are needs resembling assembly President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, visiting Anıtkabir, occurring pilgrimage, having their father’s grave constructed, watching the match of the group in a stadium, the jersey of the group they help, going to the amusement park, a parrot, a battery-powered disabled automobile, a violin and a commencement costume.
Philanthropists can fulfill the youngsters’s needs via the web site or by donating to the Istanbul Children’s Foundation.
Gül hosted a few of the kids who expressed their needs inside the scope of the mission on the governorship’s constructing in Cağaloğlu.
Gül said that along with 5,013 orphaned kids, additionally they included round 1,500 different kids below state safety within the mission and despatched letters.
Stating that philanthropic residents confirmed nice curiosity within the mission, Gül stated that the ages, genders and requests of the youngsters who despatched their needs district by district might be seen on the “One Child, One Wish” web site.
Gül addressed the requests with a heartfelt sentiment, expressing, “The wishes these children present, much like those of our own children, vary in their feasibility – some may be within reach, while others are more challenging. However, our outlook on these youngsters mirrors our perspective on our offspring. With three wishes at hand, they are attainable.”
“There exists a wish, and we are committed to granting it. Whatever desires our children hold, rest assured, we will make every effort to fulfill them.”
Seventeen-year-old Cafer Sucu, a participant within the “One Child, One Wish” mission, resides in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district along with his mom and 4 siblings, sustaining their livelihood via rented lodging. He shared that familial points led him to discontinue education and that their residence and his mom’s employment offered ongoing challenges.
Sucu conveyed their immense problem in making ends meet, mentioning his makes an attempt to earn pocket cash via day by day labor, but discovering it inadequate.
About the requests he submitted for the mission, Sucu disclosed: “I penned my plea for a house, a mobile phone and assistance for my mother’s work. Among these wishes, securing a house holds the utmost significance for me.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com