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Turkish Red Crescent

Turkish Red Crescent is providing aid for needy and defenseless people in disasters and usual periods as a proactive organization developing cooperation in the society, providing safeblood and decreasing vulnerability. The Society is a not-for-profit, volunteer-based social service institution providing unconditional aid and service, and is a corporate body governed by special legal provisions. It makes no discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. It endeavors to relieve the suffering of individuals, being guided solely by their needs, and to give priority to the most urgent cases of distress.

16 January 2020

 

Contributions

Adaptation of Operational Activities to Humanitarian Crises – COVID-19 pandemic

Report

Turkish Red Crescent’s (TRC) Kızılaykart Cash Based Assistance Programmes Coordinatorship continues to work relentlessly with the aim to develop shock-responsiveness and continue to alleviate human suffering caused by conflicts, involuntary migration and socioeconomic challenges in the face of the constantly evolving situation. Despite the ongoing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, TRC has...

3 February 2022

Cash Assistance in Times of COVID-19 / Findings from the Post-distribution Monitoring (PDM) Survey (Round 10)

Report

The Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) is currently the largest cash assistance programme under the KIZILAYKART Platform. It has reached more than 1.7 million refugees with monthly cash stipends to help refugees cover their basic needs while giving them full agency with the freedom of choice.
The Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) surveys are important tools to assess the utilization and the...

31 March 2021

Livelihood Transition of the ESSN | Capacity Mapping and Understanding the Potential

Report

The Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme is reaching more than 1.7 million refugees with monthly cash assistance to help them cover their basic needs and providing them with freedom of choice while promoting dignity. On the other hand, the project aims to increase affected people’s economic and social resilience and self-sufficiency by reducing their dependency on cash assistance in...

23 September 2020

The Impact of The COVID-19 Development on Beneficiaries of Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Program

Report

As of 19 April 2020, the Ministry of Health reported more than 86,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases with almost 2,000 deaths in Turkey. The Government of Turkey has introduced a series of containment
measures, including closing of schools, shopping malls and businesses; a curfew for individuals above 65 or under 20 years and those with critical health conditions; as well as banning public...

3 June 2020

ESSN Programme Technical Analysis

Report

The Technical Analysis study has been conducted with the aim of referring the individuals in the ESSN Programme beneficiary pool to the livelihoods in terms of its scope and content. With the purpose of increasing beneficiaries’ economic and social resilience and self-sufficiency by reducing their dependency on cash assistance in the forthcoming period, studies are conducted for the...

2019

Kızılaykart Cash Based Assistance, Information Note

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Following the first refugee wave in May 2011, refugees from Syria has continued to seek asylum in Turkey. As a result of the open-door policy between 2011 and 2015, Syrians were welcomed by the Turkish government and obtained legal status under temporary protection. Subsequently, Turkey is hosting more than 3.4 million refugees who are living in temporary accommodation centers and urban areas...

2019

Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Programme Technical Analysis Report

Report

The Emergency Social Safety Net Programme (ESSN) was launched as
a result of partnership between the European Union and Turkey on
20 October 2016 as a pilot study. The programme which provides
cash assistance through Kızılaykart to 1.5 million foreigners that meet
the criterion was extended nationwide on 28 November 2016.
The Republic of Turkey and The European Union have come to an

2019