Turkish Red Crescent Aydin City Branch

We are provincial branch of Turkish Red Crescent in Aydın. Turkish Red Crescent Aydin City Branch was established on 20.06.1973 and continues its activities by taking the power from the volunteers. In total, 395 volunteers (only 30 volunteers are active) work together with only two salaried employees. Unfortunately, the number of volunteers was 780 people in 2016. So our organization continues to work to increase the number of volunteers. Turkish Red Crescent Aydin City Branch is working about; Disaster and First Aid, Disabled people, Disadvantageous children/women, Youth studies, Youth exchanges, Youth policies, Being volunteer, Entrepreneurship, Refugees, , Human Rights. We are working in cooperation with students’ clubs in Adnan Menderes University and also students’ clubs in high schools. The aim of the organization; General aim of our organization is to increase the capacity of young people , so youth can affect the decision making mechanism. In accordance with this purpose Turkish Red Crescent Aydin City tries to raise awareness of being volunteer, social policies, entrepreneurship , refugees, disasters and first aid. www.kizilay.org.tr (link is external) From the time of its establishment in 1868, the Turkish Red Crescent, besides contributing to the development of social welfare has been providing, presenting and offering various and important services for social solidarity such as shelter and protection to the poor and needy, aids for nourishment and health care , blood, disaster operations, international aids, social services, health, first aid, education and youth, housing, immigration and refugee protection as well as operating mineral water facilities. Disaster Management and Coordination: The Turkish Red Crescent has one of the best disaster organizations of the world with its disaster response and disaster logistic system that it has extended nation wide. Blood Services: The Turkish Red Crescent aims to meet all the blood needs of our country from safe and continuous donators with its Regional Blood Centers, Blood Donation Centers and mobile blood donation vehichels. International Services: The Turkish Red Crescent has lent a hand to 137 countries from its establishment to the present and in the last 10 years it had disaster operations in 78 different countries in times of natural and human related disasters. Social Services: The Turkish Red Crescent is with the people needing help not only in times of disaster but in 365 days a year. Health Services: The Turkish Red Crescent solves diversified health problems with its qualified health personnel in the hospitals and medical centers with modern technology. First Aid: The Turkish Red Crescent targets the first aid awairness to become widespread in the community with the educational programs it arranges and organizes in First Aid Centers within its body. Education and Youth Services: The Turkish Red Crescent carries out educational works for the development of being a Red Crescent person and the concept and culture of people helping each other to develop in early ages. The Turkish Red Crescent encourages the youth to become Red Crescent volunteers through Turkish Red Crescent branches, Youth Organizations, University Libraries and Communities. Immigration And Refugee Services: The Turkish Red Crescent’s Immigration and Refugee Services Directorate provides services to the refugees who take shelter in our country in their enterances and exits and housing and shelters and at the stage of their deportation. OUR MISSION "Providing aid for needy and defenseless people indisasters and usual periods as a proactive organization,developing cooperation in the society, providing safeblood and decreasing vulnerability". OUR VISION “Organisation which is taken as a model in Humanitarian aid service in Turkey and in the world; and the Organisation which is with people in their hardest time".