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TURKEY - (TUR)
What are the support programs for newly arrived
families and their children?

- After enrolling your children to school you can apply to Kizilay for
the CCTE (the Conditional Cash Transfer for Education) program.
This program enables refugee families to get cash support if their
children attend school regularly (at least %80 in a month). For more
information you can check the website https://www.unicef.org/
turkey/şartlı-eğitim-yardımı-programı-şey or you can call 168.

- Project Hope was a study carried out as a part of a program for
Syrian refugee children in Turkey, who face serious language and
mental health barriers to educational success. The researchers
used a carefully designed set of instructional interventions to
determine how best to overcome these barriers. These included
Cerego, an adaptive learning application; Minecraft, the popular
building game; and other games to teach skills like coding. A total
of 147 children were assigned to either the intervention or control
group. Of all the interventions, Cerego was rated by participants
as the most enjoyable and most effective. Post-intervention Turkish
tests confirmed the effectiveness of Cerego which resulted in an
improved understanding of Turkish, a crucial factor in the children’s
educational future, especially integration into local schools.

- Together with the Ministry of Family, labor and social services, it
works to improve child protection services. It provides psychosocial
support to children exposed to war by establishing “Child-friendly
areas” in and outside the camps. It provides training to adolescents
and young people to take positive roles in their communities. Also it
meets basic needs such as vaccination, food, school supplies and
clothing support.

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