Health

The “My World” Project

Marking the first of several health-related projects, “My World” has been implemented in coordination with UNFPA (The United Nations Population Fund) since 2006. The “My World” Project carries over the peer education activities realized by UNFPA at various universities worldwide to the Doğuş Kids website, resulting in wider group access to these activities. Through this Project, Doğuş Kids helps children cope with the difficulties of their adolescent years, enabling them to identify the changes facing them, including the various growth processes. In 2007, the “My World” section of the Doğuş Kids website reached to 162,235 hits.

The “Experiment and Smile” Project

The Project was launched in 2006. The simple aim of the Project was to educate children about oral and dental care, as well as to establish protective dental health awareness through good practice since 84% of children under the age of 12 in Turkey were found to have cavities in their teeth.

• The Doğuş Kids healthcare caravan introduced oral and dental health and hygiene training to children at primary schools in Kırıkkale, Niğde, Aksaray, Karaman, Yozgat and Muğla between April-June 2007, reaching over 12,000 children, incorporation with the Turkish Ministry of Education.
• In order to create social responsibility awareness among these students and to expand the sphere of influence of the project, students were provided with packed soaps and were asked to write down messages on these packages covering what they learnt during the training sessions. Following the completion of the trainings, these packages were sent to their younger peers residing at the countrywide centers of the Prime Ministry of Turkey, Social Services and Child Protection Institute.