Menekşe Organizasyon Sosyal Yardımlaşma ve dayanışma Derneği

"As response to the Syrian conflict and deteriorating humanitarian situation in 2011, a number of young volunteers joint together to deliver aid. Violet is a humanitarian organization (founded July 2011; registered in Turkey as Menekşe Organizasyon Sosyal Yardımlaşma ve dayanışma Derneği in 2014) and well-established with projects such as provision of food, health, humanitarian aid, in-kind donations, livelihood projects and cash assistance to beneficiaries mainly Idleb and Northern Aleppo. Additionally, Violet is supporting Syrian refugees in Turkey. The organization‘s response is not only focused on emergency response, but on the immediate implementation of long-impact health, livelihood and education sector projects in its operational areas. Despite the longstanding crisis, the situation is still devastating in Syria. Violet set the objective to provide the most vulnerable men, women, girls and boys in our accessible areas with basic needs, education and medical care in the emergency stage and the ability to overcome negative coping mechanisms. While spreading the efforts in different sectors such as food security, livelihoods, education, health, WASH, shelter and non-food items and emergency response – Violet is following one motivation: strengthening the resilience of people and communities. Working towards a better future means not only to provide live saving assistance and access to the basic needs and essential services; but also to ensure sustainability through improving livelihoods, economic support including the provision of the business grants and vocational training, access to formal and non-formal education for youth and children and building long-term infrastructures. Only through equality, inclusion and empowerment, they will be enabled to overcome negative coping mechanisms. In all programs, protection is a centrality."