A cooperation protocol was signed between Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and Beylikdüzü Municipality, covering the Turkey Feeding Hour and Izmir95 projects. Reminding that Selvi Kılıçdaroğlu, the spouse of the Nation Alliance Presidential Candidate and CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who attended the ceremony, led the project, the President Tunç Soyer“If you can't find a patron like Selvi Hanım for this project, you have a hard time explaining it. I would like to thank Selvi Hanım in your presence. Glad he's spearheading this project. I am grateful to him. We will strongly spread the project all over Turkey,” she said.
The cooperation protocol, which includes the Turkey Nutrition Hour project led by Selvi Kılıçdaroğlu, the spouse of the Nation Alliance Presidential Candidate and Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and the İzmir95 application, was signed between İzmir Metropolitan Municipality and İstanbul Beylikdüzü Municipality.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer The ceremony held for the Certificate of Goodwill and Cooperation signed by the Mayor of Beylikdüzü, Mehmet Murat Çelik, was held at the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Ornekköy Social Projects Department Campus.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerSelvi Kılıçdaroğlu, the wife of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the Presidential Candidate of the Nation Alliance and the Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), hosted the program hosted by Karşıyaka Mayor Cemil Tugay, Mayor of Beylikdüzü Mehmet Murat Çelik, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer's wife, Neptün Soyer, the spouses of the district mayors, the female administrators of the CHP İzmir Provincial Organization, the parliamentary candidates, the members of the municipal councils, bureaucrats, the heads of the professional chambers, unions and cooperatives.
“I would like to thank Tunç President and his wife”
Speaking at the signing ceremony, which started with the plays and performances of the children on the campus, Selvi Kılıçdaroğlu said, “Our children are smiling today. We want you to always smile. Let's always see that sparkle in your eyes. Since resources are not distributed equally in our country, most of our children do not have access to adequate and correct food. Thank you very much to our mayors. I would also like to thank Tunç President and his wife. Many municipalities have started and continue to work in this way. Our aim is to reach children who cannot reach enough food and to provide adequate support. But we certainly don't want this to happen again. Our goal is to bring everyone to the same situation, to have access to healthy food for everyone. I believe that will happen too. Our municipalities do this, but it should also be done by the state. This is our aim. I hope we will see much better days together," he said.
“I am grateful for the patronage of Ms. Selvi”
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, who stated that Selvi Kılıçdaroğlu led the project and drew attention to the importance of equality of opportunity in education and equality in social life. Tunç Soyer“We deliver 113 liters of milk per month to our 8 thousand children under the name of Dairy Lamb. Our second main title is; Izmir95 project. Because we know that by the time they reach 95 cm, children mature the whole story about their development. The period in which both their mental and physical development are determined is the period until they reach that 95 cm. If we say equal opportunity in education and equality in social life, we have to give equal opportunities to our children. We put materials from raisins to hazelnuts in the lunchboxes of approximately 30 thousand students, which have high nutritional value and will ensure their satiety. We know that all of our children, from education to food at this age, will be very decisive for their future. But there is a fact; No matter how good your projects are, if you can't find a patron like Selvi Hanım, you have a hard time explaining it. But Selvi Hanım's pregnancy has two important consequences. First, it magnifies the courage and priority given to this issue by us, the project implementers. Second, it serves as an important locomotive for the project to become widespread. I would like to thank Selvi Hanım in your presence. Good thing she's spearheading this project, she. I am grateful to him. We will strongly spread the project all over Turkey,” she said.
“We will apply what we will learn from İzmir in Beylikdüzü”
Beylikdüzü Mayor Mehmet Murat Çelik said, “We have heard the cry of mothers who say that we cannot afford our children. The students had nothing to put in their lunchboxes. Today, with the integration with the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and the Izmir95 project, with what we will learn from Izmir, I hope, after May 15, we will establish an order in which no child goes to bed hungry, as our president said. No child's destiny can be poverty. The project implemented by our Tunç President here is magnificent. It will definitely be one of the projects that we will learn and implement in Beylikdüzü.”
What is the Izmir95 project?
With the İzmir95 project carried out by İzmir Metropolitan Municipality with Boğaziçi University Psychology Research and Application Center (BÜPAM) Bebek95 Early Childhood Unit, support is provided to mothers and children after pregnancy and childbirth. With the project started in the pilot regions Konak, Menemen, Tire and Menderes, more than a thousand home visits were made this year. The project, in which the supervisor, home visitor, psychological counselor and psychologist take charge, is being expanded in 30 districts of the city.
Within the scope of the project, named after 3 cm, which is accepted as the average height of a healthy 95-year-old child by the World Health Organization, home visitors are invited to visit pregnant women in the regions, starting from the seventh month of pregnancy, 3 times before birth and once every 2 weeks after birth. He visits the family 27 times in total until he reaches his age. In these meetings, necessary information is given for the healthy growth of the baby. It continues these activities with the baby and mother by introducing the games and books that support the development of the baby to the families.
With the İzmir95 project carried out by the Social Projects Department, mothers also feel safer. Families are brought together with all the services and projects of the Metropolitan Municipality, from social assistance to sports activities. The Metropolitan Municipality, which also organizes seminars on everything from sleep to feeding to cover babies aged 0-3 and their parents, also conducts workshops and parental guidance programs in 30 districts of the city.
With the İzmir95 project, “Pregnant Nutrition Package” is also distributed to expectant mothers. Within the scope of the project, which started with the slogan “Every child has the right to a good start”, healthy food packages are distributed to mothers who want to benefit from this service for 4 months, starting from the 9th month of their pregnancy until the end of the 5th month.
The number of Fairytale Houses has increased to 17
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality continues to distribute "Welcome Baby Set" in order to contribute to the needs of families with babies between 0-3 months. Delivering this set to approximately 10 thousand families this year, the Metropolitan Municipality carries out the project simultaneously in 30 districts of İzmir.
The Fairy Tale Houses project was implemented by considering the developmental characteristics of children aged 36-53 months in a holistic manner. In Fairy Tale Houses, children are provided with a pleasant and safe environment, and mothers are provided with supportive services and vocational courses. The number of Fairy Tale Houses in İzmir increased to 17.