Orphan
Most of the orphans who have lost their families and are left unattended and unprotected are found in the Islamic geography. Human trafficking and child labor are some of the threats. Malicious organizations reach millions of orphans even in Muslim countries and use them for their own interests.
As IHH, we strive to support hundreds of thousands of orphans in dozens of countries. We work non-stop to support orphans until they grow up and stand on their own feet, and to meet all their needs from shelter to health, education to food. We want them to live in their own land, in their own culture, with their relatives, without needing anyone. For orphans who have lost their parents and cannot live with their relatives, we are building orphanages where they will feel like a family.
Every month, we support more than 133 thousand orphaned children in 43 countries and 80 cities in Türkiye in areas such as education, health, food and shelter. We provide periodical aid to more than 1 million orphans every year.
What say you to changing the lives of orphans with an armful of goodness?
Support orphansHow do we provide for Orphans?
We have developed several methods to carry out orphans’ education, healthcare, food, clothing, and shelter expenses, give away new outfits to keep them smiling during the holidays, and fund the construction of orphanages anytime in a year where they can grow up in a safe environment. These are as follows:
- Orphan Sponsorship Program
With this system, an individual, family, organization, friend circle, classroom or school can sponsor an orphan; by donating 24$ on a monthly basis, this contribute significantly to the education, healthcare, food, clothing and shelter needs for the sponsored orphan.
- Orphan Education Sponsorship
We will continue to support orphans until they are able to stand on their own two feet. Through the Orphan Education Sponsorship, we help our children over the age of 18 continue their education until they find employment. Our youth who have the opportunity to complete their education in this manner are independent and able to contribute to their family, community, and nation.
- Project Sponsorship
Project based relief activities such as orphanage and house construction or renovation, educational materials, healthcare can be sponsored by a certain person or body. Those who volunteer to sponsor a project can bear the expenses of an entire orphanage construction or parts of it like a library, dormitory, kitchen, or a hall. The volunteering sponsors can also contribute to the expenses of one-year maintenance of an orphanage. If you would like to sponsor a project or build an orphanage please call 0212 631 2121 to get in touch with IHH Orphan-care Office.
- Orphan Support Pool
Apart from the Orphan Sponsorship Program and Project Sponsorship, all donations made to orphans are collected in the Orphan Support pool. The funds collected in this pool are then used for orphanage renovation, setting up a library or a dormitory, healthcare, organizing social activities for orphans, purchasing Eid outfits for orphans.
- Classes Competing for Goodness
A classroom of pre-school, primary school, high school, private school, and madrasa students in Turkey who donate their pocket money to raise $22 per month can meet the monthly needs of an orphan throughout the year with this aid campaign. Through the campaign supported by the Ministry of National Education and Eğitim Bir Sen, benevolent students in 1.928 institutions took care of more than 5,000 orphans in Turkey and around the world in 2021. If you are a student or parent, you can join this campaign by contacting your school. For more information call the IHH Orphan Department on +90(212) 631 2121.
42 orphanages, 1 Education Village and 1 Education Center in 12 countries
- Why does IHH open orphanages?
IHH orphanages serve beyond places of accommodation where orphans sleep in. They are built according to the particular conditions of the region and often hold strategic importance. In some countries, Muslims are oppressed, and their children are unable to receive education in their mother tongue and in Islamic subjects. Orphanages built by IHH in these regions meet both the need for accommodation and education. Orphanages built in Pakistan after a major earthquake were aimed at protecting the children against missionary organizations. IHH orphanages and colleges that evolved into educational institutions are regarded as the most prestigious educational institutions in the country. The education center that opened in 2013 in Somalia, which has been plagued by civil war for the past 20 years, features a school, a mosque, a dormitory, a medical center, and a playground. 1.500 students, including 400 boarding students study there. The education center aims to equip children who had to quit school due to civil war or poverty with the necessary skills and qualifications to join society. This is the biggest investment in children, who are the future of the country as it aims to help them..
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Orphan Solidarity Days
Every year, IHH organizes teams of volunteers who set out from Türkiye to visit orphans all over the world, provide aid, open orphanages, regularly inspect the work, make orphans happy, and meet their needs. We call this goodness mobilization Orphan Solidarity Days. Orphan Solidarity Days is one of the most important activities we organize for orphans throughout the year.
Among the realized projects:
- Buying home furnishings for families of orphans
- Covering renovation expenses for orphanages
- Vocational training for orphan families with vocational courses
- Facilitating medical check-ups
- Helping orphans without economic means get married
- Providing stationery and books needed
- Organizing picnics and kite festivals