Kecioren Municipality

National Network
Türkiye
Address

Guclukaya Mahallesi, Fatih Caddesi, Cagla Sokak, No:2 Kecioren
Ankara/
Turkey

Telephone
+903123592125
Fax
+903123582968
E-Mail
yelda.ahmetoglu@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Gender
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Youth and education
General Information
Kecioren Municipality The Directorate of Social Welfare Affairs is an important place within the scope of serving for all disadvanged groups such as elderly, retired, women, young people, children, disabled, migrants from rural in society. It is working with a great service team to offer those services. It provides cash assitance to those who need, share their common problems and take preventive measures, produse projects on the fields of social services and also direct administer grants on the one hand which based on civil society and volunteerism for all society in Keçiören district. Some of the offered services are • Social Aid In 2011, 29 families benefited from hot meal services, 106 families from clothing aid, 102 person from personal care, 4109 family from food aid, 98 households from furniture aid. Also, 320 packages rags, 587 packages meat aid, 67 baby biscuits were delivered to the individuals in need. • Elderly Home The elderly on 60 years of age residens at this institution. Our institution is one of three institutions dependent to the local governments. Our’ s main difference from others, is Keçiören Nursing House is free of charge. There are about 90 elderly in the nursing house of Keçiören Directorate of Social Welfare Affairs. The staff of nursing house works in 3 shifts. Doctor, nurse, social worker, laboratory, food engineers, sociologist, nurse ... totaly 51 staff are serving. • Disability Services Psycho- social support, legal consultancy, vehicle for transportation are provided with the aim of disabled people to facilitate their socio- cultural activities. Approximately 1000 disabled and their families are registered in to Disabled Counseling Center. • Women’ s Counseling Center and Women’ s Shelter On December 2010, Women’s Conselling Center started to operate under Keçiören Municipality. Psychologist, social worker and child development specialists are working in this center. 100 women were interviewed individually and approximately 300 people applied by phonesince the center started to operate. The center provides consultancy services for women and children who exposed to violence. Onthe other hand, Women’s Shelter is established very recently and went to serve on October 2011. It offers a safety shelter to women and children who are under violence. The average length of stay is three months. After three months, this period may be extended depending on the women situation. The capacity of shelter is for 20 women and 20 children.
Mission and Objectives

To provide our residents with comfortable, peaceful, safe and healthy environment, as well as up to date and innovative municipal services with experienced, enthusiastic and qualified staff, using the latest technology available.
Vision:
To become a leading municipality in terms of direct engagement with our society, innovation, high-quality life, and services that adhere to world standards.
Our Values:
Transparency: All municipal work and procedures will be transparent.
Accessibility: We will take necessary measures to ensure the accessibility of information, services and the management to all our residents and employees.
Productivity: We will keep productivity in the forefront of all our activities and services.
Participation: We will create a mechanism to ensure the participation of our residents in decision processes.
Ecological Awareness: We will conduct all our activities and services with keeping the safety and health of our environment in mind.
Honesty: We will serve all our residents honestly and equally.
Innovative Approach: We will strive to bring innovative services to our residents.

Main Projects / Activities

Other projects implemented by the Directorate:
• Academy Volunteer
Volunteer activities had been started on April 2011 and esatblished at 1 November 2011. Academy Volunteer has around 100 members who trained on the issue of volunteer. Elderly, children, people with disabilities are ensured to participate in social activities.
• Disabled Employment Support Unit Project
Employers and the disabled are brought together in this project. We provide a guiding for disabled in the process of adaptation to work.
Although our Disabled Employment Support Unit is very new, the operators in the office follow 4 mentaly disabled person employed during the whole adaptation process and gives guidance.
• The First Day on Abroad is Difficult, Let’s Make It Easy for You Keçiören Municipality provided transportation and guide for students whose have right to attend to university from putside of Ankara. Also disabled and people in need were provided accommodation and food
services. In this project 1580 students were benefited from guidance services, 2370 people from transportation services and 630 people benefited from accomodation with their families.
• European Voluntary Services
On 25 th of October 2011, Keçiören Municipality the Directorate of Social Welfare Affairs is accredited in European Vountary Services on themes of disabled and gender equality.
• Certainly Mom
International Knowledge Bridges were assembled within the framework of the Grundtvig Projects. Relavent institutions and association in Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland, Austria and Belgium were mutually visited, the violence against women and their problems were discussed in an international level and our services were told.

Contact (1) Full Name
Gelnta ACHMET OGLOU
Head of the organisation
Directorate of SocialWelfare Affairs