'Dad, Send Me to School' named best corporate social responsibility project

The "Dad, Send me to School" (BBOG) project has been picked as the best corporate social responsibility project in a study carried out by German GfK research institute and Capital business magazine.

According to the traditional "Corporate Social Responsibility Project Research" by GfK and Capital, BBOG became the most successful project in the eyes of the Turkish public.

The project, which was initiated by the Do?an Group in 2005 and undertaken by the Ayd?n Do?an Foundation in 2015, aims to create equal educational opportunities for young girls across Turkey. 

It has so far built 33 dormitories for girls, established schools in 12 villages and granted education scholarships to over 10,000 girls. 

By undertaking the construction of five dormitories and giving scholarships, the Ayd?n Do?an Foundation has been the project's largest donor.  

In its 10th year, the BBOG project has had over 300,000 individual donors and reached over 35 million Turkish Liras worth of donations.

The BBOG project also carries out other various activities in collaboration with NGOs. 

To date, these collaborations have included a two-day-long special training session for the administrators of regional primary boarding schools, organized jointly with the Turkish Association of Private Schools, and training seminars for 500 parents in five cities around the theme "My Child and I," in conjunction with the Mother and Child Education Foundation (AÇEV).

Moreover, seminars on hygiene and health, in cooperation with the Turkish Family Health and Planning Foundation, and seminars entitled "Our Body and Health," in cooperation with Eczac?ba??, were administered for the girls residing at the dormitories.

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