Education That Returns Hope
In Türkiye, many Syrian refugee children are growing up without safe learning spaces or opportunities to rebuild their futures.
READ Foundation works with local partners to restore education where children have lost their childhood to conflict and displacement. We create safe environments where they can learn, recover, and grow. Our programmes focus on protection, wellbeing, and access to quality education. Together, we are making sure children have support to move forward with dignity and purpose.
Education builds resilience, restores futures, and protects children’s dreams
Along the Türkiye–Syria border, emergencies disrupt daily life and take education away from children first. In response, READ Foundation has created safe learning spaces, offering education and providing emotional support to refugee children in Türkiye. We help children regain routine, rebuild confidence, and reconnect with learning, all they need to have a bright future, no matter the crises.
10
Safe learning spaces established.
14,590
Students gained access to education.
31,000+
Children have been educated since 2019.
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Safe Learning Spaces
Informal education in Arabic, English, maths, and core subjects. Teachers trained for conflict contexts deliver seven to ten-month cycles. Out-of-school children rebuild academic foundations.
Youth Livelihoods
Young refugee adults in Şanlıurfa gain employment skills and economic stability through business registration support, apprenticeship programme access, and full Open Education enrolment.
Protection Systems
Vulnerable children receive case management, care plans, and protection referrals. Parents attend awareness sessions. The Al Salaam Centre supports 50 caregivers with separate well-being care.
Frequently Asked Questions
We run 3 main programmes. Safe learning spaces provide informal education in Arabic, English, maths, and subjects across 10 locations. Youth employment supports young adults with business registration and apprenticeships. Child protection is integrated throughout: case management, care plans, referrals, and parent training for caregivers. Programmes run across Türkiye and the Turkish-controlled Syrian border for Syrian refugees.
Al Salaam Centre follows accredited non-formal curricula for nearly 200 children. Child-Friendly Spaces use less structured approaches focusing on safety, resilience, and wellbeing alongside learning. Both provide education and psychosocial support, but Child-Friendly Spaces prioritise protective environments.
Al Salaam Centre provides psychosocial support for 50 caregivers separately from children’s activities. Child-Friendly Spaces deliver awareness sessions on child protection topics. Supporting caregivers strengthens family systems. When parents understand protection and receive mental health support, they’re better able to help children through displacement challenges. Parent engagement runs alongside all children’s programmes.
Since 2019, we’ve reached over 31,000 students through Education in Emergencies programmes across the region. Learning spaces run seven to ten-month cycles. Currently, 14,590 students access education across 10 locations in Türkiye and Turkish-controlled Syrian areas. In 2024, we supported 535 young adults with employment, nearly 200 through Al Salaam Centre, 14,000+ through Child-Friendly Spaces, plus 109 children in youth clubs.
Teachers receive Education in Emergencies training for conflict contexts. Training covers classroom management for trauma-affected students, lesson planning for varying academic levels after missed schooling, and psychosocial support integration throughout daily teaching.
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