This e-book is not Hatay alone. It gathers social, digital, green and civic practices from five partners in one cover. The Toolkit ties the cases to modules; the full document is the PDF.
Contents · 13 parts
Türkiye · Hatay
The Light Within Our Hearts
Yüreğimizdeki Işık (The Light Within Our Hearts) was set up under the coordination of Hatay Governorship after the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş-centred earthquakes. It stands with children and young people in Hatay who were orphaned in the disaster, and runs education, health, psychological support, basic needs and social participation together.
- Home visits are organised under the Governorship; education, health and social-assistance offices take part.
- The Yüreğimizdeki Işık Association channels citizen and civil-society support. It works alongside the public institutions; it does not cover every cost on its own.
Türkiye · Hatay
Social Entrepreneurship Centre for People with Disabilities
The centre brings people with disabilities into production and eases daily life with prosthetic and orthotic support. It aims at medical, psychosocial, rehabilitation and independent-living support, especially for children who lost limbs on 6 February.
- Sculpture, clay, origami, mosaic; wooden toys and traditional games; library and audio library; discovery area; cinema and theatre.
- Orthotics, prosthetics and rehabilitation; the “If I Were in Your Place” unit and museum; sports and coordination; a production hub for women with disabilities and mothers of children with disabilities.
- Not only rehabilitation: a social-entrepreneurship model of inclusion.
Türkiye · Hatay
HayatHatay
HayatHatay is a brand and project led by Hatay Governorship. It brings together handmade products of Hatay women’s cooperatives — olive oil, paste, jam, spices, olives — at hayathatay.com.tr.
- About 53 women’s cooperatives.
- The aim is to present cultural richness and handmade products, strengthen Hatay women, and support regional development and cultural heritage.
- Alongside shopping, it is a social-responsibility step. Income through the cooperatives contributes to the region’s economic and social development.
North Macedonia
Digitalization for Social Impact
The project equipped young people with digital skills and a mindset of social responsibility. Technical competence and civic values shared one learning space.
- Focus: data analysis, web development, social-media marketing, digital advocacy.
- Outcomes: employability, social ventures, peer–mentor–NGO networks, access to information, digital advocates, lifelong learning and cultural awareness.
North Macedonia
Inclusive Youth — Shaping a Participatory Future
Co-funded by the Cyprus National Agency and Erasmus+, the project made young people active participants. Environment, education, employment, economy, culture and volunteering sat at the same table.
- Seminars on economy, European history, sport, environment, careers. Volunteering: park clean-ups, cultural events.
- Bi-communal dialogue: round tables, festivals, joint youth projects — peacebuilding.
- Aims: inclusive space, civic literacy, visibility of underrepresented youth, intercultural cooperation.
North Macedonia
KIGO — Kids on the go
KIGO’s goal is healthy lifestyles through daily basic sport, in line with WHO and European Commission warnings on childhood obesity and sedentary life.
- Daily cycling for enjoyment, socialisation and sustainable transport.
- Second aim: a European network of partners and a replicable physical-didactic toolkit.
Portugal · AESAS
APesas — parents’ association site
The AESAS Parents’ Association brings family, school and community closer and carries citizenship, inclusion and social responsibility. The site is the public face of that work.
- Community support campaigns, inclusive programmes, publication of citizenship-education events.
- Concrete action for a fairer, more participative, better-informed society.
Portugal · AESAS
Environmental projects and social responsibility
The Alberto Sampaio cluster has been in Eco-Schools since 2006/2007. TO-BE-GREEN recovers end-of-life clothing; visits cover water and waste plants; Eco-Codes, gardens, audits and recycling points are monitored.
- Picoto Hill: invasive-species removal with Braga City Council and exchange students.
- Erasmus+ GREENLIGHT: energy literacy for ages 15–17 with partners in Türkiye, Greece, North Macedonia and Portugal.
- KA122 Know the Land, Preserve Life: teacher mobility on zero waste, heritage and diversity.
- Family Week: “Families and Students Together for Water” — videos, quizzes, posters.
Portugal · AESAS
Christmas market
Language teachers invited students to run a Christmas market of books, goods and food. Each class prepared its own stall. Money went to institutions chosen by the classes.
- Aim: a spirit of sharing and awareness of social causes.
- Donations: an organisation for abandoned animals and one that helps victims of violence.
Türkiye · Söke
Blue-Green School
A district-wide sustainability drive in Söke schools: environmental awareness and lifelong eco-habits from an early age. Energy efficiency, recycling, water conservation, mindful consumption.
- Recycling stations, composting, organic gardens, waste-reduction challenges.
- Visual rule: Reduce, Refuse, Reuse, Recycle, Rot.
- Motto: “Small Steps, Big Changes.”
Türkiye · Söke
Not a Discussion, But a Negotiation
A Söke District Directorate project for peace, dialogue and constructive conflict resolution. Secondary students become peer mediators; talk and negotiation replace violence and exclusion.
- Counsellors train empathy, active listening, emotion regulation and joint decisions.
- Completers take an oath, receive a badge and certificate, and serve as school mediators.
- Dozens certified in the first round; the aim is every school in the district.
Türkiye · Söke
Pi Day
On 14 March the district joined mathematics, interdisciplinary learning and civic consciousness. A Pi-themed T-shirt contest; winning designs were printed and sold in school communities.
- Students moved an idea from concept to product to community.
- Proceeds went to a local cause (books, environment or earthquake relief are named in the e-book).
- Exhibitions, stations, trivia and posters: curriculum with empathy.
Netherlands · Pallas
HILS, MDT and the student council
The international HILS project (Healthy Inclusive Learning Spaces) blends class work with health, sustainability and well-being: school health practices, cycling, social-media impact, daily school life. Student leadership and a safe environment are the aim.
- National Youth Service (MDT): internships in elderly care, community events, sports coaching. Empathy, initiative, community ties.
- Student council: facilities, timetables, policy; a say in staff selection; regional and national student bodies. Listen, debate, take responsibility.
Modules this e-book feeds
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