Participants from the refugee and host communities residing in Çorum had the opportunity to explore the Çorum Archaeology and Ethnography Museum as part of the “Increasing Resilience of Refugees and Vulnerable Host Community Members and Fostering Peaceful Co-Existence in Çorum” Project.
LEAP has been successfully implementing the project in cooperation with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) with support from the European Union Humanitarian Aid and the German Government. The project aims to encourage peaceful co-existence by involving communities in Çorum actively. LEAP brought together 27 young individuals (aged 12-18) who are part of LEAP’s center in Çorum and arranged a visit to the Çorum Archaeology and Ethnography Museum.
Prior to the visit, LEAP’s staff and the young participants met at the LEAP office before heading to the museum. A translator from LEAP assisted the young participants who were not proficient in Turkish by explaining the historical artifacts and addressing their questions. This visit provided these young individuals from both host and refugee communities a chance to learn about the history of their city and its heritage. According to the project officer, all the participants showed keen interest in the artifacts and the history of Çorum. She shared, “We’ve received numerous expressions of gratitude and messages conveying their enjoyment and learning from the trip. We also observed that the young participants from both host and refugee communities formed friendships during the visit. Spending the entire day together, talking to each other, and having quality time together, they ended up taking a group photo with a lot of smiles at the end of the day.”
This press release is prepared in the scope of the “Community-based Local Initiatives Project (CLIP 2)”, co-funded by the European Union through its Humanitarian Aid Operations department (ECHO) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Its content covers humanitarian aid activities implemented with the financial assistance of the European Union and should not be taken, in any way, to reflect the official opinion of the commissioning parties.