Spotlight: Earthquake Relief Programs 1999
In late 1999 two major earthquakes struck Turkey, the first near Istanbul and the second in the mountainous region halfway between Istanbul and Ankara. Seeing a true felt need, Kucak immediately moved to help with the relief effort. During our deployment to the Düzce region after the first quake, we mostly supervised and ran programs to help children cope with the trauma of having lost loved ones.
The second earthquake gave us a different field of service. There were many small villages that were overlooked by other government and NGO relief organizations and we moved in to work there. The villages of Gölyaka and Yığılca became our primary focus. The authorities of both villages asked us to help build schools for their children and so we were able to build an eight-classroom building in Gölyaka using outside funds and a twenty-classroom building in the larger Yığılca by partnering with fellowships from Ankara. In both instances we found plenty of opportunities to share God’s love with the people in these villages.
Kucak actively embraces children at a more personal level nation-wide through:
- Hosting annual summer holiday adventures for children from all across Turkey.
- Training children’s program leaders.
- Holding seminars aimed at helping parents raise their children according to biblical principles.
- Starting or helping others start children’s clubs in places where there is no regular fellowship.
- Praying regularly for the children and children’s program leaders we’ve met during our years of ministry.
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