How It Works...
Fun, culture and Social Responsibility... These are the basics of Route Istanbul event that we are so proud to be a part of it.
When you'll come to the Istanbul your pre-matched HOSTs welcome you in the airport. You'r gonna stay at their homes trough the event. They'll be there to help you accompany you and have fun with you because they're from your family, ROTARACT family.
Staying with the hosts don't cost you anything. The fee that you will pay is for the other activities of the program that we created to give you an incredible and unforgettable visit.
That's how it works technically. Other than that, having fun, exploring the one of the oldest cultures on the world, and sharing our feelings to our community as a family...
About Rotaract D.2420
Rotaract establishments have been active in Turkey since 1982. Today, there are 95 Rotaract Clubs in various cities of Turkey with over 2500 active young working members.
If we take a look member profile of the Clubs; members in general are recently employed University graduates, mostly with a Masters Degree, who are within the 5% of socio-economic portion of Turkish population and have the potential to become the future leaders of Turkey.
Rotaract clubs contribute and raise young people who are sensitive to the problems of their society and eager to resolve them, thus initiating a team work with his/ her colloquies or fellow rotaracts. During the course of their early working life they learn and get experience about the organization procedures, meeting management, project development and implementation, public speaking.
Beside these activities, young Rotaract club members get the opportunity to meet elder Rotarian professionals in different line of work who are experts in their fields and benefit from their experiences.
Rotaract in Turkey and Its Activities
Within the frame work of its foundation purpose, the activities, undertakings, and aids of Turkish Rotaract are mentioned below. They can be classified in 4 main working areas, International Service, Professional Development, International Service, Public Relations Committee.
- Butterfly Festival: Sing and dance party held in Kuruçeşme Arena with the participation of 500 disabled friends and their families from private educational companies.
- Within the last 3 years, in a joint effort with Turkish Rotary Clubs, distribution of food packages for those student's families who are in need in pilot schools and martyr families during the holy month of Ramadan.
- 3000 book donation worthed 10.000 $ to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- 2000 peoples contribution for organ donation with the help of various organizations.
- Provide a fund for educational and clothing expenses for over 50 schools.
- Construction of multipurpose gymnasium for Fındıklı Primary School. In conjunction with Yörel Vakfı, arrangement of " BABA-ÖĞRETMEN" ( Father
- Teacher ) seminars
- Coat and winter boat aid and "Atlas sticker" project given to Adapazarı Çaykışla Primary school.
- Continuous aid / help to rural areas.
- Against the Global heating, In May 2008, we have completed tree planting project by planting 10.000 peanut trees on the fields owned by TÜBİTAK in Gebze region.
- Placement of collection containers in the Industry, offices and schools for returnable wastes.
- Educational seminars arranged on Hepatit-B, Aids, traffic, birth control, reading and writing, given by experts in their field.
- Beeing a MGK Coordinator of "First aid" seminar for 2007-2008 season.
- Hepatit-B vaccine shot given to 556 children in conjunction with the "Hand to hand for a world without Hepatit." campaign.
- Within the frame work of "World AIDS day" distribution of phamphlets and brochures in Taksim square since 2004.
- In 1996 "World Rotaract conference, INTERROTA " held in Antalya, Turkey hosted 300 foreign Rotaract members all around the world.
- Representation of Turkey in overseas meetings: Twice a year ( October, January ) REM ( Rotary Europe Meeting ) and once a year( May ) EUCO ( European Convention) participation for the last 4 years. With the participation of 2430 Regional Rotaract, REM 2007 was held in Bursa in January. Also, EUCO 2009 will take place in Istanbul in April 29 May 3th. In this event, 2420 Turkish Rotaract regional representatives shall have opportunity to show the Turkish hospitality to 600 foreign Rotaracts.
- Occupational development courses, educational tours, vocational training (internship), Starbuck coffee promotion seminars, "Kayra" vines presentation activities.
- Domestic and abroad, exchange vocational training programs.
- Efforts to develop a computer on line data base programs for the materialization of common International Rotaract exchange projects.
- In 1999 Turkish earthquake, collection and distribution of of 1 million $ for those in need. Together with 2420 th regional Rotary clubs help built Elementary school in the earthquake region.
- Provide a support and financial aid for Rotary tent towns established on the earthquake areas during the 1999 earthquake.
- 2420th District, Tuzla, Istanbul hearing impaired school building.
- Bağlarbaşı-Istanbul disabled sock/ stocking workshop construction. 2420 th District Rotaract representative office Turkey and Turki Republic Rotaract clubs are divided into 3 geographical regions for easier administrative purposes.
- 2420th district Rotaract representative office consist of cities, Istanbul, Edirne, Kırklareli, Tekirdağ, Kocaeli. Although Marmora smallest geographical region of Turkey, our District office has materialized many important and successful projects in a short time. There are 48 Rotaract Clubs and over 1000 members in our district.