Overview

The Give A Hand Organization organizes four two-week summer programs each year for high school students in Istanbul and Gaziantep. In these program, high school students participate and implement projects to help aid the educational needs of Syrian refugee children. The Give A Hand programs aspire to create leaders that will be catalysts of social innovation. By providing educational, recreational and personal growth opportunities to refugee children, volunteers learn to stand up for what they believe in, step up and become leaders. At the end of the programs, volunteers grasp the extent of the power they hold to create change, raise awareness, and impact someone’s life. As one volunteer put it, “even though we can’t speak the same language on the streets, we managed to help these children find the hope they lost when they left their country behind.”