Global Communities is working with Syrian refugees and vulnerable Turkish community members in target districts in southern Turkey to address immediate shelter needs while building livelihoods capacities, linking to income generating opportunities and promoting social cohesion.
Improving Safety, Security and Social Cohesion in Southern Turkey
With funding from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Global Communities and our local partners are implementing the 24-month Cohesion and Livelihoods Opportunities through Shelter Empowerment (CLOSE) program to improve the safety, security and dignity of 1,400 Syrian refugees and vulnerable Turkish families in southern Turkey. The CLOSE program focuses on supporting shelter improvements, building livelihoods capacities, linking individuals to income-generating opportunities and strengthening relationships among Syrian refugees and host community members. Specifically, CLOSE weaves together cash for shelter, cash for rent, livelihood skills development and social cohesion activities that jointly engage Turkish citizens and Syrian refugees.
Our Work in Turkey
Economic Opportunity
Advancing Job Training and Market Linkages for Sustainable Livelihoods
Protection
Preventing, Mitigating and Responding to Exploitation and Harm
Building Resilience
Innovations to Lay the Foundation for Long-Term Recovery
Emergency Response
Urgent Delivery of Lifesaving Services
Humanitarian Assistance
Meeting Human Needs in Conflict, Crisis and Disaster
Resources
Briefs & Case Studies
Providing home ownership opportunities for cooperative members – From USAID CLEAR Program
Vision 4 Housing Cooperative Society Limited, formerly a Community Based Organization, is changing the way members live through providing opportunities for home ownership. The cooperative, based in Nakuru County has created an avenue for members to buy plots and build their houses at affordable rates. The cooperative also provides training on income generation activities that…
Briefs & Case Studies
Turning Waste to Wealth: A Solid Waste Collectors’ Worker Cooperative Run by Youth – From USAID CLEAR Program
Kigro Recyclers was established in 2019 by youth entrepreneurs as a waste collection enterprise with a goal to tackle the growing problem of unemployment and garbage collection in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya. The youth do not operate like any other waste collectors’ group – they a worker cooperative, managed and owned by members themselves.…
Briefs & Case Studies
Building a supportive environment for cooperatives in Kenya through public policy making process training: CLEAR Program Learning Brief
The USAID Cooperatives Leadership Engagement, Advocacy and Research (CLEAR) program is implemented by Global Communities in Kenya to strengthen the cooperative business ecosystem. One of CLEAR’s three objectives is to improve the cooperative business-enabling environments through regulatory reform. To achieve this objective CLEAR has developed and implemented the Public Policy Making Process (PPMP), an executive…
Research & Publications
Facilitating behavioral change: A comparative assessment of ASHA efficacy in rural Bihar
Oskar Burger, Faiz Hashmi, Maciej J. Dańko, Santosh Akhauri, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Emily Little, Hannah G. Lunkenheimer, Sudipta Mondal, Nachiket Mor, Neela Saldanha, Janine Schooley, Palash Singh, Tracy Johnson, Cristine H. Legare Published: August 17, 2022
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