Global Communities is working with Syrian refugees and vulnerable Turkish community members in target districts in southern Türkiye 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 Türkiye
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 Türkiye. 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 Türkiye
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
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Briefs & Case Studies
Integrating CLA to Support Cooperative Development in Kenya
The Cooperative Leadership, Engagement, Advocacy, and Research (CLEAR) Program, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Global Communities, supports worker cooperatives to build their business identity and improve their performance to remain competitive in the ever-changing, Kenyan business environment. Since 2015, CLEAR has supported 20 cooperatives in Kenya (ten…
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Advancing Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Nutrition (MNCHN)
Global Communities has worked to save mothers’ and children’s lives and improve their health and well-being since 1961. We implement integrated maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCHN) programs at the individual, family, community and institutional levels. On the supply side, we partner with governments, civil society, and frontline health workers to strengthen health systems,…
Briefs & Case Studies
Global Communities CLEAR Program Midterm Evaluation Research and Learning Brief
This learning brief provides a snapshot of The Cooperative Leadership, Engagement, Advocacy and Research (CLEAR) Program’s successes and challenges based on findings from the Mid-term Evaluation (MTE) that draws on interviews and surveys from program partners and stakeholders in Kenya. The MTE examined how stakeholders perceive CLEAR’s success in achieving its objectives – specifically how…
Capacity Materials
Community-Led Emergency Action and Response: CLEAR Program
CLEAR is an 18-month, $15 million program implemented by Global Communities and funded by the United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA). CLEAR is addressing the urgent protection, shelter & settlements (S&S), and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) needs for 22,580 people who have been affected by the war in Ukraine.…
Capacity Materials
Decentralization Offering Better Results and Efficiency: DOBRE Program
DOBRE provides technical and material assistance to consolidated communities to help them govern openly and provide accountability in meeting the needs of their citizens. The program also supports citizens’ active engagement in decision-making and policy making. DOBRE’s support encompasses strategic planning, spatial planning, financial management, public service delivery, local economic development, capacity building, good governance…
Capacity Materials
Beyond Technology – Strengthening Ghana’s Rural Sanitation Market
Through the Enhancing Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) program, USAID Ghana is helping to increase access to sustainable and affordable sanitation in six regions of Northern Ghana by addressing the barriers for a poor-inclusive rural sanitation market.
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