Project in progress
Sened Association is a non-profit CSO established in Türkiye in 2013 to support people with disabilities (PwD) and their families/caregivers. It has the objective to strengthen vulnerable people by offering capacity building trainings, psychosocial support and life skills sessions besides vocational rehabilitation activities and supportive equipment. Sened engages in advocacy activities for the rights of PwDs and aims at their reintegration into the society.
About the project
With relevant meetings and activities, SENED will strengthen the communication skills of refugee PwD, thereby increasing social cohesion by minimizing the barriers that prevent them from communicating with host communities. SENED will also provide protection, non-formal education and social cohesion services for people with and without disabilities, such as PSS, parenting sessions, mobile protection services in Şanlıurfa, Turkish language courses, social cohesion activities, disability awareness raising sessions, case management and referral for children with disabilities and their families. SENED will also cover additional needs of those NGOs in line with the inclusion of PwD in project activities, such as coaching and on-the-job support, sharing its experiences in how to involve PwD in project design, fieldwork-activity planning and implementation.
Planned activities
Cash Response Programme:
• Location: Adana, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Van
• Objective: Meeting the basic needs of earthquake affected populations by delivering one-time Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance to support recovery and stability.
• Activities: Needs assessments in Turkish, Arabic, and Farsi to understand the specific needs of affected families via phone calls, one-off cash support to identified vulnerable households, post-distribution monitoring, and evaluating.
Earthquake Intervention (Completed):
• Location: Gaziantep
• Objective: Enhancing the resilience of those severely impacted by the earthquakes and delivering timely emergency assistance to the most vulnerable groups.
• Activities: Rapid need assessments, information dissemination, distribution of hygiene kits, special need items for persons with disabilities, staff care activities, counselling for affected people and transportation support.
