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title: "Annual Report 2020"
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# Annual Report 2020

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2020ANNUAL REPORT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 	INTRODUCTION
However, 2020 has gone down in history as a very difficult year for the world. The number of people starving to death has almost
doubled. Extreme poverty rates have increased for the first time in 22 years. Covid-19 has claimed thousands of lives from all over
the world. However, it was again the economically-weak regions that were affected the most by this crisis.
The humanitarian aid efforts that have been carried out for decades in geographies where children cannot be fed adequately,
people cannot find clean water to drink, access to health facilities are limited, and diseases are common, were also among those
affected by the pandemic. While the need in those geographies increased perhaps more than it has ever been, the means used to
deliver aid were severely interrupted. Travel restrictions, which are applied to a certain extent all over the world within the scope of
COVID-19 measures, prevented humanitarian aid workers from being able to travel to areas in need. However, the struggle for doing
good deeds continued.
The local health clinics that we, as Yeryüzü Doktorları, have opened in regions in need constitute a significant part of our service
scope. On-site services are important for us and we employ and incorporate local health officers for this purpose. This enables us
to continue working even when humanitarian crises become more severe, borders are closed, and travels are restricted, since it
means that we already are “inside”. Our clinics in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chad, Palestine, Somali, Syria and Yemen continued
their operations without any interruption by taking the necessary Covid-19 measures during those months when we could not send
our volunteer medical teams from Turkey to abroad. We have contributed to the efforts of the local Ministries of Health in these
regions against Covid-19. We have continued our on-site efforts to organize our cataract camps and to drill water wells. We have
also continued our operations in our clinics in Turkey by taking necessary measures. We have delivered support kits to our citizens
quarantined in hospitals and motivation kits to our health workers on duty. Our motto has been, “we will overcome these difficult
times together, with our hearts united for the same goal”.
This pandemic has shown us once again that one of the important pillars of making humanitarian aid work sustainable is to increase
local capacity. Aids that need to be shaped according to the needs analyses to be made in the regions can only become permanent
with the inclusion of local actors in the process. While aiming to reach out to more people, it is necessary to never compromise
on the quality of the work done. All this can be only achieved if the humanitarian aid organizations are reliable, transparent and
competent in their work, and are governed with a professional management approach. Ensuring a close coordination between
organizations working in this field is of great importance in terms of the appropriate distribution of aid.
Although the pandemic has not lost its effect yet, the success of vaccine studies is promising. Being able to distribute vaccines and
treatment opportunities equally to all parts of the world seems to be the new test for humanity in 2021.
We will be committed to our motto that “there is always hope” for the world thanks to thousands of hearts that are with us on the
way towards good deeds and health. Wishing to be a source of hope for many more helpless hearts...
2020
1. SUMMARY OF 2020
a. 	Countries of the Projects 	08
b. 	Highlights of 2020 Activities 	09
c. 	Resource Management 	10
4. COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES
a. 	Campaigns and Donations 	58
b. 	Press and Public Relations 	61
c. 	Social Media 	86
d. 	Volunteer Management 	93
e. 	Young Doctors Worldwide 	94
2. GENERAL INFORMATION
a. 	Mission, Vision, Principles 	14
b. 	Corporate Governance and Organizational
Structure 	16
c. 	Main Areas of Activity 	18
d. 	National and International Collaborations 	22
3. SERVICES
a. 	Emergency Projects 	26
b. 	Maternity & Primary Health Care Projects 	40
c. 	Nutrition Health Projects 	42
d. 	Eye Health Projects 	48
e. 	Volunteer Medical Team Projects 	50
f. 	Medical Training Projects 	52
g. 	WASH Projects 	54
Yahyahan GÜNEY, M.D.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
As humanity, we have been struggling with hunger, thirst, infectious diseases and poverty for many
years. We are developing methods that will make us more effective in this struggle and we aim to be
in a better position every year compared to the previous year.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 	04
INTRODUCTION 	05

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Tanzania
Kenya
Somalia
Chad
	Sudan 	Yemen
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Turkey
Chechnya
Syria
Palestine
Niger
Cameroon
Mali
Senegal
Guinea
Mauritania
COUNTRIES OF THE
PROJECTS
1.1
⊲ Afghanistan
⊲ Bangladesh
⊲ Chechnya (RF)
⊲
⊲ Chad
⊲ Palestine
⊲ Guinea
⊲ Cameroon
⊲ Kenya
⊲ Mali
⊲ Mauritania
⊲ Niger
⊲ Pakistan
⊲ Senegal
⊲ Somalia
⊲ Sudan
⊲ Syria
⊲ Tanzania
⊲ Turkey
⊲ Yemen
1.2
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2020
ACTIVITIES
11,091,787.15 TRY
Medication and Medical
Consumables Support
183,820 people
Examination
4,501 people
Surgery
538,500 people
Food
18,565 people
Nutrition
Treatment
33,793 sessions
Psychological
Support
32,077 people
Clean Water
32
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RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
1.3
Individual Donations 	48,641,481.23 TRY 	50.37
Corporate Donations 	5,959,822.73 TRY 	6.17
Funds/Grants 	37,295,518.87 TRY 	38.62
Donations In-Kind 	263,581.58 TRY 	0.27
Other 	4,405,181.83 TRY 	4.56
General Administrative Expenses 730,536.31 TRY 	0.87
Projects and Programs
- Resource Development 	3,840,701.69 TRY 	4.59
- Operations Management 	79,122,867.86 TRY 	94.54
Percentage (%)
1.3.1. Where Did Our Resources Come from?
1.3.2. Where Were Our Resources Used?
Percentage (%)
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MISSION, VISION,
PRINCIPLES
Having started its activities in 2000 as an international humanitarian aid organization focused on health,
Yeryüzü Doktorları has carried out hundreds of projects so far in more than 50 countries with the support
of more than 250 thousand donors and more than 30 thousand volunteers. Having set out initially by
organizing short-term health care camps with volunteer medical teams, Yeryüzü Doktorları has started
to accomplish longer-term projects in the course of time. As of 2020, it has permanent centers in 8
different countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chad, Palestine, Somali, Syria, Yemen and Turkey
in addition to volunteer medical team services, cataract camps, water well and food support activities,
equipment - medication supports and medical training projects.
2.1.1. Mission and Vision
2.1
Mission: To reach out to people in need who are
unable to access health care services and help
them hold on to life.
Vision: To be a leading and competent NGO in
the field of medical aid.
2.1.2. Principles
Focus on Needs: Services to be provided to people in need are at the center of the decisions
and practices of Yeryüzü Doktorları. Attention is paid to quality, quantity and sustainability of the
services that are provided without any discrimination based on religion, language, race, gender and
geography.
Competence: Yeryüzü Doktorları carries out its medical aid operations with effective and efficient
processes and provides high-quality services. In this respect, it embodies and continuously develops
the necessary institutional competencies. It does not take any initiative requiring special knowledge,
skill and competence that it does not possess.
Respect for Humanitarian Values: Yeryüzü Doktorları acts based on humanitarian values that form
the very essence of helping, such as compassion, sincerity, humility, and trust. It respects the beliefs,
cultures and traditions of different geographies and nations.
Independence: Yeryüzü Doktorları acts in line with its mission, principles and plans that it has
declared in order to spread the goodness. The collaborations that it makes to better serve the
beneficiaries do not go beyond this framework.
Transparency: Yeryüzü Doktorları clearly discloses what is done with the resources entrusted to it.
Services are always conducted in an accountable manner in administrative, financial and legal terms.
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CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE AND
ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE
Yahyahan Güney 	Chairman
Hasan Oktay Özkan 	Vice Chairman
Mehmet Metin 	Treasurer Member
Mehmet Akif Kaygusuz 	Member
Vildan Özcan 	Member
Eyüp Veli Küçük 	Member
Ahmet Salduz 	Member
Ali İhsan Taşçı 	Chairman of the Supervisory
Osman Baturhan Dursun Member
Kamil Özdil 	Member
Gülay Okay 	Member
Ali Adil Güneren 	Member
Mustafa Çetin 	Member
Abdulkadir Turgut 	Member
Mehmet Akif Seylan 	Member
Mustafa Bekerecioğlu 	Member
Yücel Aytaç 	Member
Erhan Sarışın 	Member
Musab Baki 	Member
Halil İbrahim Halıcı 	Member
2.2.1. Members of the Board of Directors
2.2.5. Organizational Chart
2.2.2. Members of the Supervisory Board
2.2.3. Associate Members of the Board of Directors
2.2.4. Associate Members of the Supervisory Board
2.2
General Assembly
Health Programs
Board of Directors 	Supervisory Board
CEO
Administrative and
Financial Affairs Programs and
Operations
Corporate
Communications
Press, Publications and
Public Relations
Management
Administrative
Affairs
Human Resources 	Psychosocial Support	Social Media and WEB
Content Management
Accounting and
Finance Country
Representatives
Campaign and
Event Management
Donor Relations
Management
Procurement and
Logistics
Information
Technologies
Volunteer
Management
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MAIN AREAS OF
ACTIVITY
Yeryüzü Doktorları provides emergency treatment
services by sending volunteer medical teams to
the relevant region in the first place in the event of
war and crisis situations as well as natural disasters
such as earthquake, flood, fire, etc., and supplies
medication and equipment. In line with the identified
needs, it supports repair and operation of damaged
hospitals or health centers, establishes field hospitals
and health centers, and creates mobile medical
teams. It develops and implements medium-long
term projects so as to replenish the basic needs
related to health care infrastructure affected by the
crisis situation.
Yeryüzü Doktorları opens maternity and primary health
care centers and/or improves the existing centers in
those regions where maternal and child deaths are
observed frequently. These centers provide health care
services such as routine checks of pregnant and nursing
mothers, performance of healthy deliveries, vaccination
of babies, and performance of pediatric examinations. In
addition, pregnant or nursing mothers or mothers who
have recently given birth are provided with trainings on
baby care and reproductive health.
2.3.1. Emergency Projects
2.3.2. Maternity & Primary Health
Care Projects
2.3
Within the scope of the nutrition health projects,
Yeryüzü Doktorları establishes nutrition health centers
and/or supports the existing ones in the regions with
frequent hunger problems resulting from drought,
poverty, internal disturbances and similar causes. The
malnutrition developing especially in children younger
2.3.3. Nutrition Health Projects
Yeryüzü Doktorları,
beslenme sağlığı projeleri
kapsamında; kuraklık,
yoksulluk, iç karışıklık ve
benzeri sebeplerle açlık
problemlerinin sıkça
yaşandığı bölgelerde
beslenme sağlığı
merkezleri kurar ve/
veya mevcut merkezleri
destekler.
than 5 years of age and in pregnant/nursing mothers
due to poor nutrition is treated at these centers. In
circumstances 	where 	medical 	nutrition 	treatment
cannot be provided, nutritional support is provided
through food packages, qurban meat offered during Eid
al-Adha, etc.
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Yeryüzü Doktorları treats eye diseases, in particular
the cataract, and distributes eyeglasses as part of its
eye health activities. It also aims to reinforce the local
capacity by supporting the health care institutions in
the regions where eye health projects are carried out,
through activities such as installment of eye surgery
units and training of local health care personnel.
For the purpose of providing sustainable benefit,
Yeryüzü Doktorları supports training, certification and
specialization programs at associate, undergraduate
and graduate levels, and contributes to scientific
researches and events by organizing congresses so as
to increase the capacity of health care professionals
in the countries where the projects and programs are
carried out.
Yeryüzü Doktorları provides health care services in
locations in need in the fields of both surgical and
internal medicine. Accordingly, it organizes short-term
camps in the cases where physical facilities are
available but there is a lack of specialist physicians and
costs of medications and consumables can generally
not be covered. In these camps, people whose
treatment needs advanced specialist knowledge are
examined and operated on by the volunteer medical
teams of Yeryüzü Doktorları. Trainings, on the other
hand, that are aimed at exchange of information and
experience with the local health care professionals
during these practices constitute an indispensable
part of this entire process.
2.3.4. Eye Health Projects
2.3.6. Medical Training Projects
2.3.5. Volunteer Medical Team
Projects
2.3.7. Psychosocial Support Projects 	2.3.8. WASH Projects
Yeryüzü 	Doktorları 	carries 	out 	informative 	and
supportive 	activities 	for 	the 	local 	community 	by
conducting screening and examinations with the aim
of psychosocial support for the people who have been
affected by trauma, disaster and crisis situations. It
determines the current status of the local mental health
system, and develops psychosocial support projects in
line with the social needs. It also provides psychosocial
assistance activities for the NGO staff and volunteer
medical teams serving in the field.
Yeryüzü Doktorları drills water wells and restores the
infrastructures for clean water access in the regions
where there is drought and the infrastructure is
insufficient, so as to prevent the diseases resulting from
use of dirty water. It also intervenes in the situations
where urgent solutions are needed, by distributing
water purification tablets.
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NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS
2.4
Yeryüzü Doktorları carries out its projects in cooperation and coordination with international organizations
such as the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program
(WFP), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO),
and German International Cooperation Organization (GIZ) and national organizations such as Ministry of
Health of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services of Republic of Turkey, Ministry of
Culture and Tourism of Republic of Turkey, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), the Disaster
and Emergency Management Department (AFAD) of Ministry of Interior of Republic of Turkey, the Turkish
Maarif Foundation (TMV), and the Turkish Red Crescent. It also establishes partnerships with local health care
authorities, national/international NGOs and universities on project basis in the countries where it carries out
activities.
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EMERGENCY
PROJECTS
3.1.1. Syrian Crisis
Afrin Jindires Refugee Health Center
3.1
With the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, necessary
precautions were taken at the center, regular
disinfection procedures were implemented, and
triage tents were set up for priority examinations of
patients. People who were found to have symptoms
of Covid-19 were isolated. During the isolation
process, patient transfers were carried out by
contacting fully-equipped health institutions in the
region.
Yeryüzü Doktorları established Jindires Refugee Health Center in October 2018 for
the purpose of providing primary health care services to those refugees living in
Muhammediye and Deyr Ballut camps located in Afrin/Jindires region. The center, which
provides health services in the branches of internal medicine, gynecology, pediatrics,
dental health and emergency observation, also provides free medication support.
Afrin- Jindires Refugee
Health Center Team
4 Doctors
3 Nurses
1 Pharmacist
1 Midwife
1 Administrative Personnel
3 Logistics Personnel
2020 Outputs of Afrin Jindires
Refugee Health Center
Examination 	35,715
Dental Health Treatment 	3,924
Emergency Observation 	9,422
Medication Support 	15,659
Total 	64,720
Beneficiaries	Services
Services are still
being provided
for those in need
along with the
precautions
against COVID-19.
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Refugee Health Training Centers
Project
Refugee Health Training
Centers Team
2 Doctors
3 Nurses
11 Psychologists
194 Psychosocial Support
Personnel
17 Translators
46 Administrative Personnel
26 Logistics Personnel
2020 Outputs of Refugee Health
Training Centers
Individual Psychological Support 	467
Group Psychological Support 	172
Home Care Service 	519
Social Service Practice 	1,234
Referrals 	1,579
Child-Friendly Space Activities 	129
Total Number of Beneficiaries 	4,100
Total Number of Sessions 	9,272
Beneficiaries	Services
Refugee Health Centers Support
Project
2020 Outputs of Refugee Health
Centers Support Project
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation 	2,494
Nutrition Health Consultancy 	2,676
Psychological Support 	2,888
Social Service Practice 	2,603
Total 	10,661
Sessions	Services
Refugee Health Centers
Team
24 Psychologists
20 Social Services Personnel
8 Dietitians
8 Physiotherapists
Aiming to provide primary health care services
to 	refugees 	by 	integrating 	Syrian 	health 	care
professionals to the Refugee Health Care system of
the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey, the
Project was commenced in January 2017 with the
participation of the Ministry of Health of the Republic
of Turkey and the World Health Organization (WHO),
as stakeholders. Within the scope of the project,
psychosocial support, case management, health
incentive and home care services are provided at the
Refugee Health Training Centers of the Ministry of
Health of the Republic of Turkey, located in Gaziantep,
Şanlıurfa and Istanbul.
During 	the 	Covid-19 	pandemic, 	activities 	in
the centers continued within the framework of
necessary precautions. Equipment, masks, gloves
and disinfectants were distributed in the center. At
the same time, information posters about Covid-19
were hung on the walls of the center. At the request
of Şanlıurfa Provincial Health Directorate, Yeryüzü
Doktorları field teams took part in the temperature-taking activities at the bus terminal during the
troop dispatch periods. With 83 personnel, support
was provided for the health services in two hospitals
in the province and for the care of patients in the
Covid-19 units. Gaziantep Refugee Health Training
Center’s employees supported the filiation studies
in Gaziantep within the scope of the fight against
Covid-19. In addition, a PCR device was provided to
the Provincial Public Health Department.
For the purpose of supporting the services provided to
migrants and refugees in Refugee Health Centers; a total
of 66 personnel were employed in the Refugee Health
Centers determined by the Republic of Turkey Ministry
of Health in 16 provinces, namely Adana, Adıyaman,
Ankara, 	Bursa, 	Gaziantep, 	Hatay, 	İstanbul, 	İzmir,
Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Kilis, Konya, Malatya, Mersin,
Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa. In 2020, 15 new provinces were
added to the project and support was also provided to
Foreign Nationals Polyclinics (YUP). Within the scope of
the project, the Refugee Health Centers operate in the
areas of physical therapy and rehabilitation, nutrition
health consultancy, psychosocial support and social
services.
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Hatay and Şanlıurfa Community
Centers
Hatay and Şanlıurfa
Community Centers Team
7 Psychologists
10 Psychosocial Support Personnel
2 Translators
11 Administrative Personnel
4 Logistics Personnel
2020 Outputs of Hatay and
Şanlıurfa Community Centers
Health Support Home Visits and Home Care 	235
Psycho-Education and Group Therapy 	435
Individual Counseling 	106
Home Visits and Analysis of Needs 	590
Further Analysis and Treatment Guidance 	27
Raising Social Awareness 	576
Child-Friendly Space Activities 	39
Social Adaptation Services 	104
Services for Raising Prevention-Based Awareness 	380
Total Beneficiaries 	2,492
Total Sessions 	4,104
Beneficiaries	Services
İstanbul and Kilis Community
Centers
2020 Outputs of İstanbul and
Kilis Community Centers
Psychosocial Support Beneficiaries 	4.265
Psychosocial Support Sessions 	14,289
Total	Services
İstanbul and Kilis
Community Centers Team
6 Psychologists
6 Psychosocial Support
Personnel
3 Translators
7 Administrative Personnel
4 Logistics Personnel
Yeryüzü Doktorları opened a community center in
each of Hatay and Şanlıurfa provinces in January
2019. The community centers provided psychosocial
support 	services 	including 	case 	management,
psycho-training, social adaptation, prevention-based
awareness raising, presentation and psycho-pathological awareness practices. In addition, with the
Private Needs Health Fund established within the
scope of the project, people who cannot access
health care services are accompanied and they are
provided with services such as assistance in having
their examinations and treatments as well as any kind
of medical analyses carried out, covering some of their
surgery costs in the case of necessity, and obtaining
their medical consumables and medications from
abroad.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, activities in 2020 were
carried out within the scope of necessary measures
and disinfection was carried out regularly in the
centers. In the activities carried out to fight against the
pandemic, 540 hygiene kits and 540 food packages
were distributed. An online training was organized
with the participation of 4 thousand 320 people
and the participants were informed about ways to
protect themselves from COVID-19. A booklet on the
psychological effects of COVID-19 was prepared with
the working group including psychologists.
As of the end of 2020, the project was completed
and the activities in the community centers were
terminated.
In February 2020, 2 community centers were established
in Istanbul and Kilis to provide protection services
focused on psychosocial support and health counseling
for Syrian asylum seekers and refugees living in Turkey.
In these centers, disadvantaged groups have access to
services such as health, education, social assistance and
legal support. Within the scope of psychosocial support
activities, case management, psychological support,
and social adaptation support services for children are
provided.
With the increase in COVID-19 cases in Turkey, the
studies in Istanbul and Kilis Community Centers were
continued by taking the necessary precautions. In this
context, in the “controlled normalization” process that
started in June, beneficiaries were admitted to the
community centers in a controlled manner and the
meetings continued mainly online. Beneficiaries who
were suspected of having/were tested positive for
COVID-19 or who were in contact with people suspected
of having/tested positive for COVID-19 were also
monitored closely and information-sharing activities
were conducted for these groups.
Activities 	in 	community 	centers 	continue 	in
cooperation with the European Union Civil Protection
and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), German
International 	Cooperation 	Agency 	(GIZ), 	public
institutions/organizations, and local authorities.
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2020 Outputs of Gaza Program
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation 	7,361 	1,462
Medical Care 	14,971 	2,717
Psychosocial Support 	1,748 	384
Total 	24,080 	4,563
Gaza Program Team
2 Doctors
4 Nurses
1 Pharmacist
4 Physiotherapists
2 Social Services Personnel
5 Administrative Personnel
4 Logistics Personnel
Sessions 	Beneficiaries
Sido Refugee Health Center Team
1 Doctor
4 Nurses
1 Pharmacist
1 Administrative Personnel
1 Logistics Personnel
6 Community Health Professionals
2020 Outputs of Sido Refugee
Health Center
Examination 	4,504
Malaria Test 	1,283
Medication Support 	4,504
Vaccination Services 	128
Distribution of Hygiene and 	13,570
Total 	23,989
Beneficiaries	Services
Protective Materials
3.1.2. Gaza Program
In 2015, an office was opened in the city center, and a new
physical therapy and rehabilitation center was established
in Khan Yunis region at the south of Gaza. Later, within
the scope of the activities, 5 mobile medical teams
were built and started to serve patients at home in the
fields of physical therapy and rehabilitation, nursing and
psychosocial support. In 2020, 4 mobile medical teams
continued to carry out the works. Within the scope of the
program, in addition to physical therapy and rehabilitation
services, medical care and psychological support services
are also provided.
In addition, in the first months of 2020, when the pandemic
started to spread around the world; in parallel with the
studies in other countries of operation, COVID-19 measures
were also taken in the Gaza Strip and awareness-raising
activities were organized to increase the awareness of the
society. Within the scope of the COVID-19 activities, the field
teams provided home care services to people who could
not visit the hospital due to the curfew regulations and who
needed health care at home. With the coordination of the
Ministry of Health teams, 400 hygiene kits were distributed
to those in need and an online consultation system was
established.
Following the 2014 Gaza crisis, equipment and operation support was initially provided to two
physical therapy and rehabilitation centers serving with limited facilities.
100 thousand refugees, who migrated to Chad due to
the Central Africa crisis started in the late 2013, have
begun to take shelter in the camps established in
the southeast of the country. Having first supported
a health care center in Bangui, the capital of Central
African Republic, in the course of the crisis, Yeryüzü
Doktorları started to provide health care services in
Chad Doyaba Refugee Camp in July 2014.
In 2016, a new health care center was opened in
Sido Refugee Camp located in Maro region of Chad,
providing shelter for 50 thousand refugees. The
center offers primary health care, malaria treatment,
vaccination services, pregnancy check-ups, and free
medication support.
In 2020, all necessary precautions for the COVID-19
pandemic were taken and regular screenings were
carried out at the Sido Refugee Health Center.
Awareness-raising 	activities 	were 	held 	on 	how
citizens in the region can protect themselves against
coronavirus and about the importance of hygiene, the
necessity of using masks, and social distancing.
3.1.3. Chad - Sido Refugee
Health Center
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2020 Outputs of Somalia Mogadishu
Refugee Health Center
Examinations 	11,380
Medication Support 	11,839
Laboratory Tests 	10,685
Total 	33,904
Mogadishu Refugee Health
Center Team
1 Doctor
2 Nurses
1 Pharmacist
1 Technician
2 Administrative Personnel
4 Logistics Personnel
Services 	Beneficiaries
Bangladesh Thaingkhali
Refugee Health Center Team
2 Doctors
1 Nurse
1 Pharmacist
3 Administrative Personnel
1 Health Care Assistant
1 Logistics Personnel
Beneficiaries
2020 Outputs of Bangladesh
Thaingkhali Refugee Health Center
Examination 	21,729
Laboratory Tests 	723
Total 	22,452
Services
3.1.4. Somalia - Mogadishu
Refugee Health Center
The center provides primary health care services, free
medication support and laboratory services.
In addition, the activities in the center were not interrupted
during the COVID-19 pandemic and the operations
continued by taking the necessary precautions. After the
first case of COVID-19 was seen in Somalia, every patient
who came to the center for examination was informed
about the necessary precautions, and the visiting
patients showing signs of COVID-19 were referred to
relevant health institutions. In Mogadishu, the provision
of basic health care services and free medication to
those in need in the camps where internally displaced
persons live were also among the priority services of
Yeryüzü Doktorları during the pandemic.
Mogadishu Refugee Health Center started to provide services in February 2019 in the capital
city, Mogadishu, located on the 10th km. of Afgoye road.
3.1.5. Bangladesh - Thaingkhali
Refugee Health Center
Yeryüzü Doktorları has been carrying out various
activities in the Rohingya Refugee Camp in the Cox’s
Bazar region of Bangladesh since 2017. Primary
health care services, hygiene kit distribution, qurbani
operations, food packages distribution, iftar meals and
cataract camps are some of the services provided.
Thaingkhali 	Refugee 	Health 	Center 	started 	its
operations in the refugee camp numbered 19 in Cox’s
Bazar region of Bangladesh as of June 2020. Within
the center, primary health care services, laboratory
testing services and free medication support are
provided for refugees.
In 2020, efforts to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
started, the hygiene measures in the center were
increased, and the services continued accordingly.
Patients who were found to have symptoms of
coronavirus in the center were first taken to isolation
rooms. Then, the Dispatch and Referral Unit (DRU) was
contacted in accordance with the procedures of the
Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization,
and the patients were referred to the Isolation and
Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI) Treatment
Centers within 24 hours. The cases with positive test
results were quarantined in the specified isolation
centers.
According to the data of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
more than 1 million Rohingya people have been displaced and had to leave their homeland.
Displaced persons began to settle in the Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh. According to
the latest data, 860 thousand 175 refugees live in Bangladesh’s Rohingya Refugee Camp
today.
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3.1.6. Emergency Activities for
Fight Against Malaria in Niger
3.1.8. Emergency Activities for
Elazığ Earthquake
3.1.7. Emergency Activities for
Refugees in Edirne Border Zone
As a result of the flood disaster in Niger in October,
more than 225 thousand people were left homeless
and 50 people died, according to the statements
made. As a result of the urgent call for help from
the region against malaria, which increased in the
region after the disaster, Yeryüzü Doktorları began
preparations for the distribution of medications and
materials to the region to deliver them to local people.
As a result of the operation, 9 thousand people were
provided with medications and 2 thousand people
with vaccines in the Guindawa region of Tesseaua.
Yeryüzü Doktorları went to the region to support the
refugees who had gathered at the Edirne border gate
and who had difficulties due to cold weather and regional
conditions, and closely monitored the developments
there.
In order to meet the needs of families living under
difficult conditions, 500 hygiene kits were distributed in
the region on March 13, 2020. After the distribution of the
hygiene kits, detailed meetings were held with the Public
Hospitals Services Directorate in Edirne Uzunköprü
regarding the needs of the refugees in the region.
In the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 occurred in
Elazığ at 8:55 p.m. on January 24, 2020, and 41 people
lost their lives and 45 people were rescued from the
rubble alive. Arriving at the disaster area on the first
night of the earthquake, Yeryüzü Doktorları started its
work with a need analysis, psychological first aid work,
and distribution of hygiene kits.
Psychosocial support team of Yeryüzü Doktorları
provided individual counseling to 379 people affected
by the earthquake, group awareness-raising training
to 514 people, child-friendly space activities to 1,320
children, psychological first aid and referral services to
1,779 people, and provided hygiene kits to 432 people
3.1.9. Emergency Activities for
İzmir Earthquake
In the 6.6-magnitude earthquake that occurred near
Seferihisar in the Aegean Sea at 2:51 p.m. on October 30,
2020, 116 people lost their lives and one thousand and
33 people were rescued from the rubble alive. As part
of its work in the earthquake area, Yeryüzü Doktorları
delivered to 549 families hygiene kits prepared for
earthquake victims who had to live in tents. At the same
time, it provided individual counseling to 87 people,
psychological first aid to 49 people, group activities to 18
children, and referral and information-sharing services to
137 people as part of the psychosocial support activities
carried out in order to minimize the destructive effects of
the earthquake and to help the disaster victims overcome
those difficult times. Yeryüzü Doktorları, which started its
activities on October 30, when the earthquake took place,
with a team of 12 people, served 2 thousand 487 people in
total until November 10.
in Elazığ. In addition, baby formulas were distributed
to 116 people, and child and adult diapers, sanitary
pads and wet wipes were distributed to 325 people.
In addition, a needs analysis was conducted for 799
people and translation support was provided for 659
foreign nationals. Since the weather is quite cold in the
region, especially at night, 985 people were provided
with basic necessities such as shoes, gloves, caps,
scarves, blankets and food. Yeryüzü Doktorları, which
started its activities on the night of January 24, when the
earthquake took place, with a team of 32 people in total,
served 6 thousand 983 people until March 13.
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Support / Hygiene Kit / Food
Package Distribution
Informative and
Awareness-Raising Activities
Activities Regarding
COVID-19 Pandemic in
International / Domestic Centers
2020 Outputs for Support Kit / Hygiene
Kit / Food Package Distribution
2020 Outputs of COVID-19
Awareness Activities
Turkey 	Support Kit Distribution 	8,160
Turkey 	Hygiene Kit Distribution 	11,245
Turkey 	Food Package Distribution 	3,240
Palestine 	Hygiene Kit Distribution 	2,105
Somalia 	Hygiene Kit Distribution 	38
Bangladesh Hygiene Kit Distribution 	12
Afghanistan Hygiene Kit Distribution 	3,037
Total 	27,837
Turkey 	Awareness Activities 	109,459
Yemen 	Awareness Activities 	7,991
Total 	117,450
Activity Name
Activity Name
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Country
Country
3.1.10. Works Regarding COVID-19 Pandemic
After COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, necessary
measures were taken in our health centers within the scope of the fight against coronavirus, protective equipment
was provided to health care personnel, and hygiene kits were provided to the beneficiaries who received services.
Yeryüzü Doktorları also took part in filiation studies, when necessary. Moreover, Yeryüzü Doktorları prepared
support kits for patients who were quarantined before they had time to prepare for their basic needs, according to
the feedback received as a result of the field analyses it had conducted.
Yeryüzü Doktorları performed three different operations for the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
After the first case of COVID-19 was seen in Turkey, the
number of people quarantined in hospitals increased
rapidly. The rapid quarantining of people who were
found to be carrying the disease, without even any
opportunity for them to make preparations, and the
fact that no accompanying people were allowed due
to the measures, made the first night in the hospital
very difficult for the patients. Yeryüzü Doktorları has
started a support kits distribution project for such cases.
Kits containing basic necessities such as pajama sets,
slippers, socks, toothbrush and paste, cologne, wet
wipes and paper towels were prepared. Within the
scope of the project, which started on March 24, a total
of 8,160 support kits were distributed to 44 hospitals/
health centers, 4 community centers, and 1 Provincial
Health Directorate.
Within the scope of the fight against the COVID-19
pandemic in 2020; online information-sharing activities
were carried out to increase the awareness of the
public against the pandemic, to take the necessary
precautions, and to make arrangements accordingly.
In addition to the activities carried out in Turkey, Yeryüzü
Doktorları continued its activities in health centers
located abroad, providing services in the fields of
primary health care, nutritional health, physical therapy
and rehabilitation, also in 2020 without interruption.
Despite restrictions on international travel from Turkey,
activities continued with local health care professionals
in centers operating in areas in need. All centers were
disinfected regularly, the beneficiaries were monitored
to see whether they had COVID-19 symptoms or not,
and suspected cases were referred to relevant health
care institutions. 	In addition, informative brochures
were distributed to draw attention to importance of
compliance with hygiene conditions in the centers.
In addition to the support kits project, a total of 3
thousand 706 hygiene kits were distributed to 16
thousand 437 beneficiaries in the centers located
both in Turkey and abroad. Furthermore, 3 thousand
240 beneficiaries were served with 540 food parcels
distributed.
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MATERNITY &
PRIMARY HEALTH
CARE PROJECTS
3.2.1. Soran Maternity & Primary
Health Care Center
Soran Maternity & Primary
Health Care Center Team
7 Doctors
12 Nurses
4 Midwifes
2 Laboratory Assistants
2 Pharmacists
6 Administrative Personnel
9 Logistics Personnel
3.2
2020 Outputs of Soran Maternity
& Primary Health Care Center
Examination 	35,791
Birth 	58
Inpatient Treatment 	4,886
Dental Health Treatment 	3,426
Laboratory Tests 	5,367
Total 	49,528
Beneficiaries	Services
Soran 	Maternity 	& 	Primary 	Health 	Care
Center started its operations in June 2018
to provide labor and primary health care
services in Soran town of Azaz, in which the
population approached 300 thousand with
the internal migration waves.
Free examination, laboratory service and medication
support as well as pregnancy follow-up service are
provided in gynecology, pediatrics and internal medicine
branches within the scope of the project.
Within the scope of the fight against coronavirus
pandemic that affected the whole world in 2020, regular
disinfection processes were carried out in Soran Maternity
and Primary Health Care Center and triage tents were
set up for priority examinations of patients. 	Patients
who were found to have symptoms of COVID-19 were
isolated. During the isolation process, patient transfers
were carried out by contacting health institutions in the
region. Center’s staff referred patients to Isolation and
Severe Acute Respiratory Infections Treatment Centers
in coordination with the Dispatch and Referral Unit of the
Ministry of Health. The cases tested positive were taken
under observation in the related isolation centers.
Mogadishu Maternity & Primary
Health Care Center Team
1 Gynecologist
2 Midwifes
2 Nurses
3 Logistics Personnel
2020 Outputs of Mogadishu Maternity
& Primary Health Care Center
Examination 	1, 502
Birth 	37
Pregnancy check-ups 	1,051
Ultrasound 	628
Total 	3,219
Beneficiaries	Services
Informative activities
are also carried out in
the center for provision
of information on
child care, nutrition,
health care, hygiene,
breastfeeding, and HIV.
2 million 600 thousand people were displaced in Somalia
due to internal conflicts and women and children were
affected the most by this situation. In addition to the
Somalia Mogadishu Refugee Health Center, which is
located on the Afgoye road, where mostly internally
displaced people live, in Mogadishu, the capital of
Somalia, and which has been operational since February
2019, the Maternity & Primary Health Care Center was
opened in September 2020. Informative activities are also
carried out in the center for provision of information on
child care, nutrition, health care, hygiene, breastfeeding,
and HIV.
Necessary measures were taken against COVID-19 and
the services continued without interruption in the center
which operates together with the Mogadishu Refugee
Health Center. Every patient who came to the center
for examination was informed about the necessary
precautions, and the visiting patients showing signs of
COVID-19 were referred to relevant health institutions.
In Mogadishu, the provision of basic health services and
free medication to those in need in the camps where
internally displaced persons live were again among the
priority services.
3.2.2. Mogadishu Maternity &
Primary Health Care Center
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NUTRITION HEALTH
PROJECTS
3.3.1. Yemen Nutrition Health Centers
3.3
A big humanitarian crisis emerged as a result of the
civil war started in March 2015 in Yemen. Hunger
is one of the most serious problems in the country
where the health system collapsed and contagious
diseases still spread. Children younger than 5 years
of age and pregnant/nursing mothers, in particular,
struggle with the malnutrition disease caused by
hunger.
Yeryüzü Doktorları opened 4 nutrition health centers
in Aden in May 2016. These centers provided nutrition
treatment as well as preventive health care services
to children under the age of 5 and pregnant/nursing
mothers. 	In March 2018, taking into consideration
the regions in need, 2 of the nutrition centers which
were previously located in Al-Mimdara, Al-Bassten,
Al-Mualla and Al-Shab regions of Aden city, were
relocated to Al-Nasr and Faqum regions located in
the same city, and 2 of them were relocated to Fowa
and Al-Ber regions of Hadramut city. These centers
provide nutrition treatment as well as preventive
health care services to children under the age of 5
and pregnant/nursing mothers.
Yemen Nutrition Health
Centers Team
8 Doctors
8 Nurses
8 Nutritionists
4 Laboratory Technicians
4 Medical Training Professionals
10 Administrative Personnel
16 Service Personnel
12 Community Health Professionals
2020 Outputs of Yemen
Nutrition Health Centers
Examination 	24,556
Nutrition Treatment 	2,499
Total 	27,055
Beneficiaries	Services
Throughout 2020, napkins, hand sanitizers and face masks
were made available to patients in order to increase the level
of hygiene in the centers as part of the fight against COVID-19.
Patients with symptoms such as fever, sore throat, cough,
shortness of breath and muscle and joint pain were treated
and referred to hospitals. In addition, the centers are sterilized
on a regular basis. Awareness-raising activities have been
started for the prevention of the pandemic, posters have
been hung on the center walls, and brochures have been
distributed to incoming patients. In this context, awareness
training was organized for 7 thousand 991 beneficiaries. The
treatment processes of patients who had difficulty visiting
the clinic due to the pandemic were monitored with mobile
medical teams.
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2020 Outputs of Chad - Sido
Nutrition Health Center
Chad – Sido Nutrition
Health Center Team
2 Dietitians
2 Nurses
2 Nutrition Trainers
2 Administrative Personnel
8 Community Health Professionals
Services
Examination
Nutrition Treatment
Ulcer Treatment and
Vitamin A Support
Total
13,213
3,081
1,936
18,230
Beneficiaries
Afghanistan Nutrition
Health Center Team
11 Nutrition Nurses
6 Administrative Personnel
2 Logistics Personnel
Beneficiaries
2020 Outputs of Afghanistan
Nutrition Health Center
Examination 	117,657
Nutrition Treatment 	11,049
Basic Nutrition Health Training 	1,880
Total 	130,586
Services
3.3.2. Chad – Sido
Nutrition Health Center
Having started to provide services in January 2019, Sido
Nutrition Health Center provides food support to those
children and mothers suffering from moderate and
severe acute malnutrition and provides training to the
refugees living in the region for adoption of preventive
health care practices.
In 2020, all necessary precautions were taken for the
COVID-19 pandemic at the Sido Nutrition Health Center;
awareness-raising activities were organized to share
information on how citizens can protect themselves
against coronavirus and about the importance of hygiene,
the necessity of using masks, and social distancing.
3.3.3. Afghanistan
Nutrition Health Centers
During the COVID-19 pandemic, activities in Afghanistan Nutrition Health Centers continued within the
framework of necessary precautions. As part of the measures taken, hygiene kits were distributed for 3 months
to a total of 289 health care professionals working in 15 nutrition health centers and 11 mobile medial teams
operating in Afghanistan. Likewise, 310 families were provided with hygiene kit support. In addition, the people
of the region were informed about the importance of paying attention to personal hygiene rules.
With 15 nutrition health centers established in 15 provinces of Afghanistan and 11 mobile
medical teams, which became operational in January 2020, Yeryüzü Doktorları provides
examination and nutrition treatment services for those in need, especially pregnant/
nursing mothers and children. In addition, preventive health services are also provided to
the people of the region.
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Afghanistan 	4,606
Bangladesh 	700
Benin 	700
Chad 	2,793
Ethiopia 	700
Palestine 	70
Niger 	2,800
Pakistan 	700
Somalia 	2,100
Syria 	140
Tanzania 	5,760
Uganda 	4,207
Yemen 	210
Total 	25,486
Country 	Share
3.3.4. Food Aids
3.3.5. Qurbani Activities
During the Ramadan period of 2020, 7 thousand 162 food packages were distributed in a total of 10 countries, including
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chad, Palestine, Mali, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Uganda and Yemen and iftar meals were organized for
9 thousand people in Syria. A total of 55 thousand 210 people were reached within the scope of the food aids.
Within the scope of 2020 qurbani activities, 25 thousand
486 animals were sacrificed on a share basis and their
meats were distributed to 474 thousand 320 people in
13 countries.
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## Sayfa 25

EYE HEALTH
PROJECTS
3.4
Yeryüzü Doktorları has carried out eye health
projects since 2006 in 16 different countries in total
including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Chechnya (RF),
Cameroon, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia,
Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen.
In addition to the treatment services provided within
the scope of the projects, efforts were also made to
enhance the local health care services capacity with
the activities such as installment of surgical eye units
and training of local health care personnel.
In 2020, Yeryüzü Doktorları has performed a total
of 24,156 eye examinations, 4,369 eye surgeries, 15
of which were for something other than cataract,
and distributed a total of 8,223 eyeglasses. These
activities were performed in a total of 6 different
countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mali,
Niger, Pakistan and Tanzania.
2020 Outputs of Eye Health Projects
Afghanistan 	2,877 	403 	378
Bangladesh 	6,027 	403 	1,271
Mali 	6,996 	1,262 	2,132
Niger 	3,135 	1,060 	2,350
Pakistan 	1,582 	498 	861
Tanzania 	3,539 	728 	1,231
Total 	24,156 	4,354 	8,223
Country 	Eye Examination 	Cataract Surgery Distribution of
Eyeglasses
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## Sayfa 26

VOLUNTEER
MEDICAL TEAM
PROJECTS
3.5
Having sent more than 200 volunteer medical teams
to more than 50 countries in internal medicine
and surgical branches since its establishment in
response to demands from all around the world,
Yeryüzü Doktorları sent 3 volunteer medical teams
to 3 different countries in 2020. Due to the COVID-19
pandemic that emerged at the end of 2019, a limited
number of volunteer medical team works were
carried out. Yeryüzü Doktorları worked for 29 days
with a total of 26 volunteers, and 623 examinations
and 132 surgeries were performed. 	Our earned
value was 1 million 177 thousand and 280 TRY
within the scope of these health camps organized
with 3 different partner agencies/institutions. 61%
of the project expenses were covered by Yeryüzü
Doktorları, 19% by funding institutions, and 20% by
local partners.
Country
Afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
Ethiopia
Ear, Nose and
Throat (ENT)
General Surgery,
Ear, Nose and
Throat (ENT)
Orthopedics
7-13 January
18-27 January
20-29 February
Total
238
350
35
623
72
30
30
132
47,713 TRY
50,800 TRY
9,920 TRY
108,433 TRY
Branch 	Examination 	Surgery 	Medication Support	Date
2020 Outputs of the Volunteer Medical Team Project
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## Sayfa 27

MEDICAL
TRAINING PROJECTS
3.6.1. Tanzania Surgical Assistant
Training Project
3.6
For the purpose of increasing the health care
service capacity in the countries where it carries
out its projects and programs, Yeryüzü Doktorları
supports training, certification and specialization
programs at associate, undergraduate and graduate
levels, and contributes to scientific researches and
events by organizing congresses. However, due to
the COVID-19 pandemic which affected the world
in 2020, international travels were suspended for
a certain period of time. For this reason, in August,
medical training activities were restructured and
turned into online training projects.
Between the dates of 1 – 8 February 2020, a medical
training was organized for assistant health personnel
involved in surgical operations, in cooperation with
TIKA, at Muhimbili Hospital in Tanzania. During the
one-week training, practical information in the fields
of anesthesia, general surgery and emergency
medicine was shared with the participants. A total
of 62 people attended the training and as a result of
the exam held at the end of the training, 25 of these
participants became entitled to receive certificates
of achievement.
During 23 – 27 November 2020, online medical trainings
were organized for Uganda Islamic University (IUIU)
Medical Faculty students, with the participation of
volunteer doctors from Turkey. Trainings were organized
in the fields of Pediatric Neurology, Nephrology and
Infectious Diseases (COVID-19). A total of 66 students
participated in the 4-day training.
3.6.2. Uganda Training Project
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Afghanistan 	41 	8,664
Chad 	31 	22,263
Tanzania 	1 	1,150
Total 	73 	32,077
Wells Drilled 	Beneficiaries	Country
WASH
PROJECTS
3.7
Yeryüzü Doktorları carries out water well drilling
activities in the regions with drought and insufficient
infrastructure so as to prevent spread of contagious
diseases resulting from insufficient sanitation.
2020 Outputs of WASH Projects
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CAMPAIGNS AND
DONATIONS
4.1
4.1.1. Monthly Donation Campaign
Total Donation
580,231 TRY
4.1.2. Maternity & Primary
Health Care Campaign
Total Donation
1,613,042 TRY
4.1.3. Support Kit Campaign
4.1.4. Nutrition Health Campaign
Total Donation
8,380,852 TRY
Total Donation
490,148 TRY
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4.1.6. Qurbani Campaign
Total Donation
18,602,519 TRY
4.2
PRESS AND
PUBLIC RELATIONS
4.2.1. News from Yeryüzü Doktorları
7-17 January 2020 |
Yeryüzü Doktorları Volunteers
are in Afghanistan
4.1.5. Zakat and Fitrah Campaign
Total Donation
8,904,534 TRY
Monthly Donation Campaign 	580,231
Maternity & Primary Health Care Campaign 	1,613,042
Support Kit Campaign 	490,148
Nutrition Health Campaign 	8,380,852
Zakat and Fitrah Campaign 	8,904,534
Qurbani Campaign 	18,602,519
Total 	37,991,095
*Donation information of the campaigns organized by
Yeryüzü Doktorları in 2020 is presented in the table above.
Total Donation (TRY)*	Campaign
Yeryüzü Doktorları went to Afghanistan’s capital,
Kabul, with a volunteer medical team of 8 people.
With the support of the Turkish Cooperation and
Coordination Agency (TIKA), the team performed
72 surgeries and 250 examinations in the field of
otorhinolaryngologic diseases during January 7-17.
Yeryüzü 	Doktorları 	volunteers, 	who 	performed
difficult operations, stated that even a tonsil surgery
was difficult due to the lack of health facilities in the
region.
20-29 February 2020 |
Volunteers of Yeryüzü Doktorları
Bring Health to Ethiopia
Yeryüzü Doktorları volunteer medical team went to
Ethiopia to provide medical services with a volunteer
medical team of 11 people during February 20-29.
With the support of the Turkish Cooperation and
Coordination Agency (TIKA), the team performed
30 orthopedic surgeries at Hasan Şey Referral
Hospital 	in 	Jijiga, 	Ethiopia. 	Yeryüzü 	Doktorları
Project Coordinator Ayşenur Sarıalan stated that
they provided equipment support to the hospital in
addition to the surgeries.
24 January 2020 | Yeryüzü
Doktorları Provided Support to
Victims of Elazığ Earthquake
Yeryüzü Doktorları went to the region to provide
support to victims after the 6.5-magnitude earthquake
that occurred in the Sivrice district of Elazığ. In the
works carried out in coordination with AFAD and the
Provincial Directorate of Family, Labor and Social
Services, Yeryüzü Doktorları psychosocial support
team provided support to the people affected by the
earthquake, through individual counseling, group
awareness-raising 	training, 	child-friendly 	space
activity, and psychological first aid and referral
services, and through provision of hygiene kits, baby
formulas, blankets, gloves, scarves, sanitary pads
and food to meet their basic needs. From the first
day of the earthquake until March 13, the association
provided aid to 6 thousand and 983 people in total.
3-13 February 2020 |
Volunteer Healthcare Services
in Kyrgyzstan
Yeryüzü 	Doktorları 	volunteers 	went 	to 	Osh,
Kyrgyzstan, 	to 	provide 	healthcare 	services 	for
otolaryngology and general surgery operations with
a volunteer medical team of 8 people during February
3-13. The team returned home after performing
30 surgeries and 250 examinations and providing
training to 17 local doctors within 9 days. The team,
which performed difficult operations in the region
with the support of the Turkish Cooperation and
Coordination Agency (TIKA), also provided training to
local doctors on “New Approaches in Breast Surgery”.
Volunteer medical team, which performed surgeries
for advanced cases such as head, neck and stomach
tumors, provided support to patients who have had
hearing loss for a long time and who have had severe
pain due to tumors formed in their bodies.
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11 March 2020 | Maternal and
Child Health Campaign by
Yeryüzü Doktorları
27 April 2020 | “What About 8,220
Children Starving to Death Every
Day?” Campaign
More 	than 	800 	women 	die 	every 	day 	from
complications in pregnancy, during or after childbirth.
Neonatal deaths, on the other hand, account for 47%
of deaths under the age of 5. Yeryüzü Doktorları,
which has been working actively for many years
to fight against health problems experienced by
mothers and children and related deaths, launched
a campaign called “Long Live Mothers, Long Live
Children”. Talking about the campaign, Chairman of
the Board of Yeryüzü Doktorları, Consultant Yahyahan
Güney (M.D.) said, “We need the support of our public
in order to continue our work and reach more people.”
In the aftermath of the outbreak of novel coronavirus
pandemic when the whole world was becoming
affected by the virus and everyone was monitoring
the number of cases and daily deaths every day,
Yeryüzü Doktorları started a new campaign that
posed the question, “What About 8,220 Children
Starving to Death Every Day?”. Talking about the
campaign, 	Chairman 	of 	the 	Board 	of 	Yeryüzü
Doktorları, Consultant Yahyahan Güney (M.D.) said,
“There is a global crisis going on right now. There are
a number of measures we all take in the face of this
crisis. We try not to leave our homes, and if we have
to, we wear our masks; we wash our hands well with
soap and water… If we get sick despite all this, we visit
hospitals and receive treatment. But for a part of the
world, the world’s most dangerous virus is hunger.
The cure for the hunger virus is neither a mask nor
a disinfectant, nor quarantine. There are people who
have been fighting this virus for years.”.
24 March 2020 | “Send A Kit
To Support, Spread Goodness
From Home” Campaign
The novel coronavirus, which emerged in the city of
Wuhan, China, led to loss of life also in Turkey. While
the number of cases was increasing day by day, people
who were found to be sick were quickly quarantined in
hospitals without even having the opportunity to get
prepared. The fact that the patients, who were able
to receive limited accompanying person-support
due to the measures, had difficulties in terms of basic
personal needs, prompted Yeryüzü Doktorları to
take action on the matter. With the “Deliver Support
Kits, Spread Good Deeds” campaign, the association
distributed kits consisting of basic necessities such
as pajamas, slippers and toothbrushes to a total of
8 thousand and 160 people who were quarantined
and being treated in hospitals in various provinces of
Turkey such as Hatay, Mersin, Sinop and Şanlıurfa as
well as İstanbul.
6 April 2020 | Yeryüzü Doktorları
Increased Its Precautions in Its
Clinics Against Coronavirus
The association has increased its precautions against
coronavirus in its clinics in Afghanistan, Somalia,
Chad, Bangladesh, Yemen, Palestine and Syria due
to the rapidly-spreading Covid-19 pandemic around
the world. Making statements about the precautions
in the clinics, Head of Program and Operations Safa
Şimşek said, “Although the numbers are low in the
countries where we have clinics, compared to other
countries; in the face of this virus that spreads rapidly,
it is very important to urgently raise awareness and
carry out sterilization activities for people in these
countries where there are already some problems
in health systems. At this point, we regularly sterilize
our clinics, monitor the symptoms of Covid-19, and
distribute informative brochures to patients about
the importance of paying attention to hygiene
conditions.”
16-21 June 2020 | Painting
Activities for Syrian Children in
Hatay and Şanlıurfa
6 May 2020 | Yeryüzü Doktorları
Said, “Hunger Crisis Rings the
Alarm Bells in The World”
Yeryüzü 	Doktorları 	organized 	an 	event 	called
“Let’s Recognize Our Similarities and Embrace Our
Differences” for children under temporary protection
in Hatay and Şanlıurfa during June 16-21. 	As part
of the event, most Syrian children depicted in their
paintings the games they missed playing during their
stay-at-home due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19)
pandemic and hung them on the doors and windows
of 	their 	homes. 	Making 	statements 	about 	the
event, Hatay and Şanlıurfa Psychosocial Support
Supervisor Akın Can said, “The purpose of the event
was to ensure that the children who stayed at home
during the pandemic portray in their paintings the
games that they longed for and formed part of their
imaginations. In the project, in which children aged 5
to 17 participated, a total of 65 paintings were created.
Children’s paintings also feature traces of their past
life experiences, hopes and anxieties.”
821 million people in the world go to bed hungry
every night. According to the reports of international
organizations, Yemen ranks second and Chad third
in food insecurity. Chairman of the Board of Yeryüzü
Doktorları, Consultant Yahyahan Güney (M.D.) drew
attention to the hunger problem in the world in his
written statement and said, “Fighting hunger in
the face of these data is a humanitarian necessity.
Long-term and effective measures should be taken
regarding the policies to fight against hunger,
unnecessary wastage of food should be prevented,
and awareness should be raised against countries
that are giving hunger alerts.”
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20 June 2020 |
World Refugee Day
23 August 2020 | Yeryüzü Doktorları
Launches Campaign to Draw Attention
to Maternal and Child Mortality
Yeryüzü Doktorları drew attention to the difficulties
faced by refugees, on June 20 - World Refugee Day.
Making a statement on the occasion of the World
Refugee Day, Chairman of the Board of Yeryüzü
Doktorları, 	Consultant 	Yahyahan 	Güney 	(M.D.)
commented as follows, “Wars, conflicts and disasters
force millions of people every year to get separated
from their homeland and all the beautiful things they
love about their country.” Millions of people hit the
road every year in the hope of holding on to life once
again. Our role here is to be there for them and hold
their hands so to speak so that they do not lose hope...
Because we know that there is no need to speak the
same language to understand them.”
More than 800 women die every day worldwide
during pregnancy and during or after childbirth. It is
estimated that there will be 48 million child deaths
by 2030 unless necessary precautions are taken
and improvements are made. In this period, when
access to health services is further restricted due
to the Covid-19 pandemic, Yeryüzü Doktorları has
launched a campaign called “Long Live Mothers,
Long Live Children” to draw attention to the problems
experienced in maternity and primary health care.
Talking about the campaign, Chairman of the Board
of Yeryüzü Doktorları, Consultant M.D. Yahyahan
Güney said, “For years, we have been working to
provide help for maternity and primary health care.
We see that there are mothers and children who lost
their lives due to preventable causes, especially in
areas in need. Disruptions in health services during
the pandemic affect their lives even more negatively.”
6 July 2020 | “Let There Be
Sacrifice, Let There Be Health”
Campaign by Yeryüzü Doktorları
While continuing to provide health care services to
those countries in need, Yeryüzü Doktorları launched
a campaign named “Let There Be Sacrifice, Let There
Be Health” within the scope of preventive health
projects. The association, which has sacrificed more
than 150 thousand shares of animal to date, delivered
25 thousand 468 sacrificed animal shares to those
in need in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Chad,
Ethiopia, Pakistan, Palestine, Niger, Somalia, Syria,
Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen in 2020.
19 August 2020 | Distribution of
Food and Hygiene Kits to Syrian
Families in Hatay and Şanlıurfa
Yeryüzü 	Doktorları 	provided 	food 	parcels 	and
hygiene kits to 540 Syrian families living in Hatay and
Şanlıurfa. Commenting on the distributions, Yeryüzü
Doktorları Project Coordinator Ahmet Çevik said, “We
delivered these aids to 540 families, 270 of them
being in Hatay and 270 in Şanlıurfa. In addition to the
food parcel, the aid contains a hygiene kit with hand
sanitizer, mask, detergent, dishwashing liquid and
sponge, diaper, garbage bag and toothpaste.”
18-20 September 2020 | Young
Doctors Worldwide Online
Management Camp
3 September 2020 | Home Care
Support to Gaza during the
Covid-19 Outbreak
A team of approximately 88 people consisting of
volunteer university students receiving education
in various provinces of Turkey, and the members
of management of Yeryüzü Doktorları and expert
professionals came together in the “Youth United for
Good Deeds” camp. In the camp organized online due
to the pandemic, the students were given trainings on
“Volunteering and Volunteer Management”, “Design
Programs”, “Effective Use of Social Networks”, and
“Personal Capacity Building during the Pandemic”.
During the coronavirus pandemic that affects the
whole world, the number of cases in Gaza increased
day by day. The increase in the severity of the
pandemic in the region where there has already
been a humanitarian crisis due to years of conflicts
and embargoes and where health services are
inadequate has caused concerns. Yeryüzü Doktorları
has continued to operate in Gaza where it has been
serving for many years with a physical therapy and
rehabilitation center and mobile medical teams
since 2015. On the days when curfew was declared
due to the pandemic and the work of the institutions
was stopped, the association offered mobile health
services for patients who could not leave their
homes, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of
the region.
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23-27 November 2020 | Online
Training by Yeryüzü Doktorları for
Ugandan Students
30 October 2020 | Yeryüzü
Doktorları Provided Support to
Victims of Izmir Earthquake
Yeryüzü Doktorları supports training, certificate and
specialization programs in order to prevent shortage
of specialist healthcare professionals, which is one of
the problems experienced in the field of health, and
contributes to scientific research and activities by
organizing congresses. Aiming to provide sustainable
benefits in the countries in need, Yeryüzü Doktorları
organized training for Ugandan students during
November 23-27, which was held online due to the
Covid-19 pandemic. In the training program; the
trainer staff, consisting of a professor in the field of
pediatric neurology and two associate professors in
the field of nephrology and infectious diseases, gave
training to 66 Ugandan students.
Yeryüzü Doktorları went to the region to provide
support 	to 	the 	earthquake 	victims, 	right 	after
the earthquake that took place off the coast of
Seferihisar district of İzmir. In the works carried out
in coordination with AFAD and the Red Crescent,
the association organized psychosocial support
activities with psychologists and social workers in
order to reduce the psychological negative effects of
the earthquake on the victims and to enable them to
overcome these times with the least amount of harm.
Within the scope of its activities, the association
provided services to a total of 2 thousand 487 people
from the first day of the earthquake until November
10 with individual counseling, psychological first aid,
group activities for children and hygiene kit support.
25 November 2020 | Yeryüzü
Doktorları Provides Mental Health
Support to Syrian Women
While Yeryüzü Doktorları continues to provide health
services in areas in need, it also continues to carry
out psychosocial support activities in line with social
needs. In 2020, the association offered individual
psychotherapy 	and 	counseling, 	psycho-training/
support group sessions, child-friendly space activities,
awareness-raising activities, and case management
and referral services for asylum seekers/refugees
living in Turkey, in Istanbul and Kilis Community Centers
where it operates in partnership with international
organizations. Giving information on the psychosocial
support activities in community centers, Yeryüzü
Doktorları Project Coordinator Yunus Emre Yapıcı said,
“We are trying to help people overcome the traumas
they have experienced due to difficult times such as
crisis and wars, with our psychosocial support activities
carried out by our psychologists in our community
centers.”
30 November | Medication
and Vaccine Support to Flood
Victims in Niger
In Niger, 65 people lost their lives and more than 225
thousand people were left homeless due to floods
caused by heavy rains that started in October. The
flood, which caused great damage, also flooded tens
of thousands of hectares of agricultural land. Upon
the emergency call for help due to the increase in
malaria disease in the region after the disaster, Yeryüzü
Doktorları distributed medications and materials for the
flood victims under the risk of malaria, within the scope
of the aid activities carried out in cooperation with local
organizations in the region. 	In line with the needs,
medication was distributed to 9 thousand people and
vaccine support was provided to 2 thousand people in
total in the Guindawa region of Tesseaua.
8 December 2020 | Not Only
One Day, Let There Be Goodness
Everyday
Some people are struggling with hunger, some are
looking for a cure for their diseases, and some are
dreaming of having access to clean water. Yeryüzü
Doktorları continues to support people in need
with the campaign “Good Deeds Every Day, Not
Only One Day”, in which it draws attention to the
fact that the health aids it provides can become
sustainable with the regular support of its donors.
Stating that continuous service can be provided with
regular donations, Chairman of the Board of Yeryüzü
Doktorları, Consultant M.D. Yahyahan Güney said,
“Until now, we have continued our humanitarian aid
in more than 50 countries by focusing on the field
of health. We aim to spread good deeds and health
across the world every day, with the good feelings
resulting from reaching out to thousands of people
in need in various geographies of the world and
empathizing with them.
30 November – 6 December
2020 | Tanzania Cataract Camp
Yeryüzü Doktorları went to Tanga and Moheza regions
of Tanzania with a volunteer medical team of 5 people
to perform cataract surgeries between November 30
and December 6. The association returned home after
performing one thousand and 52 examinations and 188
eye surgeries and distributing 638 glasses in the region.
Making statements about the cataract camp, Project
Coordinator Yahya Tanrıkulu stated that the camp
attracted great attention due to the insufficient health
facilities in the region.
28 December 2020 | Project for
Motivation Kits for Health Care
Professionals
Young Doctors Worldwide distributed motivation kits to
health care professionals working in various provinces
of Turkey in order to put a small smile on the faces of
health care professionals who have been fighting at
the forefront without any expectations since the first
case of the Covid-19 pandemic. Within the scope of
the project, the association delivered kits consisting of
food and cleaning products to a total of 2 thousand 524
people, including doctors, nurses, cleaning personnel
and security guards, laboratory workers and caregivers,
who work in the Covid-19 services in 13 provinces such
as İstanbul, Ankara, Konya, Trabzon, Gaziantep, Samsun,
Çorum and Erzurum.
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Total Number of Channels
Broadcasted
Total Number of Channels
Broadcasted
Total Number of Channels
Broadcasted
Total Number of Public Service
Ads Broadcasted
Total Number of Public Service
Ads Broadcasted
Total Number of Public Service
Ads Broadcasted
Total Time Broadcasted
(Seconds)
Total Time Broadcasted
(Seconds)
Total Time Broadcasted
(Seconds)
13
21
19
589
1,251
1,312
17,707
31,886
30,191
1) Let Mothers Live, Keep Children Alive
2) What About 8,220 Children Starving to Death Every Day?
3) Brighter Days To See
Public Service Announcement
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Number of posts: 	500
Views: 	4,732,400
Retweet: 	6,927
Likes: 	47,505
Number of followers: 	84,424
SOCIAL MEDIA
4.3
4.3.1. Twitter:
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Number of posts: 	425
Number of stories: 	428
Access: 	7,875,666
Number of followers: 	151,188
4.3.2. Instagram:
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Page likes: 	227,273
Posts: 	451
Access: 	10,809,428
Likes: 	372,462
4.3.3. Facebook:
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4.3.4.
2020 Data for
Yeryüzü Doktorları Website
4.4
VOLUNTEER
MANAGEMENT
Total number of single visitors: 	869,340
Number of page views: 	2,096,528
Number of visitors with conversions: 	117,583
Yeryüzü 	Doktorları 	has 	already 	reached 	out 	to
hundreds of thousands of people with the support of
those who set their heart on goodness, and managed
to make the world a better place thanks to these
kind hearts. Volunteer support, which has become
an indispensable part of this movement of goodness,
means to run to the rescue of those in need, whether
they be elders or minors, and to gratuitously share
competencies, experience, and time. Having grown in
this sense every passing day with its volunteers giving
support in many different ways, whether it be through
participation in volunteer medical teams, fund raising
for the activities that are carried out, or conducting
promotional activities, the Yeryüzü Doktorları volunteer
family reached out to 37 thousand 634 people by the
end of 2020.
Number of Volunteers by Year
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
2012 	2013 	2014 	2015 	2016 	2017 	2018 	2019 	2020
1185 2716
5740
12714
15611 	18294
23942
30390
37634
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YOUNG DOCTORS
WORLDWIDE
4.5.1. 2020 Young DWW Online
Management Camp
4.5
Young Doctors Worldwide (Young DWW) consists
of the volunteers of Yeryüzü Doktorları who receive
education in various departments of universities,
including in particular the medical specialization
areas. Young Doctors Worldwide organizes trainings,
seminars and conferences and conducts projects
on volunteering basis for the purpose of spreading
humanitarian aid and social responsibility awareness
in university communities.
Young Doctors Worldwide carried out 278 activities
in 38 universities throughout 2020.
Young Doctors Worldwide aims to ensure that the
management teams of the communities established
in universities are provided with orientation training,
that they gain knowledge and awareness in the field
of civil society works, and that they contribute to
their own personal development and develop the
functioning of the club. In this context, the “Young
Doctors Worldwide Online Management Camp” was
organized on September 18-20, with the participation
of management teams of 37 communities.
Young Doctors Worldwide aimed to contribute to
the 	multi-faceted 	development 	of 	volunteers 	by
organizing many online conferences, interviews, book
analyses and training during the Covid-19 pandemic.
148 online activities were carried out with 28 university
communities.
4.5.2. Online Conferences
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4.5.3. Motivation Kits for Health Care Professionals
Young Doctors Worldwide prepared motivation kits
including thank you cards, saddlebags, pens, pillows,
towels, phone cases and various snacks in order to
thank and support the health care professionals who
are the biggest heroes of the fight against the Covid-19
pandemic. Within the scope of the project which started
on December 25, 2020, motivation kids were distributed
to 2 thousand 524 health care professionals working
in the Covid-19 services in 16 university hospitals in 13
provinces. The goal is to reach over 5 thousand health
care professionals by the time the project is completed.
4.5.4. Project Management’s
Basic Concepts and Applied Project Design Training
Young Doctors Worldwide organized a 270-minute
applied basic training program that includes the
main project management knowledge areas such as
integration, scope, time, cost, risk, communication,
as well as basic project management terminology
and general concepts. Project Management’s Basic
Concepts and Applied Project Design Training was
held 5 times and 278 students from 30 universities
were reached out to.
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