My main project is to raise the attention to cartoons as a Simple, humorous, and serious as well!  kind of art that really could make change, besides, change the standard theme known for cartoons as funny art, Cartoons sometimes is not about making you laugh, it's about making you smile, and think. To take action, then make a change.

Regard activities, I have participated in many exhibitions in the country and the foreign and all are group ones, I have participated in different local competitions and last two years were full of achievements.

PROMENA Foundation works to encourage an informed, critical and respectful dialogue about the cultural diversity and richness of the MENA region by creating events such as: conferences, workshops, seminars and cultural programs. Currently, PROMENA Foundation is organizing two cultural programs for the first half of the next year.
The first event, ‘Memories from home: What we hold on to’, aims to explore the state of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of the Middle East and North African (MENA) region, in the context the current migration crisis. Taking oral tradition and performing arts as our focus, this event brings together experts/artists to highlight examples of heritage, aiming to create awareness about the importance of preserving them among refugee communities in The Netherlands and by showing the Dutch public the richness of their culture.

The second event is an ‘Arabic Fashion Show’. The objective is to bring together Dutch and Arab Designers, to create design pieces that represent a fusion of the two cultures. The goal of this fashion show is to create an intercultural dialogue through fashion design.

Humanitaire
 

The Jasmin association has worked since 22 August 2016, but it derives from an informal group, acting for several years. This group was very active realising various multicultural projects, among others: "Arabic Evenings" - the meeting presenting two Arabic countries (Tunisia and Morocco), "Polish etiquette for foreigners" - the training for immigrants living in Warsaw, "Tunisian Family Day" - the meeting for the Tunisian community living in Poland, "How is it done in the world?" - the cycle of multicultural workshops presenting various aspects of everyday life in various countries, "Fork on the map" - the cycle of multicultural culinary workshops. We are going to continue our intercultural activity and to organise other intercultural events.

l'association a déja organisé des échanges intergénérationnels
des formation dans le cade du programme jeunesse en action ensuite dans le cadre de IRASMUS+
Ateliers artistique pour enfants
festival de la scéne ensemble
Rencontres et échanges entre artistes
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  Organizing awareness awareness campaigns on human rights and health and social field.
  The development of the educational level in the region.
  Interest in the cultural and educational aspect to the neighborhood kids.
 Organizing field visits to social centers.
 Organize training sessions.
Fight school drop for the benefit of young men and women live.
Activation in the areas of sports, cultural and social.

I. Educational activities for children and their families
II. Awareness, Campaigns
III. Advocacy
IV. Projects
Projects:
• Autism Screening Project, 2005: made in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and with the grant of EU. With this project, Tohum Autism Foundation made screening in 5 pilot cities: Izmir, Bursa, Adana, Kocaeli and Gaziantep.
46 000 children (babies from 18 to 36 months old) were screened via M-CHAT and CHAT tests as a result of this project.
Project lasted 18 months
EU Funding
• Promoting Full Participation of Children with Autism in the Society, by Improvement of Physical Independence, Mobility, Through Education, 2007: The EU Grant, taken under “Strengthening Civil Society in the Pre-Accession Process: NGO Grant Facility” was used to train teachers of Counselling and Research Centres on children with autism in Bursa, Adana, Gaziantep, Kocaeli, Izmir and Istanbul. Ministry of National Education was collaborated to run the project. Two other NGOs, one from Bursa (Bursa Otistik Çocuklar Eğitim Derneği) and one from Adana (Adana Otizm Derneği) were Tohum’s Project partners.
Project lasted 12 months
EU funding:
• Implementation and Policy Recommendation to Increase the Effectiveness of Inclusive/Integrated Education Practices in Turkey, 2010: In collaboration with Education Reform Initiative (ERI), and with the support of Sabancı Foundation, the Project was implemented in 3 pilot schools in Istanbul.
Project lasted 18 months.
Sabancı Foundation Funding:
• Increasing The Number Of Children With Autism Attended To The Pre-School Education By Creating An E-Learning Portal For Parents, 2010: Project aims to increase pre-schooling rate of children with autism through setting up a user-friendly e-learning portal.
Project lasted 12 months.
EU Funding: Please visit www.tohumotizmportali.org
• Strengthening Special Education in Turkey, 2011: Tohum is a consortium partner in the Technical Assistance Team of this project, which will last for 30 months.
• Teacher Trainings in Education Centers for Children With Autism (OÇEM), 2011 With the support of Istanbul Chamber of Commerce and in collaboration with Provincial Directorates of Ministry of National Education, Tohum wants to increase the capacities of OÇEM teachers in Istanbul. To reach this aim, the Foundation gives training and supervision to these teachers.
Project lasted 10 months.
Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Funding
• Increasing the Productivity of the young people with disability and integrating them in Labor Market, 2013
With the grant taken from Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA), a vocational high school is constructed in one of the most crowded district in Istanbul, Beylikdüzü, training autistic individuals on business skills. Tohum Autism Foundation supervises this program and develops Turkey’s first business curriculum for autistic individuals.
Project lasted 9 months
Istanbul Development Agency Funding:
• Parent Seminars in Autism: To know is to Understand, 2012
Supported by The General Consulate of Netherlands MATRA Fund, the project aims to provide parents of children with autism with introductory knowledge on autism as well as basic skills to interact with children with autism.
Project lasted for 12 months.
MATRA Funding:
• My Tablet Speaks for Me I, 2013
Supported by the USA Consulate, the main aim of this project is to improve the education quality of children with autism in Turkey via technology use. The uses of new technology have been introduced as a method of teaching to the students with autism and their teachers and parents. (Tohum 1 via Apple store)
Project lasted for 11 months.
US Embassy Funding:
• My Tablet Speaks for Me II, 2014
Supported by the USA Consulate, the main aim of this project is to improve the education quality of children with autism in Turkey via technology use. The uses of new technology have been introduced as a method of teaching to the students with autism and their teachers and parents. This is the second part of “My Tablet Speaks for Me” and focuses on object matching, body parts and actions. (Tohum 2 via Apple store)
Project lasted for 9 months.
US Embassy Funding:
• Increasing Education Opportunities for Autistic Children by using Technology, 2014
With the support of Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA), and in collaboration with Provincial Directorates of Ministry of National Education, Tohum forms a special online game, which helps children learning basic concepts. This game will be available via web site, android and IOS tablets. (www.tohumegitim.com )
Project lasted for 9 months.
Istanbul Development Agency Funding:
• Give way to my Independence! 2014
Financed by E.U, To support the independent living of people with developmental disabilities (mental disabilities and autism) through supporting them to go out in the street; therefore contributing to the equal citizenship of disabled people in the society.
Project lasted for 12 months.
US Embassy Funding:
• Special Education Class in Saint Joseph High school, 2014
For the first time in Turkey, a private school establishes a “Special Education Class” for autistic individuals, ages between 14- 21 years old. Private Tohum Autism Foundation Special Needs School supervises and shares know-how about special education and curriculum.

Re-Health project: Intercultural mediation in health care. To assist health workers through intercultural mediation for a better cross-cultural understanding. To assist new comers while integrating into the health system in Slovenia. Analyzing needs and defaults in the Slovenian health system when it comes to the health care access to people who are experiencing a temporal vulnerable situation like Asylum seekers with pending applications. Working on gender equity and women empowerment for self-dependence, self-empowerment and better inclusion. Interactive sessions with non-formal education for capacity building and self-empowerment to relief stress. And for cross-cultural understanding to ease culture shock.
Creativity workshops to promote cross-cultural understanding among students in primary schools in Slovenia.
Integrated poetry workshops. Interactive workshops to stimulate Creative writing and performing inspired by mixing and integrating different poems from Euro-Med Region translated to English.
Seminars and workshops for intercultural learning and dialogue through Art based techniques and non-formal education methods.
Interactive Arabic courses. Teaching Arabic language through non-formal education methods.
Trading olive oil and Zaatar from Jordan and Palestine and other products from neighborhood countries with an innovative promotion that promote cultural aspects of the countries of origin.

Local activities:
- “Pari o dispari - Peer Education contro l’omo-lesbo-transfobia”
- “Bando Unito”
- " Saluzzo Europa: Andata e ritorno"
- “Trajec(s)tories”
- “LGBTQI@UNIVERSITY”
- “(DIS)CRIMINI INVISIBILI – Alla ricerca degli indizi nascosti”
- “Skills of Rights”.
Periodical activities
- "human library";
-“Desk for international mobility addressing young people”.
International activities - promoter
- “SAIL - SAfe spaces for Inclusion of Lgbt+ youth”;
- “Across the Lines”;
- “Gender upon a time”;
- “Fill in the gap”;
- “Livinclusion”;
- “Fe.Male”.
Local-National projects
- “21st March-Turin wakes up antiracist!”;
- “Focus On”.
International projects (partnership)
- Anna Lindh Foundation
“I-Gender”
- Euromed IV
- “Children First”
- “Sans violence...on avans”
Council of Europe
Study Session
- “Building Peace in Europe - The Role of Civil Society and Young People”
Erasmus Plus / YIA - YouthInAction
Training Courses
- “Pride Without prejudice”;
- “Training for Trainers in HRE”;
- “F.E.E.L. - Facilitators in Education and Empowerment of Learners”;
- NGO Resources - financial, human, personal;
- “Emotion 5: EVS Mentors”;
- “Emotion 4:
- Developing creative emotional and stress management skills in non formal education”.

Our association performs activities regarding
• The promotion of Foster Family system in both local and national scale,
• Adaptation of Foster Family candidates to the process by exchanging information and good practice.
• The quality improvement of the current foster family system by supporting the families and children in the system.
Within the scope of EU Ministry Civil Society Dialogue, a project called “Every child has a right to grow in a loving family” has been created in cooperation with Netherlands. As a result of the project a draft bill has been prepared and presented to Ministry of Family and Social Policies. Negotiations continue within the legislative department.
Another EU project continue in cooperation with Czech Republic, Lithuania and Belgium regarding the foster care systems worldwide and comparative analysis of foster family model practices. The project will be completed in 2017 with 4 different films and a book comprising of foster family stories in 5 languages.
As a leading civil society organization in Turkey, our association mentors the setting up CSOs in different provinces, continues its collaboration with CEOs working in child field and works towards a formation of national foster family network.