The wounds of the civil war are healing

The civil war in Syria has been going on for about 10 years. IHH and Orphan Foundation tries to heal the wounds of children, who suffered the most during the war, in the education campus opened by them.

Reyhanlı Education Campus Director Hamza Dinçer, who made a statement to our newspaper about the campus, stated that the campus welcomes all children who are victims of war, and noted that they support them both psychologically and in the field of education. Dinçer said, “While we follow the education and academic processes of our orphan students, we continue to work on how we can improve them with social activities. We continue our training so that they do not have past traumas and remind them of better memories.” 

“THIS IS EXACTLY EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS” 

Underlining that there are 800 students studying on the campus, Dinçer gave information about the campus' activities in the field of education, "We have 800 students at the moment. We have a quota of up to a thousand students. With the protocol signed between Ministry of National Education (MEB) and Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), this place gained the status of an international Imam Hatip High School. We will start accepting students from other countries and Turkey. This is exactly a training campus,” he added. 

“EDUCATION PROVIDES BENEFIT IN THE FUTURE OF BUILDING SYRIA" 

Noting that many trainings are given on the campus, Dinçer stated that besides the academic success of the students, social education is also provided, “The education on our campus is not only high school education, we also plan after high school. We are working to make the right choices during the university process. Our main goal is the war that has been going on for 10 years. In this process, the rate of alienation from education is very high. If the importance of education processes is given, the construction of Syria in the future will be beneficial in terms of relations between countries,” he said. 

“CAMPUS IS ON A LAND OF 100 ACREAGES”

Providing information about the location of the campus, Dinçer stated that the campus is far away 10 kilometers from the Syrian border and 50 kilometers from Idlib, “Our campus is on an area of 100 acreages. 22 acres of it are olive groves. Every year we organize an olive harvesting festival with our students. Thus, we're trying to establish the connection of children with the soil and allow them to have different thoughts, albeit a little, to get them to move forward," he added.