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Social Business Global
2023 - 2024

Disaster Response and Solidarity.

Operational results of the "Model Village Project" carried out in Antakya, Hatay, including logistics bridges and the caravan volunteer network.

60

Caravan Volunteers

120 Tons

Fuel Support (70 Tons via AHBAP)

10

Tiny Houses

In the field

  • With the support of Shell Türkiye, 120 tons of fuel were provided; 70 tons were delivered to AHBAP and the rest was distributed, primarily to caravans.
  • On the second day of the earthquake, 60 volunteer caravan owners from Germany, the UK and Turkiye were sent to the field; the caravans were made available to search-and-rescue and health teams.
  • 2 trucks of medicine that arrived through our partner in Romania reached people in need in coordination with İskenderun State Hospital.

Hatay Model Village Project

  • We took part as a stakeholder: with the support of 4,000 volunteers and 2,000 businesses, 10 tiny houses, 1 nursery, 1 workshop and 1 library were delivered to people in need in Antakya.

Financial transparency

  • ₺2 million raised from the painting, sculpture and photography exhibition at the Kethüda Hamam in Ortaköy and a ₺480,000 donation were transferred to the Model Village Project.

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About Social Business Global

Social Business Global (official name: International Social Benefit Association) is a civil society organisation that promotes social entrepreneurship and social innovation from Turkiye to the world. Social Business Global works together with hangel; its events, volunteering and public-sector cooperation run on the hangel platform.

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Some of Social Business Global's work

  • International Social Entrepreneurship Workshops since 2019, each with participants from about 20 countries (the first in Istanbul, July 2019).
  • A 29-article draft Social Entrepreneurship Law.
  • 258 awareness conferences across Turkiye.
  • The Social Enterprise Dataset, built from a detailed review of 634 social enterprises.
  • Turkiye's first master's programme in social entrepreneurship, in cooperation with Mersin University; an "Applied Social Entrepreneurship" course open to all departments at Maltepe University.
  • A youth and volunteering network cooperating with 42 universities.
  • Co-implementation of the Ministry of Interior of Turkiye project conferences on revenue models and sustainability for NGOs.

Figures from the association's pages and its 2020–2025 Impact and Transparency Report.

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