Two years after devastating earthquakes in Türkiye, 1 in 4 children who were displaced by the earthquake remain in temporary shelters, such as shipping containers, and cannot access sufficient basic services. Children’s ideas about how to improve camp life emerging from a recent project are beginning to create change as NGOs explore ways to adopt these recommendations.

The Humanitarian Collaborative led a participatory project with young children displaced by the 2023 Turkey earthquakes in partnership with Save the Children. Children aged 5-11 from Turkish and Syrian backgrounds living in container camps documented their lives and shared their ideas for change. The project has identified several concrete recommendations and examples, which Save the Children and other local organizations and stakeholders are exploring and beginning to put into practice.

Read more about the recommendations and examples HERE.