F I R S T Q U A R T E R

R E P O R T2 0 1 7

In Unity

S c i e n c e

M i g r a t i o n

t o A n a t o l i a

S t a r t s

YGA Volunteers meet with 100 YGA Stars at the science sessions of the YGA Workshops held every weekend

in Gaziantep, Ankara, Istanbul, Antalya and Trabzon. YGA Stars, among whom there are visually impaired,

Syrian refugees and children under government care, unite knowledge with value.

" Y G A i n v e s t s i n t h e i n f r a s t r u c t u r e o f k n o w l e d g e a n d s c i e n c e t h a t m a y p l a c e u s

a m o n g t h e g r e a t e s t e c o n o m i e s o f t h e w o r l d i n t h e f u t u r e . T h e y m a k e a g r e a t

e f f o r t t o r a i s e y o u n g p e o p l e w h o q u e s t i o n a n d c h a l l e n g e . " - S a n i Ş e n e r , TAV C E O

Click to watch "Science Drain to Europe" video.

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Seed Camp

January 23 - 25

YGA Stars laid the foundations of the Science Center!

They generated ideas regarding YGA Science Museum during the Seed

Camp, and came up with the first prototypes of their projects together.

28 S t a r s

8 L e a d e r C o a c h e s

Click to watch "Seed Camp" video.

At this camp, I saw how curiosity and belief are interrelated. We are curious about what we believe

in, and we always want to learn more and search for the better. – Derin Savaşan, YGA Star

First Discovery CampF e b r u a r y 1 8 - 2 0

46 U n i v e r s i t y S t u d e n t s

18 Y G A G r a d u a t e s

48 H o u r s o f F i e l d L e a d e r s h i p

New YGA members listened to the vision and

mission of YGA, and learned about the

responsibilities that they will take and the

targets that they will aim during the term.

" I t w a s a v e r y i n t e n s e Y G A e x p e r i e n c e . I s a w t h e t r u e s i n c e r i t y a n d t r u s t b e h i n d

a l l t h o s e v a l u a b l e p r o j e c t s . " – M u s t a f a B e r k T u r g u t , S c i e n c e M i g r a t i o n t o A n a t o l i a

30 Young Leaders from the best schools of Turkey including Robert

College, Koç, Izmir High School of Science gathered together at

Microsoft on High School Exploration Day.

• They attended the trainings given by Dream Partners including

important names like Harvard & MIT Prof. Mehmet Toner and

Işbank Vice General Manager Hakan Aran.

• They began working with their YGA Graduate mentors and teams

for the Piri projects in which they will take part during this term.

"My Wor ld Perspect ive

Changed . "

F e b r u a r y 1 8

Thousands will Listen tothe Contents Created byHigh School Students

Young Leaders, who were gathered together at the High

School Discovery Day, began their work to make people

love history with Piri, the tour app of YGA.

The contents that the high school students will create

would make learning about history more fun and attractive

for the young generations. The historical stories would be

narrated with the perspective they will provide.

I am so exc i ted to be par t o f these very meaningfu l pro jects wi th these people, who

have such beaut i fu l ideas and miss ions. - Sezin Öztüfek, Is tanbul High School“ “

Chi ld ren wi th Visua l Impa i rment and

Under Government Care

Are Un i tedJ a n u a r y 3 0 - F e b r u a r y 2

50 brightest stars with visually impairment and under government care that

were selected from the workshops held in various parts of Turkey came

together for the first time to dream and conceptualize their projects. They

presented their projects to the jury at the end of 4 days long camp.

"Thanks for every minute that you spent with Emir and Sena. They have

improved a lot and we feel very lucky to witness that. Please don't forget

us, you have a family in Gaziantep from now on."

- Father of Sena and Emir Cabri, Syrian refugee parent

Coding Leadership Workshop Science

Cane Training Self-Care

Workshops on Visually Impaired

Technologies

Inspiring

Innovations

YGA Volunteers began working to solve the language problem of Syrian

refugees. First hand insights were gathered in Gaziantep and with Syrian

YGA Volunteers they developed 'WeTALK’, a technology that utilizes

Turkcell BIP.

This translation app that may be downloaded on smart phones enables

the parties to understand each other and have a nice chat by instantly

translating Turkish and Arabic audio and text messages into the other

language.

Technology

Uniting with Syrians

WeTALK in the Press

At Hult Prize, a social entrepreneurship contest

that receives 50,000 applications every year, 3

YGA members represented Turkey.

During the Regional Finals held in London in

which 57 teams from 24 countries and 25

nationalities participated, YGA presented its

projects to the jury.

I a m v e r y i m p r e s s e d b y y o u r p r o j e c t , i t w i l l b e o n e o f t h e p r o j e c t s t h a t I w i l l

c l o s e l y f o l l o w f r o m n o w o n .

Z i a d A y o u b i – D i r e c t o r o f L i v e l i h o o d U n i t , U N H C R

Competed with

57 International Teams

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N E W V O L U N T E E R S A R E S E L E C T E D !

272 U N I V E R S I T Y S T U D E N T S

101 H I G H S C H O O L S T U D E N T S

11 P I O N E E R U N I V E R S I T I E S

16 P I O N E E R H I G H S C H O O L S

I h a d n e v e r s e e n s u c h a n i n t e r v i e w, i t w a s v e r y c h a l l e n g i n g a n d s i n c e r e .

I a m l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o h e a r i n g t h e r e s u l t s . – B u ğ r a K a ya , M E T U“

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The Third Office of YGA

O p e n s i n L o n d o n

A l o n g w i t h P i r i , t h e t r a v e l a p p

d e v e l o p e d b y Y G A G r a d u a t e s , a n d M y

D r e a m P a r t n e r , t h e t e c h n o l o g y f o r t h e

v i s u a l l y - i m p a i r e d , t h e E u r o p e a n

i n s t a l l m e n t o f Y G A p r o j e c t s w i l l b e

m o n i t o r e d f r o m L o n d o n .

Kürşa t , YGA's Ro le Mode l f o r

the Visua l l y - Impa i red , i s a t

the hear t o f techno logy w i th

WeWALK!

YGA attended GSMA, the Oscars of the mobile world

which promotes the greatest technologies of the world.

Among hundreds of projects displayed, WeWALK

representing Turkey attracted great attention.

Thanks to you, we remembered that technology

is more than just developing toys for adults.

– S a c h i n M i t t a l , S w i s s c o m

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Center of Science

Opens in ITU

YGA lays the foundation for the largest science center

of the world in ITU Taşkışla campus. This will be a

center that the visitors will be able to learn science by

being a part of it, and it will provide the visitors with a

vision of the essence of science with interactive and

dynamic story-telling.

If you can achieve even 10% of what you are dreaming for this

center, then it would be an inspiration for all the science

centers and museums in the world. – Mehmet Toner, Harvard &

MIT PhD.

Students Can't Wait to Be Part of This Project!

Kristiana Raube, PhD, MPH

Executive Director of International Business Development

Haas Business School, University of California Berkeley

5 Berkeley students have been working on YGA Science

Center project since February.

The team that weekly held video conferences with YGA

Graduates unti l now wil l work at the YGA Office in Istanbul

from May 14 to June 4.

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YGA International Summer Internship

Program received applications from 28

countries.

I am highly delighted for your rejoinder, and above all the "time" you have for me. May almighty God

reward you for that and grant your students the wisdom of understanding. YGA will continue to excel above

all other NGOs. – Abdulai Faisal, Ghana

International Application to

YGA Leadership Program

Project Sponsorship:

Covers the donations made for all the operational

costs of the social innovation projects conceptualized

and carried out by YGA volunteers.

Sponsorship:

Includes the Leader Discovery and Training

programs of YGA volunteers.

Aid in Kind:

Non-cash aids provided by YGA Dream Partners and

Strategic Partners.

Crowdsourcing:

Funds that YGA collected through crowdfunding to

become a sustainable Non-Governmental Organization.

1%1%9%89%

YGA Crea tes 9.5 Mil l ion TL Value in the F i rs t Quar te r o f 2017

Aids in Kind:8 . 5 m i l l i o n T L o f t h e c r e a t e d v a l u e c o v e r s t h e a i d s i n k i n d o f o u r Y G A Vo l u n t e e r s ,

D r e a m P a r t n e r s a n d S t r a t e g i c P a r t n e r s , w h o d e v o t e d t h e i r t i m e , e n e r g y a n d k n o w l e d g e t o

Y G A .

IT

Camp / Summit Speakers

Camps / Accommodation & Meals

Project Consultancy of Dream Partners

Mentorship of Dream Partners

Project Consultancy of YGA Graduates

Time Allocated by Volunteers 51%

19%

16%

6%

4%

2%

1%

Cash Aids / Expense Distribution

Expense Item % (TL)

Visually Impaired 32 309,818

General Management 9 84,297

Science Promotion 16 154,726

Orphans & Syrians 12 114,751

Crowdsourcing Platform 10 94,577

Leadership School 9 88,756

Stars 5 50,997

Young Leaders 4 41,154

YGA Summit 3 29,954

Total 100 969,030

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Asude Altıntaş, YGA President