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News from UmAy, September 2024

Dear UmAy Donors, Friends, Volunteers and Supporters, Happy Fall/Autumn! We hope that you had a nice summer. We are almost fully done with our transition over the summer (even Mia, the famous cat-survivor) and we are back to our original mission. But there is a twist...

July News, 2024

Dear UmAy Friends and Supporters, We hope you’re having a good summer and that global warming is not affecting you directly.  We would like to briefly capture below the latest from our small corners of the world called UmAy Home. In May, we had the honor of hosting...

Domestic Violence amongst Syrian Refugees in Türkiye

Domestic Violence amongst Syrian Refugees in Türkiye

The event where Ozlem Ezer was invited as a panel speaker addressed the outputs of a 2-year Domestic Violence in Türkiye research, produced through our Digital Space for Civil Space (DSCS) project in partnership with Belgian NGO 11.11.11, Turkish-Syrian organization...

A Moonlight Journey with a Red-breasted Robin

A Moonlight Journey with a Red-breasted Robin

Happy Earth Day everyone! There are many ways to celebrate the Earth’s gifts and warn against the “gifts” that the human beings are causing to harm the planet (‘gift’ in German means poison). I will share the associations of my Earth Day below and pose the question...

News from UmAy

Dear 2024, As the owners, the co-founders and the residents of the UmAy House, we had a challenging year in 2023 as you can imagine. However, we managed to bring together a lively crowd on the Noel/Christmas Day and Night so allow me to summarize it for you (hopefully...

Earthquake Survivors’ Healing

Earthquake Survivors’ Healing

Earthquake survivors' healing: As our supporters and friends know, we have been dealing closely with the aftermath of the disaster since February 2023. Through Cansu’s and Sevilya’s connections in the region, we have been able to reach out to survivors who need a...

International Women’s Day and A Challenging March 2023

Recently, I came across a description of women activists as "the dreamers who dare to envision and demand safe surroundings and flourishing communities; the steadfast movers and shakers who rouse endangered peoples to challenge hostile corporate interests...

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