While hosting the families of earthquake victims who came to the city after the devastating earthquakes in Mersin, Kahramanmaraş-centered and affecting many cities, it also organizes morale programs.
31 female students studying within the scope of the 'Wild Flowers' project, which is an example for Turkey, visited the earthquake victims' families hosted in the bungalow houses of the Metropolitan Tarsus Youth Camp. Wildflowers, who met one by one with the earthquake victims staying in the bungalow houses, also offered the cakes and pastries they brought with them. Citizens facing the devastating effects of the earthquake sohbet Wildflowers also played games with children. The Wildflowers, who made their visit with the Belleman Fatma Gözkün, gave a great morale boost to the families of the earthquake victims.
“We listened to their pain”
Semiha Savaş from Wildflowers said that they made trouble with the earthquake victims and said, “Today we are in Tarsus, we are having trouble with our earthquake victims. So the pain is really big. But we also try to help a little bit. We brought small gifts, sohbet We did, we got into trouble. We listened to their pain, and we tried to be a bit of a partner,” he said.
“We tried to make children forget these bad feelings”
Another Wildflower Nida Nur Turan stated that they are trying to make earthquake victims forget what they have been through, and said, "Today, we came to earthquake victims to try to make them forget the moment for a bit. sohbet We did, and it's really a lot of pain that they all went through. There are those who have children. With them sohbet And we tried to relieve their pain. We came here after talking, we tried to entertain the little children, we played games, we played ball. We tried to make children forget these bad feelings," he said.
“They cried with us, they laughed with us”
Makbule Taylan, who was caught in the earthquake in Iskenderun and then came to the Tarsus Youth Camp with her family, stated that they were hosted very well and said, “They are really great people. The mayor, the staff, the young people, the doctors, all of them mobilized. They cried with us, laughed with us, our young people did not sleep until the morning. They dressed us up to the socks on our feet," he said.
Noting that they found a bit of morale due to the visit of the Wildflowers, Taylan said, “It's nice with them too. sohbet we did. They are very knowledgeable, very nice young people. May God guide all of them. We are seeing very good support. In other words, they are always behind us, psychologically, as they say, materially and spiritually.”
“The people of Tarsus are really sensitive”
Coming from Kahramanmaraş to the bungalow houses opened by the Metropolitan for earthquake victims, Fatma Bulür said, “The people of Tarsus are really sensitive. When we were outside, we didn't know what was what. People only know when it happens to them. I compare this place with my own community, very sensitive people. God bless you all. I want to meet the President. I want to make this sensitivity known to him personally.”
'Wildflowers' Project
In the “Wild Flowers” project, which is one of the projects that Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Seçer attaches importance to, talented girls both receive training from experts in the field of sports within the metropolitan municipality and continue their school life. In the project, in which especially girls living in rural areas of the city are included, secondary school girls specialize in various sports branches and successful female athletes of the future are trained from the background.