Red Crescent Student Club operating under the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Social and Cultural Activities Directorate is organizing a toy collection campaign titled “Be Hope for the Future – Would You Like to Touch a Heart with your Toy?” between 23 March 2023 and 23 April 2023. The campaign aims to help and support earthquake-affected children who came to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) by providing them items such as toys, coloring materials, balloons and drawing books which will make them happy. Toys collected between the specified dates will be distributed to children at certain periods during visits. In addition, toys will also be shared at the event to be held together with children on 23 April. In a statement released by EMU Red Crescent Student Club, it was stated “Our primary desire is to be hope for the little warriors of the future who left everything behind and are separated from their homes and toys”.
Collection Points will be Set Up in Various Places around EMU
Within the scope of the campaign, it is aimed to collect materials such as toys, drawing books, play dough, coloring book, dry and water color paint, puzzle and ball. The collections points to be set up at EMU Atatürk Square, Foreign Languages and English Preparatory School, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Education will enable everyone to easily collect items which will make the children happy. Two individuals, one from the executive team and one club member, will be responsible at each collection point. Statistics will be maintained by counting toys every evening. In addition, a letter box will be added to the stands and the messages of the participants of the campaign will be collected. In this way, it is aimed to ensure that donors have the opportunity to emotionally connect with the children.