“Beauty will save the world” Fyodor Dostoevsky
It might sound naive, but do you think that there is any problem in the world that love, kindness and compassion cannot resolve? We need love, more love for peace.
Everything started at the First United Methodist Church on October 20, 2019. Julia Fuschak brought together women of three religions at that first meeting of the Daughters of Abraham.
The impact of that meeting made us continue the gatherings, and we formed our Daughters of Abraham group and began monthly meetings. At our first few gatherings, we spoke about how we believe in the creation, verses on women and their impact, and individual prayer practices. We all witnessed curiosity and love at every meeting.
TİKA s Erenler Sofrası is in Yemen
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As part of the Erenler Sofrası Ramadan Program, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) distributed 45 tonnes of food packages to 1,000 needy families in Yemen.
Initiated by TİKA after the year 2021 was declared by the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey as the Year of Yunus Emre and Turkish Language, the Year of Haji Bektash Veli and the Year of Ahi Evran; “Erenler Sofrası” put a smile on the faces of needy people in Yemen.
In his speech about the Erenler Sofrası Program which has been initiated by TİKA in Yemen, TİKA’s Yemen Coordinator Abdullah Sarı said: “We are now a guest at the tables of our brothers in Yemen thanks to the Erenler Sofrası Program that we started in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism”.
TİKA s Erenler Sofrası is in Sudan
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As part of the Ramadan activities, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) provided 20 tonnes of food aid to 1000 Eritreans who have taken shelter at the camp in Eastern Sudan.
The Ramadan food aid program now continues in Sudan, which has been carried out by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) under the name “Erenler Sofrası” since the year 2021 was declared as the Year of Yunus Emre, Ahi Evran and Haji Bektash Veli who are the spiritual legacies of Anatolia.
In his statement, TİKA’s Khartoum Coordinator Bilal Özden said that in order to slightly relieve the burden of refugees in Sudan, which is facing financial difficulties, they delivered a part of the Ramadan food aid to the Khashm el-Girba camp in the state of Kassala, where Eritrean refugees have taken shelter, in cooperation with relief organizations such as Ethar and WeDCO. Having expressed that they have delivered food packages of 20 kilogra
TİKA s Erenler Sofrası is in Montenegro
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Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has begun distributing the food packages which will be delivered to 2,000 families in Montenegro as part of the Erenler Sofrası Ramadan Program.
Since the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey declared 2021 as the Year of Yunus Emre and Turkish Language, the Year of Haji Bektash Veli and the Year of Ahi Evran; TİKA has been carrying out projects to share the fruitfulness and the joy of Ramadan under the name of “Erenler Sofrası”.
TİKA s Erenler Sofrası aid packages have firstly been delivered to 250 families living in Plav and Gusinje, located in Northern Montenegro. As a result of the programs that have been planned in cooperation with the Islamic Community of Montenegro, aid packages consisting of food and cleaning supplies will be delivered to a total of 2,000 needy families from 13 different cities in Montenegro.
TİKA s Erenler Sofrası is in Djibouti
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Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has begun to provide 16.5 tonnes of food aid to 330 needy families in Djibouti as part of the “Erenler Sofrası” Ramadan Program.
The packages, which have been prepared as part of the aid program carried out with the cooperation of TİKA and the Charity Club Association (l’Association de Club de Bienfaisance), have begun to be distributed with a ceremony held in the capital Djibouti.
Having taken the floor at the ceremony, which has begun with Quran recitation, TİKA’s Djibouti Program Coordinator Kutluhan Yücel expressed that the month of Ramadan was a period when sharing and charity should increase among people without discrimination, and he said: “After the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey declared 2021 as the Year of Yunus Emre and Haji Bektash Veli, a new concept called Erenler Sofrası has been created, inspired by the moral values from the heart of Anatolia. T�