THE ‘BACK TO LIFE WITH THE BASKETBALL VILLAGE’ PROJECT
We have been deeply saddened by the consecutive earthquake disasters in 11 provinces in Southeast Turkey centered arond Kahramanmaraş. We know that the most urgent need to recover from the deep wounds in the region is social solidarity.
BIDEV operates with the vision of ‘helping young people who are interested in basketball to grow up as good persons’, and along this goal, we are doing our best to help young surviviors in the earthquake region to recover from the damages and return back to normal life – as much as possible…
We have selected the Belen province of the Hatay Region of Turkey – which was very heavily hit – as a pilot area for our efforts, and have started to work together with Polimeks Holding, where our Trustee Erol Tabanca is Chairman of the Board, The Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) and the Turkish Basketball Coaches Association (TUBAD) …
We are building a ‘Basketball Village’.
We know that it is very difficult to return back to normal life after a tragedy of this scope – if ever possible.
The recent tragedies have left deep damages not only with the surviviors of the earthquakes, but also within the public memory of Turkey.
With our ‘Basketball Village’ of 11.397m2 that will include 100 containers providing shelter for 800 people, as well as 4 social function containers… we are hoping to help surviving children and youngsters to ‘reconnect’ with ‘life’ and to help them win back/develop their social capacities….
BIDEV will continue assisting the youngsters with overcoming their setbacks and difficulties with basketball and other personal trainings after the ‘Basketball Village’ has been constructed and put into operation.
Besides that, we will be working towards our second step of reaching out to children and youngsters living in rural areas and small villages by providing them with basketball training and various other ‘social capacity’ trainings.
What does the Basketball Village Provide?
- 100 containers with the capacity of sheltering 800 people
- 2 containers for cafeteria and related recreational purposes
- 1 laundry container
- 1 infirmary container
The containers of the Basketball Village have been designed to fully accommodate 8 people including kitchen and bathroom facilities and will be fully functional when handed over to their inhabitants
