Corporate

Our principles and policies

The principles we follow to protect every gift entrusted to us and every child we reach.

Our promise to donors

We value your gift and take on these responsibilities towards you:

We use your donations only for the purposes set out in our deed of foundation and spend at least two thirds of our annual income on them.
We accept donations as “General Donations” and direct them to where they are most needed across all our education and health work.
We issue a legal receipt for every donation and send it to you on request.
We process your personal data in line with the KVKK and never share, sell or rent it to third parties.
We share our activity and audit reports with the public.
We answer your questions and complaints within 15 working days at the latest.

Children and young people are at the heart of our work. Their safety comes first:

We put the best interests of the child first in every decision.
Our volunteers and staff work with children in open, observable settings and are never alone with them.
We share photos and videos of children only with parental or school consent, protecting their dignity and revealing no more of their identity than necessary.
We keep the information of our scholars and applicants confidential.
If we suspect a child is being harmed, we report it to the competent authorities without delay.
If you notice anything contrary to these principles, write to info@yigitsezervakfi.org; reports are kept confidential.

To protect our foundation's independence and credibility:

We accept only lawful donations that are in line with our purposes.
We do not accept conditional donations with political aims or that impose obligations on the foundation.
Your card details are never processed or stored on our servers; card payments are completed on the bank's own secure payment page.
We accept in-kind donations (books, stationery, clothing, etc.) after assessing whether they meet a real need.

We carry out our work according to the values in our deed of foundation:

We stay out of politics and never discriminate on the basis of language, religion, race, gender or any other reason.
Members of our Board of Trustees receive no attendance fees; our work is based on volunteering.
Our managers and volunteers avoid personal conflicts of interest in the foundation's decisions.
We distribute our support transparently, according to need and fairness.

We explain how we process your personal data in our KVKK Information Notice and our Privacy and Cookie Policy.