DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY AND EDUCATION STUDIES
Help Those with Cancer Association knows that the best way of prevention the increment of
cancer cases is the studies for raising the awareness. Hence, educational studies department set up and
organizing seminars and little group interviews are held for informing people against cancer. Team
members visit all parts of the north Cyprus.
The main target of organized seminars are, to give comprehensive knowledge regarding the
cancer and to assist for preventing the consequences to children at primary school level and youngsters
at summer camps in collaboration with the Ministry of Education. In those seminars; consciousness
about the cancer, the most frequent types of cancer, its causes, symptoms, and prevention from cancer,
the dangers of smoking and the importance of balanced diet are also mentioned with the support of
awareness-raising brochures.
Little group interviews are also organised to inform women about breast and cervix cancer.
Women participating in conversations find a chance to learn applied self-detection methods for breast
cancer.
Statistical research for epidemiological map over North Cyprus is also held.
“HOPE” EDUCATION AND CULTURE CENTRE
Besides of having provided equipment backup and room availability for many years to
children having cancer disease from early ages, Help Those With Cancer Association also has been
providing education support, allowance when those children travel to overseas and has been giving
morale to those children on special days such as birthday parties and by letting them to travel to
overseas in summer holidays.
The association built up the “Hope” Education and Culture Centre which is the first of its
kind. In “Hope” Centre, it has been provided lessons of subjects such as English, Mathematics, in
accordance to needs and requests of the children who have had problems of catch up in their studies
during the treatment. Furthermore, “Hope” Centre provides music therapy, sessions with families and
children accompanied by psychiatrist. And music courses, theatre workshops, chess courses and Greek
speech courses to those children are organized. Moreover, children become happier by doing some
physical activities in game rooms which are situated in “Hope” Centre. The educational films being
watched in presentation room and the commentaries and exchange of views made about the books read
are alternative ways of education.
To sum up, “Hope” Centre is a place for any teen to get prepared there and to start to an adult
Any musical instrument is provided for any child who has talents in music in “Hope”
Education and Culture Centre. Hence, at the first stage “Group Hope” has been set up and Gökhan
Gökberk, Gönül Gökberk, İmge Ertalu, Ahmet Güvenler,Emine Ferit,Ayşe Yalnız constitute the music group as the first
staff members.
“Hope” Centre has become an “opening door of the hope” for all the children, teens and their
families day by day and can be regarded as a cultural palace for them.