Istanbul Başakşehir FK Kicks Off “Sport is Good for you” Project for the Kids Affected By the Earthquake

Istanbul Başakşehir FK Kicks Off “Sport is Good for you” Project for the Kids Affected By the Earthquake

İstanbul Başakşehir FK, Başakşehir Municipality and Marmara University kick off a project focusing on the recovery of the kids coming from the earthquake region through football and Sports. The project has been designed based on the idea that kids who experienced a disaster such an earthquake and mentally going through a though time need a medium as football and Sports to overcome the hard times and going back to their normal daily lives.

It will take place in İstanbul Başakşehir FK facilitieswith the attandance of 9-14 years old 60-80 kids and lasts for 2 months for the first phase. For the second phase of the project, it will extand to more kids in Kahramanmaraş, one of the most affected areas within the earthquake zone with also an extanded content and design.

The content focused for the project consists of some basic topics to make a positive effect on basic life skills as emotional stabilisation, psychologic well being, group dinamic, mindfulness practices and communication. The content will be implemented through recreational exercises.

While Başakşehir Municipality is taking the role to reach out to the kids and their families, bring them into the project and providing the logistics, Marmara University supports the project by dedicating their academics and psychologists for the design, preparation and implementation the whole content. İstanbul Başakşehir FK provides the necessary facilities and supplies for the execution of the project and contribute the recovery process of the kids with money can’t buy experiences, occasionally. The project is also a part of the Club’s Good Health and Well Being focus which is one of the areas in their social responsibility work alongside education and environmental sustainability.