Projects from the Previous Periods

We introduced 50 children between the ages of 6-12 from various disadvantageous regions of Istanbul to theatre in cooperation with Perfore Fikir in 2022. These children received acting, singing, dance and music lessons for 6 months. The participants were selected from state schools in both sides, particularly from Sultangazi, Gaziosmanpaşa, Sancaktepe, Ümraniye and Beşiktaş, through application in 2021-2022 education period. At the end of 6 months, our children performed “Mozart’s Fairies” on stage four times. Over 2100 children and their families watched our play.

In the scope of our project “Tiny Fingers Coding the Future” realized in collaboration with Microsoft Turkey and Habitat Association, we ensure that children develop their technology-oriented creativity and coding skills in an entertaining environment. “KODU programming Language” training of 8 hours in length has been provided for children ranging from 8-14 years old in 32 different provinces in a classroom environment since 2015. At the end of this project launched together with our Volunteer Financiers in order to develop algorithmic thinking abilities of our children, we reached 20 thousand children in three years who could be the innovation leaders of the future. We reached children in Adana, Adıyaman, Afyon, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Elazığ, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Kars, Kırklareli, Malatya, Manisa, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Siirt, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Trabzon, Van and Yozgat provinces and completed our coding training.

We introduced 50 children between the ages of 6-12 from various disadvantageous regions of Istanbul to theatre in cooperation with Perfore Fikir in 2022. These children received acting, singing, dance and music lessons for 6 months.

The participants were selected from state schools in both sides, particularly from Sultangazi, Gaziosmanpaşa, Sancaktepe, Ümraniye and Beşiktaş, through application in 2021-2022 education period.

At the end of 6 months, our children performed “Mozart’s Fairies” on stage four times. Over 2100 children and their families watched our play.

In the scope of “Volunteer Financier Project Competition” organized under the roof of our social responsibility platform “Tiny Hands Big Dreams”, Sakarya University Pediatric Oncology Department Playroom was created in 2016 so that children receiving long-term treatment could move away from hospital environment and have a good time.

After the completion of our playroom, we had a chance to observe the emotional and social development of our children and decided to implement this project in hospitals which needed such a room across Turkey.

We created a playroom for children in Dicle University Pediatric Oncology Department in 2018 and enabled them to engage in different social activities throughout their treatment processes and designed a room where they could have a good time.

In the coming period, we will reach thousands of children in new hospitals who need such a room and continue to share the happiness on the faces of our children.

We implemented our project “Talking Books” in 2018 between April- June with the support of Tırtıl Kids stores with an aim to discover different worlds by reading books together with our children and strengthen their reading habits.

We implemented our project in Tırtıl Kids stores and in the stores of Tırtıl Kids’ business partners located in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir on Sundays in 30-minute sessions. We are more than happy to reach 1.575 children between the ages of 4-8 and introduce them with various books.

"By virtue of “Marvelous Math” Exhibition, we sought to help children discover the abstract aspect of math in concrete terms while telling them that math is everywhere in life and introducing them to its entertaining and creative characteristics.

The Workshop Area, where our children had an opportunity to apply what they learnt, to develop their knowledge and abilities and work in teams, was opened to visit from November 12, 2015, until April 30, 2017, in the Zone by QNB  hosting Auditorium which brings children together with the rich content of Da Vinci Learning channel and the first and only Trampoline Parque of Turkey.

Our exhibition hosted over 150,000 children in The ZONE by QNB which is an entertainment and culture center tailored for children.

On the other side, we reached the little ones living in Anatolia by means of our mobile math truck which visited 25 different points in Turkey. Our mobile truck introduced thousands of children in Istanbul, Izmir, Adana, Amasya, Antalya, Aydın, Bursa, Çankırı, Edirne, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Kırşehir, Konya, Kütahya, Manisa, Muğla, Nevşehir, Safranbolu, Sivas, Soma, Tekirdağ, Tokat and Yalova with the entertaining world of math.

By inspiring from the characters and original screenplay of world-wide record-breaking Madagascar movie of Dreamworks, we introduced Madagascar Live to our children.

In the play adopted to the Madagascar Movie, the adventures of cute animals in the zoo were narrated in an entertaining manner. The performance composed of 25 characters in total take the audience to Madagascar beaches from the Central Park Zoo.

Our children’s play “Madagascar Live”, which we supported with great enthusiasm and was staged for the first time in Turkey, met with more than 65.000 children and their families between January-June 2015 in Ankara, Adana, Bursa, Istanbul and Izmir, and offered a kind of feast.

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In the musical, which was comprised of songs adapted from the compositions of Sezen Aksu, the friendship between Efe and the dog named Bulut was narrated. Our children musical “Stories of Sezuş: Efe and Bulut are against Osman Bey” written by Sezen Aksu which contains significant messages such as tolerance, respect, empathy, love for animals and loyalty opened curtains on October 24-25,2015, in Istanbul MOI, then travelled Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Izmir, Kayseri, Mersin, Rize and Trabzon provinces and met with over 35.000 children.

In the scope of our “By the Power of Dreams” project implemented in collaboration with the Community Volunteers Foundation, we aimed for improving the self-esteem of primary school students by means of storytelling method, fostering their communication skills and building self-expression ability and helping them discover their written expression, imagination, reading and creativity.

In the scope of project launched in March 2018, we reached 1500 children in Istanbul, Izmir, Van, Kocaeli, Samsun, Muğla, Diyarbakır, Balıkesir, Kırşehir and Mersin and provided a total of 18-hour storytelling training in six weeks together with Community Volunteer Youth who had received training from storyteller Nazlı Çevik Azazi.

We moved the Storytelling Program, which is an innovative education method, to online as from May 2020 and started to experience it in online classes with children between the ages of 8-12 across Turkey and completed the training with 500 children. Our trainings were conducted in online classes of 20 people. By applying the learning content composed of 4 workshops each of which lasted one and a half hour and involved tales, riddles, tongue twisters and interactive games, we enabled children to listen and analyze different tales in every session and to discover their creativity for the purpose of building them up to write their own stories.

In the leadership of Güher and Süher Pekinel and in cooperation with Orff Music Centre, Turkey, we enabled children to feel the sense of rhythm arising from the combination of music, speaking and dance and to unleash the creative power inside them in the scope of “Anatolia Orff Music Education Project”.

Three young music teachers selected by Orff Centre, Turkey in 2016-2017 education term completed their education in Salzburg Mozarteum University Carl Orff Institute with the support of our bank. Our teachers, having received education for 9 months, conveyed Orff education to 180 music teachers in Adana, Balıkesir, Eskişehir, Konya, Trabzon, and Van during 2017-2018 education term. These training reached 60.000 children by medium of our teachers in 2019.

We will make entertaining workshops with our children on QNB YouTube channel between 23-25 April. We ensure that our children have fun while learning through a number of qualified content.

We aim for creating both an instructive and entertaining program and enjoying the festival spirit by means of workshops tailored to improve the creativity of children and enhance their analytical thinking and visual intelligence.

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• Belçim Bilgin “Ambitious Violet” - We read a tale
• Alper Baytekin "We listen to a tale" – We learn a new tale
• Berrak İdiman "Dream Board" – Improve your creativity
• Emre Saka "How to make a Puppet" – Make a puppet with materials at home
• Swing İstanbul "Let’s dance" – It is not hard to dance
• Bilge Saka "I can draw, too" – Illustration with simple lines
• Caner Akgün/Dilruba Bilgi "Classical music with family" – We get to know Classical music composer
• Gönül Yeprem "Children’s songs" – A special song for Today
• Burak Karabey "Children and Space" – We discover the Space
• Ezo Sunal – Body Percussion

We celebrate the 23rd of April National Sovereignty and Children’s Day with our warmest wishes.