Orient Social Studies Center in Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey

There were many problems with Syrian students after arriving to Turkey. These problems were caused by the difficulties of blending with a new culture that had different values and traditions from their original culture in Syria, especially that majority of students witnessed bombing, destruction, and displacement in their cities and villages, which led the experts in Orient for Human Relief to keep a track of these cases and evaluate them. Orient for Human Relief understood the importance of offering psychological support for affected students. Students were categorized according to their health status in the Orient students’ social center, so they could receive special therapy that would help them return to their normal lives.

The center was sure to provide all the joy and happiness to its students. Orient Social Center matched students with psychologists and counselors, that comfortably approached students to improve their outlook on life, and confirmed the importance of studying, working, and socializing with their friends. The therapist offered students encouraging gifts and arranged students’ trips with the sense of love and friendliness among these students.

The center focused on the religious and moral aspects of students’ lives, due to their huge effect on their personalities. The center offered Holy Quran learning lessons taught by highly qualified, collage degree holding tooters. The students were divided into two classes:

The religious activities in the center contain encouraging competitions among all levels, and the winners were rewarded with symbolic prizes.