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WFP Turkey • 163 Graduates from Three MUV Cohorts Started Working As Livelihoods Situational Report Chef Assistants, Yielding 38 Percent Employment Rate Highlights WFP Turkey • 163 graduates from three MUV cohorts started working as Livelihoods Situational Report chef assistants, yielding 38 percent employment rate. July 2021 • 49 EMPACT graduates started formal employment or set up their own businesses, yielding 44 percent employment rate. Livelihoods Situation Report June 2021 • 305 meals were distributed under the Network Fresh project. • 458 new participants have been selected for Store Attendant, Chef Asistant and Housekeping trainings in 15 provinces. These trainings will be conducted under the Socioeconomic Empowerment and Sustainability (SES) Programme. NUMBER OF AVERAGE NUMBER OF PROJECT PARTICIPANTS HH SIZE BENEFICIARIES MUV 108 4.8 ≈ 519 EMPACT 112 3.8 ≈ 426 53 % 47 % NETWORK FRESH 7 3 21 SOUP KITCHEN 366 1 366 URBAN AGRICULTURE 20 4.8 ≈ 96 TOTAL 613 N/A 1428 732 participants certified 468 participants graduated from 212 participants reached long- through Vocational On-the-Job Training term employment Training MUV Cohort 3 Kitchen of Hope (MUV) • 245 participants in nine provinces (Adana, Ankara, “The Kitchen of Hope (Mutfakta Umut Var/MUV) project equips Istanbul, Izmir, Kilis, Mardin, Mersin, Hatay and Syrians under Temporary Protection and Turkish citizens with Sanliurfa) were certified after successfully completing culinary skills through vocational and on-the-job (OJT) trainings. the VT. MUV is currently being implemented in nine provinces across • 90 participants continued OJT. Turkey.“ • 54 participants started working at their OJT locations. This brings the employment rate to 22 MUV Cohort 1 percent. • 53 graduates out of 173 have been employed in seven Monitoring provinces (Adana, Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Kilis, Mardin and Sanliurfa), yielding an employment rate of 31 • Regular on-site monitoring visits have been conducted percent. at MUV OJT locations. • Two participants from Istanbul and Izmir continued OJT. MUV Endline surveys for Cohort 3 have been completed. MUV Cohort 2 • 111 participants completed the vocational training (VT) and OJT modules and graduated. • 12 participants continued OJT. • 56 out of 183 participants accepted the job offers and started working at their OJT locations. The employment rate for Cohort 2 is currently 31 percent. Page | 1 Photo: MUV Cohort III participant from Ankara during the on-the-job training • Call for applications for new EMPACT cohorts in five Socioeconomic Empowerment and provinces (Ankara, Hatay, Istanbul, Izmir and Mersin) for advanced and entry level trainings has been Sustainability (SES) Programme launched. 1717 (669 entry-level, 1048 advanced-level) “SES is the continuation of the Kitchen of Hope programme in applications have been received to date. 2021 with extended training programmes on Chef Assistant, Store Attendant, Housekeeping, Food Packaging and IT. “ Network Fresh (Aş Ortağım) “This pilot project addresses foodwaste by collecting the daily • The Training of Teachers (ToT) for Store Attendant unsold food items from businesses and distributing them to training has been conducted in Istanbul between 7-9 July vulnerable people.” with the support of CarrefourSA and METRO • The project’s testing phase started in July with local bakery Taş Değirmenli that provided 305 meals. These Grossmarket. • 223 participants have been selected for store attendant meals were distributed to 21 vulnerable people track in seven provinces (Adana, Ankara, Hatay, Istanbul, determined by WFP and Istanbul’s Sisli Municipality. Izmir, Mersin and Sanliurfa). • WFP continues to explore new partnership • WFP initiated outreach activities and launched call for opportunities with restaurants/cafes to increase the applications for the upcoming food packaging trainings. number of suppliers. Applications will remain open until 1 September 2021. Urban Agriculture • Interviews are ongoing in four provinces (Bursa, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras and Kocaeli). VT is planned “This pilot project aims to enhance the resilience of Syrians under Temporary Protection and Turkish citizens by creating to start on 16 August at the designated locations. long-term employment in the agriculture sector. ” • 44 participants in Konya and 50 participants in Kayseri have been selected. Chef Assistant VT will start on 9 • 20 participants completed the VT and received their August in these provinces. stipend of TRY 850 (USD 98). • Practical training continued and each participant Soup Kitchen received TRY 108.68 (USD 13) for each working day. “A COVID-19 emergency response project implemented in • BUTKOOP Cooperative in Istanbul’s Buyukcekmece is collaboration with WFP, the International Organization of responsible for the marketing of harvested okra, Migration (IOM) and the German Agency for International including packaging and branding. Cooperation (GIZ) to support the Municipal Soup Kitchens with • WFP provided agricultural equipment (dryer and soil kitchen equipment and food supply to provide daily meals for analysis machine) to BUTKOOP. vulnerable people.” • METRO Grossmarket agreed to buy/add the harvested okra to their product portfolio. • WFP Soup Kitchen assistance started in July 2020 with eight municipalities. The assistance continues with August Outlook Istanbul’s Sultangazi Municipality, and 2,200 hot meals • Housekeeping, Chef Assistant and Food Packaging ToT per day are delivered to vulnerable refugees and will be conducted in Gaziantep, Hatay and Ankara. Turkish nationals. • VT on Chef Assistant, Store Attendant and Housekeeping will start on 16 August. EMPACT: Empowerment in Action • Pre-Assistance Baseline surveys will be conducted with “EMPACT aims to equip both Syrians under Temporary selected SES participants. Protection and Turkish citizens aged between 18 and 35 with • Project kick-off meetings will be held in Konya and digital skills through vocational and technical trainings. The Kayseri. project’s pilot was implemented in Istanbul between September 2020 and January 2021.” WFP Turkey would like to thank all donors for their • 49 graduates out of 112 either started formal contributions to its livelihoods activities: employment or set up their own businesses, yielding 44 percent employment rate. This rate is higher among advanced level training graduates (43 employed) than entry-level graduates (Six employed). • 56 participants completed OJT and seven Contacts: participants are still in the interview process for OJT. Nils Grede, WFP Turkey Country Director: [email protected] Pilar Domingo Vargas, Head of Partnerships & OIM: [email protected] WFP Turkey Situation Report – ICSP Activity 4 Page | 2 July 2021 .
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