Saturday, September 23, 2006

2006 Gelecegimizin Cocuklari Vakfi

Saturday 23 September, NPP joined staff from BASF at the Gelecegimizin Cokcuklari Vakfi school and hostel in the Fatih district of Istanbul to paint the buildings. NPP visited the project again with BASF on Thursday 02 November to check the work done.

BASF company magazine report: http://www.basf.com.tr/449.html

Photographs from the NPP home photo album
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Staff at the Children's Foundation









Yurtta Sulh Cihanda Sulh - Peace at Home, Peace in the World









How it later looked after amendments


How it looked


Inside the front gate a couple of days later, Ned had returned to start the tidying up process


Inside the front gate






Dr. Gerhard Schwarz's hand print



Ned directs Dr. Schwarz


The boss gets his painting gear on



BASF regional boss Dr. Gerhard Schwarz discussing events with local Fatih authorities




Cleaning brushes etc.


Cleaning a paint roller



This is how it looked at one stage - later Ned returns to make amendments







Chaos ensues


The kids and staff appear to be paying attention


Ned gives instructions


BASF staff begin to arrive



Ready to paint


The main school and office building


The main entrance


Burak Gozum from Maker Events introduces NPP to the GCV school in Fatih.
It is a foundation set up to provide a home for ex-homeless children.
German chemical company BASF had supplied specialist building materials for the construction process and the next stage was to paint the external facades.