Analysis of the activities of non-governmental organizations for orphans: The example of İHH

Children, who are the determinants of the future of a society, need protection in order to develop at the expected level in proportion to their intelligence, economic status, age and social status. For this, all children must be protected, regardless of whether they are poor or rich, guilty or innocent, with or without anyone, with or without a physical, mental or mental disability. These children, whose mother or father is unknown or who are deprived of parental protection due to being motherless and fatherless, are considered orphans. Children, who are seen as the most vulnerable part of society, are an important area of responsibility for their countries. Because orphan children represent the qualified workforce as the youth of the country in which they live in the future. For this reason, supportive activities for orphans are carried out by both public institutions and non-governmental organizations operating in the field of social aid and social support. One of these non-governmental organizations is the IHH. This study deals with the activities of the IHH's, which has activities for orphans in underdeveloped and poor countries with its civilian facilities. In the study in which qualitative research methods were applied, the data were obtained with the help of semi-structured interview form. The interview form was developed by the researcher using the relevant literature. The interview form, which was finalized after receiving expert opinion, was applied to 32 orphans who benefited from the opportunities offered by the IHH, and the obtained data were analyzed with the descriptive analysis method. At the end of the study, it was seen that the social assistance, education and health opportunities provided by the IHH Humanitarian Aid Foundation had an impact on the human capital development and success level of orphan children and increased the children's self-efficacy belief.