Üsküdar Üniversitesi Young Brains Academy applied for, and in cooperation with the Health, Culture and Sports Directorate Üsküdar Pomegranate Movement club, the European Union Civil Thought-supported project “Tell Me a Tale, Let There Be No Virus In It” was realized. “Pomegranate Tales”, an important output of this project, met with Üsküdar Üniversitesi Founding Rector Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan.
After the printing of the tale books was completed, a meeting was held with Üsküdar Üniversitesi Founding Rector Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan, Project Coordinator Dr. Nebiye Yaşar, Science Board Chairman Assoc. Dr. Emel Sarı Gökten, and the 'narcan' tale writers. 60 tale books were delivered to Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan at NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital Child Psychiatry service, accompanied by science board members.
“Children are the greatest treasure of this world”
Providing information about the project, Üsküdar Üniversitesi Young Brains Academy Director and European Union Project Coordinator Dr. Nebiye Yaşar stated; “As the Young Brains Academy, the support given to Narcanlar will reach all children in Turkey like pomegranate seeds through Pomegranate Tales. Children are the greatest treasure of this world. The Pomegranate Tales Association, established to ensure the sustainability of our project and to announce its multiplier effect to the whole world, will undertake this mission and carry innovative tales to the future with Narcanlar as a cultural heritage.”
If a Child is Aware, the World Becomes Aware
Project Coordinator Assistant İklima Ebrar Çiçekdal used the following expressions within the scope of project activities: “The Pomegranate Tales project, established to help children staying in foster homes adopt awareness as a perspective, continues on this journey that we embarked on with the slogan ‘If a Child is Aware, the World Becomes Aware’. The printed books will continue to be sent to all foster homes in Turkey. We aim to reach all children with our digital platforms.”
“Children need well-written tales more than advice”
Pomegranate Tales Project Assistant Behiye Beyda Çal stated; “While telling our children about our awareness through tales excited us greatly, the importance of the work done was also immense. Children need well-written tales more than advice.”
Tales are living messages we send to the future for children
Pomegranate Tales Project Assistant Seval Fulin used the expressions; “Pomegranate Tales is a very valuable process that we have meticulously crafted, to make our tales guiding. Tales are living messages we send to the future for children.”
If a child is aware, the World becomes aware
For the digital tale archive to be created with the written tales, volunteer writers carried out the filming of their tales in Üsküdar Üniversitesi studios and aimed to reach all children by saying, “We are in Tales with Our Awareness”.
Pomegranate Tales was written by “Volunteer Youth” (Narcanlar), who believe that awareness begins at an early age and work to ensure that children, the architects of the future, adopt “awareness” as a perspective.
On the journey of “Pomegranate Tales” with 60 young volunteer girls, under the slogan “If a child is aware, the World becomes aware”, 60 tale books were written, and topics such as autism, animal love, saving, sign language, racism, physical disability, etc., aiming to create awareness in children aged 3-12, were addressed.