The awards of the 2021 Healthy Cities Best Practice Competition have found their owners. Çankaya Municipality was deemed worthy of two awards with its projects entitled “Tohumum Askıda (Eng: My Seed is Hanging)” and “Sağlıklı Gelecek Çocuklarla Gelecek (Eng: Healthy Future will come with Children)”.

Çankaya Municipality continues to set an example for the whole of Turkey with its record investments and special projects. Çankaya Municipality won two important awards in the 12th Healthy Cities Best Practice Competition, organized by the Healthy Cities Association. In the competition, where 32 member municipalities applied with 84 projects, Çankaya Municipality won the first prize in the "Healthy Life" category with its "Healthy Future will come with Children" project. The municipality was also deemed worthy of the jury's special award under the title of “Social Responsibility” category with its "My Seed is Hanging" project.

PROJECTS FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE

Çankaya Municipality participated in the competition of Healthy Cities Association with the projects it implemented in his kindergartens this year. The project “Healthy Future comes with Children", which brought Çankaya the first prize, was carried out in 12 kindergartens in Çankaya with the aim of preventing childhood obesity. The project, which was developed due to the inactivity and weight gain in children during the pandemic period, aims to prevent childhood obesity with sports and healthy nutrition. Children are raised awareness of healthy eating and growth through outdoor games and online trainings with the participation of families thanks to the project.

THE PROJECT DRAWS ATTENTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

The “My Seed Is Hanging” project, which won the special jury award in the social responsibility category, also aims to raise awareness about climate change in early childhood. The little ones, who received compost trainings and workshops on ecological literacy, zero waste and soil in the kindergartens of Çankaya, experienced the excitement of meeting with the soil. The children also planted fruit seeds and seedlings in their gardens by barter method.

"WE ARE WORKING FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE OUR FUTURE"

Noting that as Çankaya Municipality, they always carry out exemplary works and projects for children, Çankaya Mayor Alper Taşdelen said, "This year, we participated in the competition of the Health Cities Association with the projects we implemented in our kindergartens. I am very happy that our two projects that put our children and nature at the center were awarded. Healthy individuals are possible with healthy cities, and healthy cities are possible with healthy individuals. We think of all people, especially our children and the city as a whole, and thus we offer our services in this regard.”

Çankaya Won Two Awards

Çankaya Won Two Awards

Çankaya Won Two Awards

Çankaya Won Two Awards