Hayat Dernegi

who are we

Life Association

A team of charitable youth, who sensed the pain and suffering of their refugee brothers in Syria and neighboring countries and touched their wounds, so they worked first to help them with what they could of simple available resources and sincere human energies, to alleviate their pain and secure their basic needs of food, medicine and shelter.

Today, the Al-Hayat Association team is proud of the culmination of its career in the field of charitable work, by legally licensing the association in the Turkish city of Adana in the year (2021), through which we seek to frame our charitable humanitarian work in an institutional framework free from partisan or political affiliation, and thereby enhance the confidence of its supporters in various parts of the world. And develops the course of his charitable work according to international standards.

Our basic business standards:

– The humanitarian response is appropriate and appropriate.

 – The humanitarian response is effective and timely.

 – The humanitarian response strengthens local capacities and avoids negative impacts.

 – The humanitarian response is based on communication, participation and feedback.

– Complaints are welcome and dealt with.

– The humanitarian response is coordinated and complementary

 – Resources are managed and used responsibly to achieve the desired goal.

Our principles at work:

  • Humanity: Human suffering must be alleviated wherever it is found.  The purpose of humanitarian action is to protect life and health and to ensure respect for the human person
  • Impartiality: Humanitarian action should be carried out on the basis of need only, giving priority to the most urgent cases and not discriminating negatively on the basis of nationality, race, gender, religious belief, social class or political opinion.
  • Independence: Humanitarian action must be independent of the political, economic, military or any other objectives that any actor may pursue in relation to the areas in which humanitarian action is being implemented.
  • Neutrality: Humanitarian actors must refrain from taking sides during a conflict, or participating in controversies of a political, ethnic, religious or ideological nature.