Raindrop News Texans Planted Friendship Trees in Turkey
Texans Planted Friendship Trees in Turkey |
At a ceremony organized by Raindrop Helping Hands, Texans planted friendship trees at Texas-Antalya Friendship Commemorative Forest in Turkey
After last year’s forest fire in the province of Antalya, Raindrop Helping Hands started a donation campaign in Texas. Helping Hands found out that the Ottoman Sultan the Aldulhamid II sent 300 golden coins when he was informed that there was a devastating fire in the U.S. back in 1894 and shared this information with the locals in Texas. Helping Hands’ initiative met with very good reception, resulting in 2,000 tree donation in total.
A group of academicians, doctors, journalists and engineers from the U.S. as well as the students representing the U.S. at Turkish Language Olympiads planted trees on June 8 at the “Texas-Antalya Commemorative Friendship Forest” in Antalya, Turkey.
Journalist Tom Spencer praised the Abdulhamid II as he didn't hesitate helping a country [the U.S.] in her difficulty. “We show our appreciation by planting these trees in Antalya,” he added.
Kristina Herrndobler of Houston Chronicle said that “What we are doing here is well beyond just planting trees. We planted the seeds of brotherhood, friendship and tolerance.”
This event was covered by many newspapers, TV channels and web sites. You can find some of those below:
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Raindrop Turkish House is an educational, charitable, social and cultural organization and now it operates in six states: Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The mission of Raindrop is to introduce Turkish culture into American society and cultivate friendship and promote the understanding of diverse cultures through its unique services to the community, through dialog and corporation.
Raindrop organizes annual Turkic Cultures and Children’s Festival, annual Turkish Language Olympiad and Intercultural Trips to Turkey. Raindrop contributes in colorful life of society by organizing, sponsoring, and hosting cultural and social events. Raindrop also offers educational services such as Turkish and English classes, Turkish Cuisine Cooking classes, music classes, seminars and international conferences. Raindrop also helps the needy through its charity organization Helping Hands. Raindrop organizes Breakfast & Morning conversations, which is a series of public conversations that draw together diverse minds to discuss critical issues and engage in cooperative social action.
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