Istanbul, Turkey
“This city-wide, anonymous and peer-to-peer solidarity campaign will not only provide relief in the face of rising levels of urban poverty, but it will also help reduce social and political polarization by building bridges between different segments of society.” Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu
Fostering citywide mutual aid
Winner of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge for their project – Pay-It-Forward – which is fostering city-wide mutual aid through a program that crowdsources contributions to meet basic needs for those in need.
Photo: Oğulcan Delipınar
Istanbul residents can anonymously donate to neighbors in needs by leaving contributions in one of these boxes that the mayor’s foreign relations coordinator Aylin Yardımcı is peering into.
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