Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) has added a new project to the social responsibility projects as part of the activities of the Community Involvement Center. Within the scope of the Campaign Lecture given by EMU Communication Faculty, Department of Public Relations and Advertising Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anıl Kemal Kaya, students (Ezgi Yılmaz, Usman Aregbe, Quadri Oaoye, Edikan Peter and Paul Aderanti) enrolled to the course carried out a social responsibility project on the occasion of World Children’s Rights Day.
The event, that took place on the 20th of November, 2017, was organised for the third, fourth and fifth grade students in Şehit Zeki Salih Primary School in Famagusta. Firstly, Ezgi Yılmaz from the Department of Public Relations and Advertising, made a speech on children’s rights. She informed the students on the matter and put emphasis on the importance of awareness towards the issue. Following Yılmaz, an animation movie was screened in order to provide information to primary school students regarding children’s rights. Foreign students of Public Relations and Advertising Department emphasized the importance of communication by talking with them. At the end of the event, under the sponsorship of Türkiye İş Bankası, children were given books and the importance of reading was touched upon.
Primary school students shared their ideas on the topic and school principal Yılmaz Edelhan expressed their gratitude on the event which raised awareness on children’s rights among the primary school students.
EMU Department of Public Relations and Advertising students also expressed their happiness in acting as a bridge on raising awareness for such an important issue.