Rector Dalgar: “Our state sent us here. We were trained with the resources of this nation, and now we want to share this accumulation with our people. We will do our best to meet all the needs of our villagers.”
Trainings will be provided in three categories
In the project, villages were divided into three categories according to their population density: ‘child village’, ‘youth village’, and ‘elderly village’. The first training started in Büğdüz village, where both child and elderly populations are dense. Due to the month of Ramadan, Dr. Necati Aykon from the Faculty of Theology provided training on spiritual development before the Tarawih prayer. The training organized after the prayer attracted great interest from the villagers. In the first training, the topic of ‘Positive Aging’ was addressed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umut Yanardağ from the MAKÜ Social Sciences Institute Social Work Department.
MAKÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Dalgar emphasized the university's mission to contribute to villages in his speech at the opening of the training. Rector Dalgar stated that Büğdüz village is contiguous with the university's land and that the first training started here due to it being the closest village, saying, “Büğdüz is a village located right next to our university. Starting from here was meaningful for us. We consider it our duty to support the citizens living in the village and to touch their lives.”
The young population is migrating from rural areas
Rector Dalgar pointed out that the population engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry is gradually aging, saying, “Who will produce in rural areas? A large portion of the young population is migrating to cities. However, if production does not continue in rural areas, there may be significant problems in food supply.” Rector Dalgar stated that as a university, they aim to support citizens living in rural areas in every field.
Training support from expert academicians
Rector Dalgar stated that all academicians voluntarily support the project, saying, “Our state sent us here. We were trained with the resources of this nation, and now we want to share this accumulation with our people. We will do our best to meet all the needs of our villagers.”
In the project, MAKÜ’s expert staff will provide training in different fields. In the first training, the topic of ‘Positive Aging’ was addressed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umut Yanardağ from the MAKÜ Social Sciences Institute Social Work Department. Yanardağ stated that in the upcoming period, topics such as physical therapy, oral and dental health, agriculture and animal husbandry, economy, healthy living, emergency management, preventive health, spiritual development will be covered, and with the project, they aim to both bring academic knowledge to the public in rural areas and contribute to social and economic development in rural areas. He also stated that the trainings will continue in other villages, shaped according to the needs of the local people.
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