Since 2005, Mirora has continually supported the Alternative Life Association (AYDER) which was established to accomplish its mission on the road to “Turkey without Disability” by offering alternative solutions for the disabled and all disadvantaged groups in “Disability” situations and producing innovative and sustainable projects. It has been transformed into a platform which will reintegrate a large number of disabled and socially disadvantaged groups into the economy as both producers and consumers. While most foundations try to develop products after their establishment, AYDER has become a society to streamline the works performed since 1997 under a single roof. AYDER, founded in 2002, has implemented products such as “Diving is Freedom” and “Alternative Camp” which had an overwhelming response in 1997. AYDER has planned and implemented many innovative projects such as “Reha Istanbul Fair” in 2004, “Tourism without Disability” in 2006, and “Dreams Academy” in 2008.
When we allocated a part of our Kozyatağı office to AYDER, we never anticipated just how much the pictures painted on the walls would motivate us. We were excited and inspired by all the photographs which reflected the enthusiasm of the visually impaired mountain climbers; the smiling faces of the spinal cord paralytics or persons with Down syndrome scuba diving; and the photographs of our brothers and sisters skydiving and freed of all disabilities by flying. For several years, we have been making efforts to transform our customer/vendor satisfaction surveys into donation campaigns. We announced to our stakeholders that we would make a certain donation amount in return for each survey form filled out to evaluate us. Thus, we tried to go beyond making only material sharing with our stakeholders.
AYDER is a member of the United Nations "Global Compact" (Global Compact), the first non-governmental organization to sign the Global Compact.
Dreams Academy
Our old friend, founder of AYDER and Dreams Academy Ercan Tutal He said:
"Do the blind dream? They do... It is those who lose their dreams who become blind!.."
Where dreams end, there is no life anymore... / The reason for existence of human beings ends... / And life becomes a dark flow for some of us and a bright flow for others... / Fast, irresistible.
Dreams Academy has transformed into a permanent alternative art and culture academy that prepares young people for life. Please visit the Dreams Academy's website for more details about the projects.
