About
From a meeting of twenty-five townsfolk to today.
On 1 July 2013 twenty-five people met at Çamlık Café in Çardak. The name was put to a vote, so was the logo; the doors opened on 30 November. Since then, three jobs: scholarships, trees, hometown.
Founding
From the first letter on 17 June to the opening on 30 November: the meeting, the name vote, the paperwork, the office. With photographs and the documents of the day.
The founding story → 7Board
Seven founders, the first boards elected in April 2014, the chairs of the head office and the Istanbul branch, past general assemblies.
The board → 18Logo
Chosen from eighteen candidates and turned from yellow to green; what it means, colour variants and a downloadable file.
Our logo → 5Aims and work
The five aims in the charter, and next to each what has been done in thirteen years: scholarships, classes, forests, workshops, a book.
Aims → 6The 2013 plan
Six goals from the workshop held in the municipal wedding hall in November 2013, and an honest "planned / done" table.
Strategic plan → 15Documents
Founding letters, votes, assembly minutes, forms — in date order, all downloadable.
Document archive →One person can plant a tree. Maybe ten different trees. But a forest takes a community.Founding letter, 1 July 2013
How we work
- Everyone is a volunteer; nobody is paid.
- The office is lent by the municipality, meetings are held in its wedding hall — no rent.
- Every lira raised goes to scholarships and saplings; accounts are read at every general assembly.
- Strictly non-political; a founding principle.
At a glance
| Full name | Çardak Ağaçlandırma Doğa ve Eğitim Gönüllüleri Derneği — Çardak Reforestation, Nature and Education Volunteers Association |
|---|---|
| Short name | ÇADED |
| Registry no | 20-019-110 |
| Founded | Filed 4 July 2013 · opened 30 November 2013 |
| Head office | Hürriyet Mah. Belediye Yeni İş Hanı No:3, 20450 Çardak / Denizli, Turkey |
| Branch | Istanbul — İ.O.S.B. Esenler San. Sit. 10. Blok No:12 Kat:2, Başakşehir (2015) |
| Umbrella body | Aegean Associations Union (EGEBİR), 27th member, December 2014 |
| Area of activity | Çardak district centre, all its villages and the Acıgöl basin |