Ankara: Turkey yesterday opened a huge orphanage complex where nearly 1,000 Syrian children will be housed and educated in a "safe environment", one of the NGOs backing the project said.
The complex, in the southern Turkish town of Reyhanli near Syria, will house 990 children in 55 homes established by the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), a Turkish NGO, and Qatar's Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF).
The project, which began in July 2015 with the help of the Turkish government, has three schools, a mosque, a health clinic, playgrounds and a cultural centre, the IHH said in a statement.
The complex, built to resemble a small neighbourhood, is staffed by 400 people including caregivers, teachers, doctors, psychologists and gardeners among others who will live and work on site.
