is a project that aims to secure healthy environments for children at Primary Boarding Schools. Spearheaded by three brands, VitrA, Artema and Selpak, this social responsibility project is renovating the bathrooms and showers of Regional Primary Boarding School dormitories and school buildings with VitrA and Artema products. Within the Eczacıbaşı Group, companies and employees that are contributing to the success of the project include Eczacıbaşı Building Products, İpek Kağıt Tissue Paper, Eczacıbaşı Girişim Marketing, and Eczacıbaşı Volunteers. Partnering the project is the Ministry of Education, which is determining the neediest schools and ensuring they have the required plumbing infrastructure. In the cooperation protocol that the Eczacıbaşı Group signed with the Turkish Ministry of Education in January 2010, 30 Regional Primary Boarding Schools will benefit from the project. Selpak is organizing personal hygiene classes at primary schools all around Turkey. To date, 6 million students at 8002 primary schools in 60 cities have benefited from this program since 2002. The Eczacıbaşı Hygiene Project was the recipient of the International Public Relations Association's 2009 Golden World Award in Social Responsibility and an Honorable Mention in the associated Special United Nations’ Award competition. It also received two Honorable Mentions from the US, one in the “Best Social Responsibility Project of Europe” category of the 2009 Stevie International Business Awards and the other in the “Community Relations” category of the PR News Platinum Awards. The Turkish Foundation of Education Volunteers (TEGV) The Eczacıbaşı Group contributes to this NGO through direct budgeting or special fund-raising events, like the 2002 auction of ceramic statues created by the VitrA Ceramic Art Studio. Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı Foundation Music Scholarships These scholarships enable outstanding young Turkish musicians to pursue graduate musical studies abroad. To date, the Foundation has provided financial support to 85 musicians studying instruments as well as orchestration, direction and composition. Primary School Sponsorship The Eczacıbaşı Group has built four primary schools for the Turkish public school system to which it provides annual funding. Around 4200 students attend these schools. Eczacıbaşı Sports School The Eczacıbaşı Sports School teaches volleyball to young girls in the 6-14 age group. Reproductive Health Hotline In 2000, Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Marketing established a free, 24-hour reproductive health hotline (ALO-OKEY) with the Family Planning Association of Turkey. The aim of the hotline is to enhance public access to information about reproductive health. Sports Established in 1966, the Eczacıbaşı Sports Club trained many of