Our undergraduate and graduate students collaborated with  the project “PERGEL,” developed by Prof. Dr. Çigdem Kagıtçıbaşı and her research team, which aims to support the social and  emotional development of children in early adolescence.  This project was conducted in collaboration with the  Contemporary Life Support Association (ÇYDD) and the  Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV). Within  the project, since 2021, we have reached 103 educators, 13  supervisor, 948 students and 58 groups. Four ÖzU graduate students actively contributed to the update of the project.