Akif Çevik
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Akif Çevik

Türkiye · Central Asia · Africa · Europe · AmericaResearch · Field visits · Voluntary consultancy · Writing
Akif Çevik at his desk, a world map on the wall behind him

Akif Çevik is an educator, activist and project consultant whose work spans education, dialogue, humanitarian aid and socio-cultural life. He continues to carry out research, field visits, voluntary consultancy and writing across Türkiye, Central Asia, Africa, Europe and America.

A view with Ubuntu at its centre

His work puts Africa's Ubuntu at its centre, seeking to serve "the ideal of keeping humanity alive" through the values people everywhere share: love, respect, empathy, helping one another and solidarity.

I am because we are.
Children holding out their bowls at a meal distribution
A young man filling a container from the water beside a fieldChildren queuing with their bowls

Helping to rebuild the fallen fortress of humanity

Guided by Ubuntu's "I am because we are", he carries on with research, field visits, writing and voluntary consultancy, all of it in the service of rebuilding the fallen fortress of humanity.

  • LoveEasing the sorrow in an orphan's eyes is one of those moments that leave a person truly content.Uganda
  • RespectDifferent faiths and cultures side by side on one boat; living together begins with dialogue.Maastricht
  • EmpathyThe story of 100 million people forced from their homes takes shape at the gate of a camp.Nakivale
  • Helping one anotherA single drop of clean water changes the health and the hope of a whole village.Uganda
  • SolidarityA project reaching from New Zealand to Africa is a bond of the heart that shortens the distance.New Zealand → Africa
  • Ubuntu"I am because we are." One brick in rebuilding the fallen fortress of humanity.I am because we are