Raindrop Turkish House and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences jointly organized a panel discussion on “The Role of Media in Preventing another September 11.” The program was held on Monday, September 12, 2011 at the Hilton Hotel on the University of Houston’s main campus. The speakers of the panel were Dr. Garth Jowett, a professor of communications, Dr. Ryan Kennedy, a professor of political science, Mr. Don Clark, a former FBI agent,  and Mr. Abdulhamit Bilici, director of Cihan News Agency. 

As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11, we pay tribute to those who lost their lives after the terrorist attacks on WTC. We will always remember the victims who lost their lives on that day. We are still one and united as a nation and terrorist acts will never undermine us. We should remember that the stronger we bond with each other, the stronger we stand.

To remember 9/11, Raindrop Turkish House and UH are jointly organizing a panel discussion on Monday, September 12, 2011. For the details, click here http://www.raindropturkishhouse.org/rsvp/paneluh2011

State of Texas has had the worst drought in its history. With the lack of rain since last fall and three digit temperatures over sixty days in some cities like Dallas, the state is going through great hardships. Heat and drought have hit the agriculture. Livestock business is also hit. Forest fires added to the weather catastrophe. Texas has already lost forests covering areas larger than some states.

Six of the 10 largest wildfires in Texas history          occurred in 2011                                                        Fires in Texas in 2011: 19,556                                  Fires nationally in 2011: 56,485.                           Proportion of total national fires in 2011 that have occurred in Texas: 34.6 percent                                Acres burned in Texas in 2011: 3,669,800.               Acres burned nationally in 2011: 7,307,899               Proportion of total national acres that have burned in Texas: 50.2 percent

The Turkish community in Houston, Texas, congregated at the Turquoise Center for the Ramadan Bayram (Eid-ul-Fitr) celebrations picnic  hosted by  Raindrop Turkish House. The guests of Turquoise Center included but were not limited to natives of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, The Kyrgyz Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Karadag, and the Ahiskan Turks.The food offered included Barbeque  and doner  and Turkish delight. Raindrop Turkish House contributed to festivities by making it more fun for the kids.At the playground of the Turkish House,a number of activities and events played out throughout the day.

Raindrop Helping Hands is happy to announce that your kind donations reached Africa to give those people suffering from drought and starvation a break.  During the campaign, $129,327.83 was raised with your kind and generous donations. We thank you for your donations. Raindrop Helping Hands volunteer, Yusuf Ozdogan, went to Africa to deliver your donations to Somalian refugees on the border of Somalia and Kenya. He used about 48 thousand dollars of the raised amount to provide the people with food.

The Turkish community in Houston, Texas, congregated at the Turquoise Complex for the Ramadan Bayram (Eid-ul-Fitr) celebrations hosted by Houston Blue Mosque and Raindrop Turkish House. The guests of Turquoise Center included but were not limited to natives of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, The Kyrgyz Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Karadag, and the Ahiskan Turks.