Reach Alternatives (REALs: https://reals.org/en) is an international NGO with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. In Kenya, South Sudan, and the Middle East including Turkiye, REALs runs a wide variety of field projects, ranging from community security and safety, research and training in peace and security, protection of war-affected populations, prevention of and response to gender-based violence, livelihood, to peacebuilding programmed with a strong focus on capacity-building.  

The organization has been active in Türkiye since 2015 and supports Syrian and Iraqi refugees and the host community people in need.  The representative office of the organization, REALs Türkiye, was established in 2019 and is located in Istanbul. In recent years, our priority areas of work in Türkiye have included gender, social cohesion, youth empowerment, and promoting the self-reliance of Syrian and other refugees through gender-responsive protection support.