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Volunteer opportunities in TURKEY

 

Environmental awareness campaign
       Zeytinli          June 24 - July 5, 2006

Volunteer project: Local teenagers of Zeytinli Town are waiting for their age-mates to have a nice time together while working for an awareness campaign held by the municipality about keeping the beach clean. This camp is for young people between 15-17 years of age. 10 international teenage volunteers will work together with 15 local teenagers.
Zeytinli is a seaside town that also offers a lot of different activities for young people. The municipality has already hosted 7 camps where the participants always left happy.
Volunteers will participate in the environmental awareness campaign, collecting garbage and thrown materials at the beach.

Language: English

Accommodation: In the guesthouse of the municipality. Weekends may be spent with the families of the local participants. Note: No smoking and use of alcohol including beer during the whole camp.

Location: Zeytinli is in the northwest of Turkey. Next city is Balikesir.

Terminal: Istanbul

Age range: 15 - 17 years old

Extra fee: 50 Euro
 

 

 

Practising English with teenagers
      
Devrek          June 24 - July 9, 2006

Volunteer project: Devrek is a big town with 50.000 inhabitants and famous for hand made, wooden walking sticks. It has already hosted 4 workcamps in the past to paint the classrooms of 2 schools & practise English with the pupils. This year volunteers are going to work with Anatolian High School students of 14 -17 years to practice English.

Special requirements: Volunteers don't need to be a native speaker but must have a good level of English. A motivation letter is required.

Language: English

Accommodation: In the dormitory of the school. Note: No alcohol is permitted during the camp at the campsite.

Location: Devrek is in the northwest of Turkey. Nearest city is Zonguldak.

Terminal: Istanbul

Age range: 18 and over
 

 


 

Assisting the maintenance and social activities organized at the camp for disabled people
      
Sinop          July 1 - July 30, 2006

Volunteer project: Alternative camp is a place for disabled people both psychical and mental and people with special needs of all kinds. Here all kind of sport programs, social, educational and training activities are held. Thus it is a very challenging and hard work. Please note that the working hours might be longer than other workcamps and your service might be requested any time of the day.
Volunteers are expected to assist all manual and social work organized at the camp as well as helping for the daily services like cleaning, gardening, etc. You can also develop new activities depending on your talents.
Candidates should have a strong motivation to work with disabled people, socially disadvantaged groups & individuals and write a detailed motivation letter including their experience (if any) and wish to be a part of a hard working team. Previous experiences are preferable but good mood & good wills are essential.
Volunteers will help with serving and assisting the disabled people in their daily life at the camp site, assisting the instructors during sport activities and courses, organizing and running social activities, manual work concerning reparations, gardening, cleaning, leading groups for trekking and excursions.

Special requirements: Volunteers talented on sports, indoor & outdoor activities, music, drama, fine arts, swimming and diving, handicrafts will be preferred. A motivation letter should be sent along with the enrollment form.

Language: English. Turkish might be helpful but not necessary.

Accommodation: Under tents. You can bring your own tent if you want privacy. Sleeping bag and mat are necessary. Note: No alcohol is permitted during the camp at the campsite.

Location: Sinop is a city in the north of Turkey by the Black Sea coast.

Terminal: Istanbul

Age range: 18 and over
 

 

 

Landscaping and construction works in a centre for education and rehabilitation of disabled people
      
Tunceli          July 1 - July 17, 2006

Volunteer project: Association for Psychical Handicapped has constructed a centre for education and rehabilitation of the disabled people in the surrounding. The centre aims to organize social activities & trainings for the disable people as well as offering them curing facilities. Although the centre is going to open in June there will be still work to do for the garden.
Volunteers will be involved in landscaping the garden of the centre, making a garden wall around it.

Language: English

Accommodation: In the centre in 2-3 bedded rooms. Note: No alcohol is permitted during the camp at the campsite.

Location: Tunceli is a city in the east of Turkey.

Terminal: Istanbul

Age range: 18 and over
 

 

 

English lessons and social activities with kids
      
Sakarya          July 3 - July 15, 2006

Volunteer project: Sakarya is one of the big cities, which was badly affected by the earthquake in 1999. Many schools have been destroyed because of the earthquake and new ones were built right after, in safe areas. EN-KA Foundation has established a private school where it covers all the costs of the school and students. Most of the pupils have lost at least one member of their family in the earthquake. We had a very nice experience during the camp last year and thus planned a 3 weeks workcamp for this year.
The aim of the workcamp is practising English in classrooms with the school kids who are between 10-15 years old. Apart from practising, social activities like chess, sports (swimming, basketball, volleyball, athletic), drama, handicrafts, in & outdoor games, music & dance will be held. The English teachers of the school will be leading the project. All lessons and activities are planned for the mornings, afternoons are free.

Special requirements: Volunteers don't need to be a native speaker but must have a good level of English. Experience on the activities mentioned above and willingness for working with children, being patient towards children will be a plus to be selected. A motivation letter must be sent with the enrollment form.

Language: English

Accommodation:  In the dormitory of the school. Note: No alcohol is permitted during the camp at the campsite.

Location: Sakarya is in the northwest of Turkey.

Terminal: Istanbul

Age range: 18 and over
 

 


 

Create a welcoming entrance to an exemplary village in the North-West of Turkey
                     
Duzce          July 13 - July 27, 2006

Volunteer project: Aydinpinar is an exemplary village in its surrounding and offers a lot of alternatives for visitors like waterfalls, trekking roads, trout fish pools, cool springs etc. The village management is planning to reorganize the entrance of the village by enlarging the roads. The international group of volunteers will pave stones on the sides and also create a biking road.

Language: English

Accommodation: In a house reserved for the volunteers.

Location: Düzce is a city in the North west of Turkey & on the Istanbul – Ankara motorway.

Terminal: Istanbul

Age range: 18 and over
 

 

 

Francophones project - Reorganizing a school garden
       
Sarkisla          July 15 - July 30, 2006

Volunteer project: The boarding school in Sarkisla Town hosts around 200 pupils studying in the different schools of the town. International volunteers will help the school staff to reorganize the school garden so that they can make a better use of it.

Language: French

Accommodation: In the dormitory of the school. Note: No alcohol is permitted during the camp at the campsite.

Location: Sarkisla is in the east of Turkey. The nearest city is Sivas.

Terminal: Istanbul

Age range: 18 and over

Le projet: L’internat de ville Sarkisla accueil environ 200 élevés. Les volontaires internationaux vont aider aux personnelles en réorganisant les jardins de l’école pour les donner un meilleur état.
Langue: Français
Accomodation: Dans les dortoirs. Note: L'alcool est interdit pendant le chantier sur le site du chantier.
Location: Sarkisla est à l’Est de la Turquie. La ville la plus proche est Sivas.
Terminal:
Istanbul
 

 

 

Organizing social activities and practising English with kids
       Taslicay          July 23 - August 8, 2006

Volunteer project: Taslicay is a town with 5000 inhabitants. The population is a mixture of Turks, Kurds and Azeris. The kids & youngsters of the town have no social activities for the summer. The international volunteers will bring a different atmosphere to the town. The volunteers will be involved in organizing social activities & practising English with the kids.

Special requirements: A motivation letter should be sent along with the application form indicating the fields that the volunteers can teach or assist.

Language: English

Accommodation: In the dormitory of a school. No alcohol is permitted during the camp at the campsite.

Location: Taslicay is in the north east of Turkey. The nearest city is Agri.

Terminal: Istanbul

Age range: 18 and over
 

 

 


 

 

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