🤝🌍 Join an ESC Individual Volunteering Project in Türkiye on Refugee Empowerment and Youth Information 📚✨ Support Social Inclusion in Şanlıurfa 🇹🇷

A meaningful ESC opportunity is waiting for you in Şanlıurfa, Türkiye 🇹🇷. This project focuses on youth work, refugee empowerment, social inclusion, and non-formal education. If you are passionate about working with young people and refugees in a multicultural environment, this experience offers both impact and professional growth.

📌 Project Overview

🌍 Programme: European Solidarity Corps – ESC Individual Volunteering
📍 Location: Şanlıurfa, Türkiye 🇹🇷
🗓 Activity Period: 01 February 2026 – 31 December 2026
⏳ Short-term option: 2 months
⏳ Long-term option: 6 months
🏷 Activity Type: Individual Volunteering
🆔 Project Code: 2025-1-TR01-ESC51-VTJ-000346252

🎯 Main Themes

🤝 Social challenges
🧕 Reception and integration of refugees and migrants
📚 Education and training
🌍 Youth information and empowerment

💡 What Will You Do?

🎓 Support youth work activities with children and young people aged 7–29
🌍 Work directly with refugees and young people with fewer opportunities
🧠 Implement non-formal education methods
🌳 Facilitate outdoor activities and visual presentations
📝 Contribute to project development processes
📊 Learn about quality management and project implementation challenges
🤝 Collaborate with local partners and community organisations

Volunteers will actively participate in workshops and activities aimed at empowering young people and fostering intercultural dialogue.

🏠 Accommodation and Financial Support

🏡 Shared room (2–3 people) with 7–8 international volunteers
🌐 Wi-Fi at accommodation and centre
🛏 Blankets, pillows and bed linens provided
🍽 Food allowance provided in cash (in euros)
💶 Pocket money provided
✈ Travel reimbursement according to ESC rules

📚 Training During the Activity

🇹🇷 On-arrival training organised by the Turkish National Agency (if scheduled)
📘 Language courses for long-term volunteers
🎓 Participation in workshops and trainings organised by the host organisation

👤 Participant Profile

🌍 Open-minded, culturally sensitive, and tolerant
😊 Dynamic, cheerful, and democratic in approach
🤝 Passionate about working with children, youth, and refugees
🗣 Able to communicate in a multicultural environment
💡 Motivated to promote inclusion and intercultural understanding
✨ Ready to contribute ideas, energy, and creativity

🌎 Eligible Countries

🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇺🇦 Ukraine

📅 Application Deadline

⏰ 31 December 2026 – 12:30

🔗 Application Link

👉 https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49448_en

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