🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🆘 Disaster Preparedness & Community Resilience Team Volunteering in Yozgat — You Future Project 🇹🇷
Are you passionate about climate change, disaster preparedness, and building more resilient communities? You can join the You Future ESC team volunteering project in Sorgun, Yozgat, Türkiye — a 30-day programme where 10 young volunteers from across Europe and beyond will train together on disaster preparedness, post-disaster recovery, and community resilience, then bring that knowledge directly to local children, young people, and adults through training sessions, events, and awareness campaigns. This is a European Commission-supported project with a genuinely urgent social purpose — and a great group experience with volunteers from multiple countries, all sharing an apartment and working toward the same goal. Apply fast — the deadline is 15 March 2026.
🌍 Did You Know? Türkiye sits on one of the world's most active seismic zones — the North Anatolian Fault. The country has experienced some of Europe and Asia's most devastating earthquakes in recent decades, making disaster preparedness education here not just relevant, but genuinely life-saving work.
What Will You Do as a Volunteer?
🎓Receive training on disaster preparedness, climate change, post-disaster recovery, and community resilience — delivered through workshops, seminars, field visits, and group activities
📢Organise training sessions, events, and awareness campaigns for local children, young people, and adults in Sorgun, sharing the knowledge you gain throughout the programme
🌍Contribute to raising public awareness on disaster preparedness and climate resilience, helping build a more prepared and informed local community
🤝Foster intercultural dialogue and cooperation by working within an international team of 10 volunteers from different countries and backgrounds
🏕️Take part in field visits and hands-on group activities that connect classroom learning with real-world community needs and local contexts
🧑🤝🧑 Fun Fact: ESC team volunteering projects like You Future are specifically designed so that the international group itself becomes a learning experience — 10 volunteers from different countries, living and working together for a month, is one of the fastest ways to develop intercultural skills that simply can't be taught in a classroom.
Accommodation, Food & Travel
🏠Volunteers share a fully equipped apartment in Sorgun with double rooms, bathrooms, a shared kitchen with utensils, and internet access — provided by the SORGED coordinating organisation throughout the project
💶You will receive €6 per day in pocket money plus an additional €6 per day as a food allowance — giving you €12 per day in total to cover your daily living and food expenses
✈️Travel costs are reimbursed based on distance — you will live alongside other ESC volunteers in a safe and comfortable shared environment for the full duration
Training & Learning
🆘In-depth training on disaster preparedness, climate change, post-disaster recovery, and community resilience delivered by expert trainers and supported by practical group activities
🔬Workshops, seminars, and field visits that connect theoretical knowledge with real-world local contexts and community needs in Yozgat province
📣Direct experience in designing and delivering community awareness campaigns — building public speaking, facilitation, and event organisation skills throughout the month
🌱 Did You Know? Yozgat is one of Türkiye's most distinctive central Anatolian provinces — known for its vast steppe landscapes, pine forests, and a deeply rooted local culture far removed from the tourist trail. Volunteering here means experiencing a side of Türkiye that most Europeans never see.
Participant Profile
🌍You are culturally engaged, creative, active, and open-minded — ready to live and work within a genuinely international team for 30 days
🤝You are team-oriented, responsible, solution-focused, and open to new experiences in an unfamiliar cultural and geographical context
🗣️You have sufficient English language skills to communicate effectively with team members and local participants throughout the project
🆘You have knowledge of — or a strong eagerness to learn about — disaster preparedness, climate change, and community resilience topics
📋You are organised, tolerant, and able to work within the structure of a coordinating organisation while taking personal initiative and responsibility for your community activities
Activity Dates & Key Information
Eligible Countries
🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇽🇰 Kosovo, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Application Link
🔗 Apply here: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/50412_en
📄 Infopack: bit.ly/4mHc2MZ
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