🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 📺 Together We're Better at Bulbulzade 🌍
Are you ready to make a difference, grow personally, and explore Turkish culture? Join Bulbulzade Foundation in Şehitkamil, Türkiye for an ESC project combining media production, education, sports, arts, and humanitarian aid — all under one roof!
This is a unique chance to develop yourself across many skills — broadcasting, content creation, sports, music, environmental work — while contributing meaningfully to local students, refugees, and disadvantaged groups.
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🎯 About the Project
Are you ready to make a difference, grow personally, and explore Turkish culture? You'll engage with local students by sharing your experiences, inspiring them, and supporting educational activities — or dive into the world of media in the foundation's media centre.
The project is perfect for those who want to develop skills in content creation, video editing, photography, and digital storytelling. With a professional TV studio and radio stations, volunteers can also demonstrate their abilities in broadcasting and audio production.
Beyond media, you can enjoy the sports and arts facilities, contribute to humanitarian aid, provide psychosocial support to refugees and earthquake victims, and engage in environmental activities in the foundation's forest area.
📚 Your Activities
📚 Engage with local students, share experiences, inspire them
🎬 Media work — content creation, video editing, photography, digital storytelling
📺 Broadcasting in a professional TV studio and audio production in radio stations
🏀 Use sports facilities — gym, swimming pool, basketball court
🎨 Take part in arts courses — guitar, piano, violin, bağlama
🤝 Distribute humanitarian aid to disadvantaged groups
💛 Provide psychosocial support to refugees and earthquake victims
🌳 Environmental activities — tree planting, maintenance, nature protection
🏠 Accommodation, Food & Transport
🏘️ Shared rooms (2 per room), boys and girls separated
🏡 Safe, comfortable, fully equipped — right next to the foundation
🍽️ Three meals daily + fully equipped kitchen for cooking
✈️ Travel costs reimbursed per 2024 ESC distance bands
🛂 Visa and residence permit expenses covered
🚗 Airport transfers provided on arrival and departure
🛡️ Health insurance from Henner
📚 Training
🎓 Induction sessions on Turkish culture, local community, and project activities
🎬 Media production training using studio and radio stations
🎨 Creative workshops in art, music, and sports coaching
🌍 Project coordination experience
🗣️ Turkish language courses and English-speaking clubs
🤝 Continuous guidance throughout the project
📌 Participant Profile
✅ Active and effective communication skills
✅ Capable of adapting to innovations and changes
✅ Digital competences and effective use of technology
✅ High sense of social responsibility
✅ Sensitive to individuals at different levels
✅ Respect for different cultures and other volunteers
✅ Diverse skills or interests — arts, sports, language, environment, media, science
✅ Willing to help where needed and ready for challenges
🌍 Activity Topics
⚖️ Social challenges
🤲 Reception and integration of refugees and migrants
🗳️ Citizenship and democratic participation
🌿 Environment and natural protection
📚 Education and training
🎨 Creativity and culture
🆘 Post-Disaster relief
🗺️ Eligible Countries
🇦🇱 Albania · 🇦🇲 Armenia · 🇦🇹 Austria · 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · 🇧🇾 Belarus · 🇧🇪 Belgium · 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 🇭🇷 Croatia · 🇨🇿 Czechia · 🇩🇰 Denmark · 🇪🇪 Estonia · 🇫🇮 Finland · 🇫🇷 France · 🇬🇪 Georgia · 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇬🇷 Greece · 🇬🇱 Greenland · 🇭🇺 Hungary · 🇮🇸 Iceland · 🇮🇪 Ireland · 🇮🇹 Italy · 🇱🇻 Latvia · 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 🇲🇹 Malta · 🇲🇪 Montenegro · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇲🇰 North Macedonia · 🇳🇴 Norway · 🇵🇱 Poland · 🇵🇹 Portugal · 🇷🇴 Romania · 🇷🇸 Serbia · 🇸🇰 Slovakia · 🇸🇮 Slovenia · 🇪🇸 Spain · 🇸🇪 Sweden
📋 Activity Details
Location: Sarı Güllük Mah., Rıfat Fil Sok., Sarı Konak Apt. A Blok, Kat 4, Daire 7, Şehitkamil, Türkiye
Dates: 15 June 2026 — 15 August 2026
Activity type: Individual volunteering
Project code: 2024-1-TR01-ESC51-VTJ-000216514
📅 Deadline
15 August 2026
🔗 Apply
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52352_en
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