Are you ready for an unforgettable 2-month adventure in Türkiye? Join Sorgun Gençlik Derneği (SORGED) in Yozgat, Türkiye for a short-term ESC project combining sports, arts, education, environment, healthy lifestyles, and disaster awareness — all in one summer!
This is a great opportunity to gain new skills, connect with diverse cultures, and contribute meaningfully to a vibrant Turkish community.
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🎯 About the Project
Are you ready for an unforgettable 2-month volunteering adventure? Within the scope of this programme at SORGED, you'll take part in activities related to sports, arts, education, environment, healthy lifestyles, and disaster awareness.
You'll gain new skills, meet people from different cultures, and have the opportunity to contribute to the communitywhile developing yourself personally and professionally.
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📚 Your Activities
⚽ Sports activities and promotion of new sports
🎨 Arts and culture workshops
📚 Education and youth work programmes
🌿 Environmental awareness, recycling, and climate change action
❤️ Healthy lifestyle initiatives
🚨 Disaster preparedness and disaster management
💼 Entrepreneurship activities
🎀 Cancer awareness campaigns
📱 Digital content creation — social media posts, photography, video production
🌍 Intercultural learning activities
🏠 Accommodation, Food & Transport
🏘️ Shared apartment in Sorgun with double rooms, kitchen, and bathroom
👥 Live with other ESC volunteers
🍳 Basic kitchen equipment and internet available
💶 €6/day pocket money + €6/day food allowance
✈️ Travel costs covered per ESC distance calculator (must be approved before purchasing tickets)
📚 Training
🎓 On-arrival training — project, hosting organisation, safety rules, local culture
🛠️ Non-formal learning workshops on sports, healthy lifestyle, art, entrepreneurship, disaster management, environment, and youth work
🗣️ Language support sessions
🌍 Intercultural learning activities
💡 Skills development trainings
📌 Participant Profile
✅ Culturally interested, creative, active, and open-minded
✅ Prone to teamwork, responsible, and open to innovation
✅ Able to communicate in English
✅ Solution-oriented, tolerant, organised, and compliant with organisational rules
✅ Interested in sports, healthy living, arts, environment, climate change, entrepreneurship, disaster preparedness, cancer awareness, personal development
✅ Knowledgeable about recycling, waste management, environmental awareness (or willing to learn)
✅ Eager to learn and promote new sports
✅ Willing to contribute to digital content creation processes
🌍 Activity Topics
⚖️ Social challenges
🚨 Disaster prevention and recovery
🌿 Environment and natural protection
❤️ Health and wellbeing
📚 Education and training
💼 Employment and entrepreneurship
🎨 Creativity and culture
⚽ Physical education and sport
🆘 Disaster Preparedness
🗺️ Eligible Countries
🇦🇱 Albania · 🇦🇹 Austria · 🇧🇪 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 · 🇲🇪 Montenegro · 🇳🇱 Netherlands · 🇲🇰 North Macedonia · 🇳🇴 Norway · 🇵🇱 Poland · 🇵🇹 Portugal · 🇷🇴 Romania · 🇷🇸 Serbia · 🇸🇰 Slovakia · 🇸🇮 Slovenia · 🇪🇸 Spain · 🇸🇪 Sweden · 🇺🇦 Ukraine
📋 Activity Details
Location: Bahçelievler Mahallesi, Belediye Caddesi No:2/35, 66700 Sorgun/Yozgat, Türkiye
Dates: 1 July 2026 — 30 August 2026 (2 months)
Activity type: Individual volunteering
Project code: 2024-1-TR01-ESC51-VTJ-000222555
📅 Deadline
15 June 2026
🔗 Apply
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/52394_en
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