🌍✨ ESC Volunteering in Türkiye – Empower Youth, Lead Activities, Create Positive Community Impact! 🇹🇷

⭐ About the Project

The AGESDER Volunteers – 2026.03.S.1 project invites young volunteers from Europe to join Avrupa Gençlik Eğitim ve Spor Derneği (AGESDER) in Niğde, Türkiye for a short-term ESC volunteering experience.
The project aims to strengthen youth information work, promote equality, support local initiatives, and bring a strong European dimension to community activities. Volunteers will create social impact through creative workshops, language clubs, social media tasks, and community engagement. 🇹🇷✨

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📌 Activity Highlights

• 🗣️ Organise English Speaking Clubs (and optionally in volunteers’ own language)
• 📱 Create educational Instagram content for AGESDER’s English-learning page
• 🎨 Develop your own activities in arts, culture, sustainability, career skills, books/movies & more
• 🌱 Join social responsibility and community-based projects
• 🤝 Engage with local youth groups & contribute to inclusive community work

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🏡 Accommodation, Food & Transport

• 🏠 Apartment accommodation, 15 minutes from the office
• 🍽️ Food & transport fully covered
• 🛠️ Safe workspace with kitchen & bathroom
• 🩺 Access to medical care in Niğde
• 🤝 Continuous communication with volunteers & sending organisations for support

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🎓 Training Provided

• 🧭 Pre-departure training by supporting organisations
• 🎒 On-arrival training by AGESDER
• 💻 Online preparatory session before departure
• 📘 Introductory training after arrival covering tasks, safety & crisis situations
• 📝 Rights & obligations defined through a signed volunteer contract

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👤 Participant Profile

AGESDER is seeking volunteers who are:

• 💡 Motivated and aware of the ESC philosophy
• 🎨 Creative and proactive in developing activities
• 🤝 Open to teamwork in international groups
• 😊 Responsible, committed and adaptable
• 🌍 Socially skilled with communication & intercultural sensitivity
• ✔️ Legally adult (18+)
• 💪 In good physical & psychological health

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📅 Activity Dates

05 March 2026 – 02 May 2026

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📍 Location

Niğde, Türkiye 🇹🇷

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🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇹 Austria | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
🇫🇮 Finland | 🇫🇷 France | 🇩🇪 Germany | 🇬🇷 Greece | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 🇮🇹 Italy | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein |
🇱🇹 Lithuania | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 🇲🇹 Malta | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 🇳🇴 Norway | 🇵🇱 Poland | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 🇷🇴 Romania | 🇷🇺 Russian Federation |
🇷🇸 Serbia | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 🇺🇦 Ukraine

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🔗 Application Link

https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/opportunity/49026_en

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⏳ Application Deadline

30 December 2025 – 21:59

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