Hamitler Mahallesi Firuze Sokak No:37 A Osmangazi/BURSA
16150 BURSA/Bursa
Turkey
- Youth and education
The number of our volunteers is 1020, the number of our staff working periodically is 3 people. Our average annual budget is around 350,000,00 TL. Our funding sources are project-based studies. National and international institutions, grant programs of public institutions.
Our stakeholder non-governmental organizations in our projects; E YOUTH ASSOCIATION, MEDITERRANEAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION, SOCIAL BIMBARA ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSOCIATION, VOLUNTEER FEDERATION, AUTISM ASSOCIATIONS.
Institutions and organizations that we received grants from, German International Cooperation Agency, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Spor Toto Organization Presidency, Think Civil Program
Our Mission
To ensure that young volunteers are at the center, - accessible to all young people, with a rights-based approach, and to produce solutions to social problems together by enabling young people to work together. To create dialogue among young people. With the network-based approach model, it is to cooperate with civil society, public, private sector and activists and to provide young people with competencies by producing projects.
Our goals are to enable young people to act together, to be accessible to every young person, to produce solutions to human rights problems, to contribute to the development of young people, and to raise awareness of active citizenship, making them conscious, sensitive and responsible for the society.
Youth Worker Training (2019)
In 2019, 8-day youth worker training was given to 100 individuals. Staff of non-governmental organizations working in the field of youth and officials working in public institutions participated in this training. Trainings were given using the non-formal education model in education.
Precious Times Project (2019)
In 2019, in the city of Manisa, Turkey, sports and artistic trainings were given for 6 weeks in 5 districts for 6 weeks so that children between the ages of 09-15 in the disadvantaged regions can spend a productive time. (Skating, Skateboarding, Swimming, Badminton, Court Tennis, Baglama, Guitar, Charcoal Training, Bocce, Creative Drama Training etc.) A total of 1250 children were reached in 6 weeks.
Bursa Development Cafe Project (2021)
It is a project that we have carried out for 10 months within the scope of Youth Projects Support Program of the Ministry of Youth and Sports to support the social and cultural activities of young people as well as their personal development. Within the scope of this project, English, Arabic, Spanish and Japanese language trainings were given. In addition, trainings such as Mind and Intelligence Games Training, Book Reading Marathon, Project Writing Trainings, Youth Workshops were organized. Within the scope of this project, 5000 young people were reached in 10 months.
Mobile Library Project (2021)
In the project we carried out within the scope of the Youth projects support program of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, we distributed books to 4500 children aged 07-12 in disadvantaged areas in Bursa for 7 months.
Nexus Project (2022)
Career Guidance and Social Cohesion Nexus project and Ministry of Youth and Sport implementing Life skill development ToT Program for the youth leaders who is working centres MoYS and Turkish & Syrian volunteers who is selected by youth centres managers and trainers who is implementing training program behalf of Nexus project and MoYS.
After completing of Training provided by the GIZ – Nexus Project, trained youth leaders and volunteers will develop small project ideas in the program fields defined by MoyS and agreed with GIZ – Nexus projects which are as follows.
We can increase the visibility of the projects carried out by the organizations in the network. We can share our skills, competencies and experiences with non-governmental organizations in the Network and collaborate. We can develop local, national and international projects and contribute to social change.
Developing projects on common problems with non-governmental organizations in the Network and improving civil society cooperation. To strengthen our capacity and to continue stronger activities by taking part in the projects of the ALF Network. Developing collaborations and intercultural dialogue with local, national and international member institutions. Contributing and gaining skills in the formulation of public policies. We want to take part in the ALF network to contribute to the local and national dissemination of European Union values