VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT ASSOCIATION (GÖNÜLLÜ HAREKETİ

VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT
Our organization was founded by some volunteers who attended European Voluntary Service in October 23rd 2009, in
Bursa. We offer social and voluntary opportunities people from 15-30 (from high schools to young working adults) and with
this age groups we organize projects, trainings and activities for various age groups ranging from children to old people.
We offer them different training opportunities both in our country (local and national) and abroad (Exchanges and
trainings), and being a part of different projects; also we run Görükle Youth Center where they can always find a way to
improve their skills and knowledge.
Within the activities of our organization, we met and work with NİŞ (Nilüfer Special Education Vocational Training Center)
school earlier in local projects, so now its time to involve international volunteers via EVS to do voluntary activities to
involve youngsters more to the daily life and society; and make them aware of their abilities and push their limits.
Here is more about our project.
About the Project:
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Main Topics: Enhance social inclusion, equal opportunities, Access for disadvantaged,
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Poject Summary: Volunteers will work in Nilüfer Özel Eğitim Mesleki Eğitim Merkezi (Nilüfer Special Education
Vocational Training Center) which is a vocational school for speacial need children. They will be working in
smaller groups mainly dance and music related activities and preparation and dissemination of the activities and
social inclusion related topics during week.
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Proposed Activities: The volunteers:
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will have some workshops and tasks using art and some other tools which are arranged in the school. At the
school there also already ongoing works related to photography, music and playing musical instruments
especially drums, and sport teams in some different fields. Thus, volunteers will support already existing ones in
order to work with more student and add more workshops/clubs related to their skills such as dance, plastic arts,
other musical instruments, etc.
will organize campaigns on social media and will make (together) some short videos/viral advertisements to raise
awareness on social inclusion and some related topics such as equality, discrimination, exclusion from the
society, disables, some health related issues and some other groups who are excluded from the society.
will have office works related to their tasks such as documentations, research, and montage of their visual
outcomes.
will promote YiA programs and EVS program itself and inclusion topics by writing articles on our blog and some
social media tools, some other written tools.
can participate actively and benefit from clubs, teams, projects and group activities of the organization they will
work in.
will take Turkish language course during the service and can teach their mother tongue to local people, students
at the school
will have exhibitions with the visual materials they have taken during their project (half way and at the end )
will support the promotion activities of school and the works done.
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Shortly, as social inclusion is a topic which has many different dimensions such as poverty, education, etnical background,
disability ...etc. the volunteers will in contact with especially students with some disabilities and work with them to make
them more involved in life by the principle of doing together, but also they will work to make other people who exclude
them -actually-more aware of the realities by sharing the outcomes of our activities and some other ways such as visual
aids, social media, written materials such as blog and also seminars and meetings with experts.
VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT ASSOCIATION (GÖNÜLLÜ HAREKETİ DERNEĞİ)
Address: Atatürk Cad. Koruyucu İş Hanı No:209 16010 Bursa / TURKIYE
T: (+90-224) 225 12 27 • F: (+90-850) 225 12 27 • [email protected] •
www.volunteermovement.org
Profile of the Sending Organization
NGOs Working in the related fields- Art and culture, inclusion of disable groups ( Especially from Italy, Spain, Portugal,
Austria and Germany
Profile of the Volunteer
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Ability to work in teams and also individually according to the task at hand,
İnterested in dance, art, music and play some mucisal instruments, art, photography, etc.
Interested in our activity areas: youth, voluntarism, civil society and social inclusion, disadvantageous groups,
rural development and how to involve them more to the society, entrepreneurship,
Interest in writing,
Motivated to meet new people and cultures,
Interested in sustainable projects,
Being open to learn and share knowledge,
Basic knowledge of English is essential to have a more efficient volunteer work,
The ones that have former voluntary work experience and youngster with fewer opportunities will be given priority.
Basic knowledge of using design programs would be helpful, but not a must.
Project Place: NİŞ (Nilüfer Special Education Vocational Training Center) (http://niluferisokulu.meb.k12.tr/)
It is in Nilüfer which is one of the three central municipality, also it is welknown and a pioneer with very good practices in
their local both for social and environmental planning. The project and activities mostly will be held in this school which is
one of the best school for the children and young people with special needs because of their disabilities not only in Bursa
but also in Turkey.
The school itself already offers many opportunities to young people physically but in order to work them in a better way,
they need more people who can support the disabled youngsters in smaller groups for their social development besides
teaching work related skills. The school offers an education which involves educators, families and mentally disabled
students together in order to educate and prepare studens to the life. Thanks to the education they take here, they will
gain self confident to live less depended to their families.
There are 40 teachers and 230 students at the moment, and other staff working at the school. The school has many
ateliers and open space for students to learn and practice. They are tought by their teachers in ateliers, also they are
offered by some companies, factories or Ministery of Education to produce some products. Thus, they learn real life
production process and will be ready to work in this fields after graduation.
Also there is a cafe with the same name in the school garden, which is created by the school initiavtive but run by the
families of the students and helped by some students for serving there. It welcomes not only schools staff and students
and their families but also other people from the city. It is a gathering place for many people from different fields and
backgrounds (https://www.facebook.com/niskafe?fref=ts)
Project Duration
7 Months between 7 January 2015- 7 August 2015 ( 2 Volunteers)
Accommodation & Public Transportation
Volunteers will stay in a flat and share it with other young people who are either students or volunteers of other projects.
The basic needs of the daily life will be ready in the flat but no luxury should be expected.
Public transport is needed to get to the project place, so they will be given a bus card to use in the city.
Monthly payment for food will be given together with your monthly allowance, but lunch will be given at school during
project activities.
VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT ASSOCIATION (GÖNÜLLÜ HAREKETİ DERNEĞİ)
Address: Atatürk Cad. Koruyucu İş Hanı No:209 16010 Bursa / TURKIYE
T: (+90-224) 225 12 27 • F: (+90-850) 225 12 27 • [email protected] •
www.volunteermovement.org
Support
Volunteer will have a mentor that will support them and help them on all matters related to their tasks, trainings and social
life.
How to Apply?
For Volunteers: You can send your CVs and motivation letters to [email protected] with the remark in the topic
part- “EVS-Social Inclusion”
For Partner organizations: You can send us “Partner identification form” to [email protected] with the
remark in the topic part- “EVS-Social Inclusion”
VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT ASSOCIATION (GÖNÜLLÜ HAREKETİ DERNEĞİ)
Address: Atatürk Cad. Koruyucu İş Hanı No:209 16010 Bursa / TURKIYE
T: (+90-224) 225 12 27 • F: (+90-850) 225 12 27 • [email protected] •
www.volunteermovement.org