📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
When he was asked, the Turkish folk hero Nasreddin Hodja, who has many funny jokes said : “The centre of the world is here : Akşehir”. You will learn his funny jokes if you join in this camp. The local association of social entrepreneurship wish to commemorate Nasreddin Hodja with an international youth meeting and voluntary work camp. 10 international + 10 local volunteers will work for a manual project and will share the social life of the town. This is a unique opportunity for international volunteers to have very close contact with the locals and to observe the traditional way of life. Volunteers are expected to present their country and culture.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers spend more of their time to socialize with the loclal Youth to practice English. Additionaly a manual work will be arranged like painting a school or landscaping.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will stay in a dormitory.
🍲 Food
Will be supplied by the municipality.
📍 About the location
Akşehir is located in Konya province , in central Anatolia
🤝 Meeting point
GENCTUR office in Istanbul. The project will start in Istanbul with a compulsory orientation meeting that all volunteers should attend on 21st of July, in GENCTUR Office at 17.00. All volunteers must arrive in İstanbul in time, otherwise you will miss the group departure on the same night and will have to make your own way to the camp site. The journey to the camp site takes 8 hours and costs 30 Euro. The departure from the camp site is on the 31st of July after breakfast.