HARVEST SEASON

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About the project

HARVEST SEASON

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Afacan Youth House www.afacan.de is a place where GHD runs voluntary workcamps for disadvantaged youth and children, disabled people, teenagers and kids. In order to supply annual olive and olive oil stocks, the center will host volunteers to pick up and process olives from the garden.

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will collect olives from the trees, separate according to quality, pack, picking fruits and cooking jam, preparing pickle etc. There might be a chance to see olive oil making process in a factory. As the youth center will be shut after this camp the volunteers will be asked to help to carry goods and some closing work as well as part of their daily work.

🏠 Accommodation on site

In the youth center, in double rooms with toilet and shower.

🍲 Food

Food will provided 3 times a day.

📍 About the location

Yenisakran is by the Aegean Sea, in west of Turkey. The nearest city is Izmir. Work camp site is safe and secure.

ℹ️ Additional information

COVID-19 measures: While travelling to Turkey, PCR test is required for most of the countries. If you have negative PCR test then there is no official quarantine process that you need go through upon your arrival.

Please check for exceptional countries for these rules on this website: https://www.turkishairlines.com/en-us/announcements/coronavirus-outbreak/travel-restrictions/

Volunteers will be provided with masks and disinfectant by the local host during the camp. Our camp leaders are well informed about the precautions that are necessary to take according to different scenerios related with COVID-19. IMPORTANT: Due to COVID-19 pandemic, all workcamps are going under re-confirmation process 1 month prior to their starting dates. Accepted volunteers are requested to wait until 1 month left to the starting date of the camp before making their final travel arrangements.

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📅 Available sessions

GHD-10

18/10/2021 → 25/10/2021

Closed

2 / 10

♂ 0/5 ♀ 2/5

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

İzmir, Türkiye

Turkey

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Turkey Lira (TRY / ₺)

Exchange rate

1 TRY = 0.017822 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

GMT+03:00

Local time: 21:03 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Turkish