OLIVE YARD

Name: OLIVE YARD
Start: 2015-08-14
End: 2018-11-30
Location: Turkey

Turkey Manual work Farming Manual work Farming Fixed dates

About the project

OLIVE YARD

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Math Village is a math-summer school located in the nature and owns over 1000 olive trees and harvest about 20 tons of olives per year. The oil produced by the collected olives is used in the kitchen of the summer school. Math Village needs volunteers to work on the olive yard before the harvest.

💼 What the programme involves

Hard physical work , hoeing the soil, cutting dead branches, clearing and levelling the ground.

🏠 Accommodation on site

A: In student dormitories for 6 people with shared toilet and bathroom. Sleeping bag and mat are not necessary. F: Will be supplied at the center.

📍 About the location

: Math Villace is a premises near by Sirince where is a small village in the west of Turkey. Please be aware that the center is a bit isolated. No night life, TV or disco is available at the center but there is internet connection. The next village Sirince, which is only 20 minutes by foot, is very attractive and famous for its homemade wines and traditional architecture. The nearest town Selcuk, which is the home of world famous Ephessus open-air museum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUqg1yBFTo . The nearest city Izmir, is one hour away by coach. Work camp site is safe and secure.

⚠️ Requirements

Some parts of the fields have slopes which are slippery. Volunteers should bring proper shoes.

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📅 Available sessions

GEN-30

12/11/2017 → 26/11/2017

Closed

0 / 10

♂ 0/5 ♀ 0/5

GEN-25

18/11/2018 → 30/11/2018

Closed

0 / 10

♂ 0/5 ♀ 0/5

GEN-44

14/08/2015 → 30/08/2015

Closed

0 / 0

♂ 0/8 ♀ 0/7

GEN-44

01/11/2016 → 15/11/2016

Closed

0 / 10

♂ 0/6 ♀ 0/4

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00

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

📍 Location

Atatürk, Selçuk Otogarı, 35920 Selçuk/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: 20:52 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Turkish