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The project, conducted in partnership with QNB Finansbank, aims to foster self-confidence, enhance communication skills, develop the ability to express oneself, and cultivate abilities in written expression, imagination, reading, and creativity among primary school children through the method of storytelling facilitated by youth.
This initiative not only endeavors to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children through the involvement of youth but also aims to create lasting effects with physical and permanent arrangements. The methodology employed is storytelling, which has recently gained recognition and proven benefits as an educational approach worldwide.
Youth participants in the storytelling program will engage in a 6-week endeavor in selected schools based on their analysis of needs. They will assist children in writing their own fairy tales, thereby contributing to the children's developmental journey.
The Healthy Youth Movement, initially launched in 2013, underwent a revitalization in 2017 and continued its journey as 'Sağlık Yolculuğu' (Health Journey) until 2019.
The project, implemented across Turkey, aims to empower young people based on health literacy, supporting their personal development processes and investing in a healthier Turkey through youth engagement.
Over the course of two years, the project targeted reaching 69,800 individuals with health literacy activities. The Healthy Youth Movement was carried out nationwide from April 1, 2017, to April 1, 2019, in partnership with GSK.
The 'Flying Towards Tomorrow' project aims to enable young people to travel to various cities to implement their socially beneficial and solidarity-based ideas, thereby contributing to both their personal development and the transformation of their energy into social benefit.
Executed under the leadership of the Community Volunteers Foundation, coordinated by the Support Foundation for Civil Society, and financially backed by Pegasus Airlines, the 'Flying Towards Tomorrow' project has been supported by individuals and youth groups aged 18-29, as well as Non-Governmental Organizations working with youth in Turkey.
The Dove Self Confidence Project is aimed at supporting high school students, especially those around the age of 15, in building the self-confidence necessary for their self-fulfillment. This project covers topics such as ideal beauty standards, societal pressures regarding appearance, and the influence of media on perceptions of beauty. It was initiated in December, with implementation starting in 9th-grade classes by volunteer youth. The project's core objective is to empower young individuals on their journey towards self-awareness and confidence-building.
The Small Steps, Big Tomorrows Project aims, under the guidance of young Community Volunteers in primary schools, to promote social responsibility awareness and civic initiative, strengthen active citizenship, contribute to personal development, raise awareness of local community gaps, and help students understand that change is in their hands. Additionally, by involving university student Community Volunteers in social responsibility projects, the initiative seeks to support their personal development, increase awareness, and ensure that volunteering is organized within the framework of “sustainability,” thereby enhancing local problem-solving capacity.
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The “Magnifying Glass to the Address Project” was launched in partnership with Istanbul Bilgi University’s Youth Studies Unit and the Civil Society Organizations Education and Research Unit, with financial support from the European Commission Turkey Delegation and the National Endowment for Democracy.
Within the scope of the project, local monitoring groups established in the provinces of Adana, Aksaray, Ankara, Edirne, Erzurum, Hatay, Istanbul, Izmir, Kars, Kilis, Kocaeli, Konya, Malatya, Muğla, Samsun, and Trabzon conducted civil monitoring to assess the availability, accessibility, quality, and efficiency of services offered—or expected to be offered—to youth in their regions.
The aim of the project is to provide Community Volunteer youth with the experience of one of the essentials of democracy by monitoring and questioning the services provided to them by the state as citizens. Accordingly, youth monitoring groups within the Community Volunteers’ organizations were assigned to implement the project in 16 provinces: Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Samsun, Kocaeli, Malatya, Aksaray, Trabzon, Kars, Hatay, Muğla, Erzurum, Kilis, Konya, Adana, and Edirne.
The Magnifying Glass to the Address Project aims to increase youth participation in the policymaking process, gather sufficient data to communicate with the state and conduct advocacy, inform young people about youth services, develop a monitoring methodology as an advocacy tool in the youth field, and introduce a needs-based approach in the development of youth policies.
The “Bayer Young Science Ambassadors” project, carried out by Bayer Turkey in collaboration with the Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG), was designed to raise awareness of global mega trends that concern the future of the world—such as a growing and aging population, increasing energy demand, rising food and feed needs, improving quality of life, and decreasing resources—aligning with Bayer’s global business strategies.
The project is a science literacy initiative aimed at fostering a love for science among children through university students. Based on the understanding that children naturally have curiosity about nature and everything around them—and that curiosity is the greatest trigger for learning—the project consists of two phases:
First, university students serving as Science Ambassadors participate in a training program designed with informal education modules under the theme of “Science Literacy.” Then, they implement a series of activities in primary schools to spark children’s interest in science and encourage them to enjoy learning about it.
The main objectives of the project are to offer children a perspective on science they have never experienced before, encourage their interest in science, and even inspire them to pursue work in scientific fields.
Genç Bank is a youth initiative model coordinated by the Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG) from 2011 to 2019 and hosted by local institutions. As part of the international YouthBank Network, the project is a youth grant program aimed at empowering young people, increasing their participation in local life, supporting their personal development, and enabling them to make positive contributions in their communities.
Through Genç Bank, young people aged 15–25 generated ideas addressing problems or needs they observed in their local areas and brought these ideas to life with the financial and moral support of their peers.
This is a civil society project led by the Hrant Dink Foundation in partnership with the Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG), Hayata Destek Association, and Sabancı University.
The project aims to strengthen the possibility of living together in Türkiye by raising awareness on this issue and contributing to the development of a new, human-rights-focused discourse. To achieve this, the project targets collaboration with three key sectors that interact with refugees in various contexts: public institutions, media, and civil society organizations.
The project focuses on questioning societal prejudices and misinformation about refugees, contributing to the reduction of social polarization, enhancing awareness, and creating a new shared language. Through a training module, employees from these three influential sectors come together to share experiences, develop alternative discourse, and contribute to societal dialogue using this new framework.
The main activities of the project include expert consultations, roundtable meetings, development of the training module, implementation of trainings, international panels, and advocacy efforts.
In collaboration with Elidor, we have launched the "On Our Own Path" project, aimed at empowering university student young women. Inspired by Elidor's nationwide research, which revealed that '6 out of 10 young women believe there are obstacles in the way of their dreams,' we are offering support to 200 university students through scholarships, a free personal development program prepared by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), and discounted access to Udemy educational content.
Seven personal development courses have been uploaded to a project-specific website, making them accessible to everyone. Through this site, young women can find inspiration from the narratives of Zeynep Bastık, Ebrar Karakurt, and Aleyna Hadımoğlu.
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Over 200 young women are continuing their education while benefiting from the scholarship provided by Elidor. A total of 15 webinars have been conducted.
The webinars held include: Volunteering and Civil Society, Project Development, Basic Concepts of Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Dating Violence, Methods of Combating Gender-Based Violence, Being a Woman in the Business World, Entrepreneurship Training, CV Techniques and Interviews, Personal Development Trainings, Islamic Feminism, Ecology and Women, Role Model Meetings.
The I Am Safe in Digital World project, carried out in partnership with the Community Volunteers Foundation and Aksigorta, includes training and awareness-raising activities carried out by community volunteer youth for their peers in the fields of digital security, digital risks, and cyberbullying, and aims to empower the youth who receive this education in the field of digital security.
Target audience of the project: Community volunteer youth between the ages of 18-25 and indirect beneficiaries (people in the environment of the youth benefiting from these trainings - at least 3 people).
Objectives of the project:
Project implementations: Trainings in the community field by 17 community volunteer youth and 12 Sabancı volunteers who received trainer training and webinars inviting experts in the digital security field.