Environment / Cultural heritage / Restoration, renovation
Number of volunteers:
10
Free places for Males:
4
Free places for Females:
5
Free places last update:
Apr 18, 2025
International age:
18 - 35
National age:
18 - 35
Description: We are organizing this project in cooperation with Demre Municipality and Antalya Metropolitan Municipality. Antalya Metropolitan Municipality is a successful municipality in social municipality and supports International Voluntary Service. For more information about the location: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycia
Type of Work: Volunteers will conduct environmental and cultural studies in DEMRE, one of the current parts of the ancient Lycian Civilization. Maritime and sea trade have become a culture of thousands of years in this region since the Lycian and Phnician civilizations, and for this reason a cabotage festival is held every year. Volunteers will take part in the preparation and organization of the festival. They will also be involved in the cleaning and arrangement of the famous Lycian Way. The ancient Lycian Way is under threat due to highway construction in the region. The work to be done by the volunteers will raise awareness. The region is also the region of the Caretta sea turtles. There are also auxiliary works related to turtles.There are many ancient structures and natural beauties in Demre that volunteers can visit and contribute to.
Accommodation: Volunteers will stay in a dormitory in the municipality s guesthouse. Due to the warm Mediterranean climate, the rooms have air conditioning. There is a bathroom, toilet, kitchen and common area. Volunteers will prepare their own breakfast, and lunch and dinner will be provided by the municipality.
Approximate Location: Antalya is one of the most touristic cities in Turkey. There are countless historical and natural beauties worth seeing in this region. It has world-famous beaches. Antalya airport is a very busy airport. You can probably find a flight here from where you are or come with a transfer in Istanbul. There are many sightseeing and cultural activities waiting for you in Antalya.DEMRE is a beautiful district of the Antalya: Please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demre
Organization Description: GSM - Youth Services Centre, was founded in 1985 in Ankara in order to contribute to the personal, social, and cultural development of young people, and to support their active participation in social and economic life.
GSM considers the young people as the primary resource and the most dynamic part of the society. GSM believes that the active participation of young people in the social life contributes to the continuation and the development of social infrastructure.
GSM, makes effort for the development of youth work and youth policies with a right-based approach so that young people can become individuals who looks to the future with great hopes.
GSM, deals with its all programs, projects, and activities within the framework of the basic principles of global education and youth work with a pedagogical approach. It is at the forefront of the studies on the mental, emotional, spiritual, personal, social and cultural development of young people.
GSM works under 5 main areas;
VOLUNTEERING: Volunteering is a social initiative aimed at helping or meeting a social need and is a unique learning process that contributes to the personal and social development of young people. In addition to the benefits obtained from the voluntary work, the young people involved in the voluntary work; develop skills in problem-solving and communication, learn teamwork, be more tolerant in the social life, cooperate and helping one another, have a better understanding of the society and the world, gain new life experiences, increase self-confidence, and also develop value judgements. GSM is an active participant of International Voluntary Service movement and an implementor of European Solidarity Corps Programs.
YOUTH WORKS: Youth Work is defined as social, cultural and educational studies which are aimed to create a learning environment designed to enable young people to discover and realize their potential. Youth Work is an educational process that takes young people into the center, which expresses different types of activities and approaches that will enable their personal, social and emotional development in line with their problems, needs, expectations and rights. GSM deals and carries out its all programs, projects and activities with a pedagogical approach within the framework of the basic principles of Youth Work, and it contributes to the development of youth works with the youth and education programs that GSM organizes.
YOUTH POLICIES: National Youth Policy can be summarized as the goverment’s commitment on enhancing life standarts of the young people and making opportunities for them and implementing these commitments.
Sustainable, inclusive and holistic youth policies that will enable the active participation of young people in social, political, artistic, cultural and economic life have the potential to contribute to the solution expectations and needs of youth and their problems.
GSM makes efforts to improve civil society dialogues for the development of Youth Policies and takes part in the related platforms.
YOUTH INFORMATION: Youth Information, is a learning method which develops skills of young people in making positive life choices and making the right decisions, also including the education.
Youth information; is a learning process that supports the development of youngsters’ abilities; their access to beneficial services, opportunities, and possibilities; and their active participation in social and economic life.
GSM helps young people to learn their problems and needs, and also makes it easier for them to find solutions. GSM tries to reach young people as many as possible using effective and appropriate ways; creative and innovator strategies, methods, and tools for the needs of different groups; and it serves as a “Youth Information Center”.
GLOBAL EDUCATION: GSM-Youth Services Centre is Turkey National Coordinator of the Council of Europe North-South Center, the Global Education Network.
Global Education; is a holistic approach deals with the increasing links between local and global realities.
Global Education which aims to improve participant global citizenship, intents people to understand the world issues, gain knowledge and skills for global problems in the basis of values and behaviors towards the global issues.
Global Education helps individuals to understand the complication of the world; be aware of contradictions; understand that there is not one particular solution for complex problems, and think critically.
It creates a reflexive educational process for the development of these competences; and for individuals to become active global citizens. Transformative learning enables a common vision for a world which is more fair and sustainable for everyone.
