Ten students from Turkey volunteered in projects in Serbia
Ten students from Turkey volunteered in projects in Serbia as part of a special program of the Turkish state aid agency.
The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) experience-sharing program aims to instill in Turkish students a sense of volunteership with various projects across the world.
For a week the volunteer team carried out a number of cultural and charitable projects and activities in Serbia.
"The young people helped organize a wonderful, effective, high-energy program," Çagla Gültekin Tosbat, TIKA’s Belgrade program coordinator, told Anadolu Agency.
Turkish students are volunteering in Niger and Tanzania as part of a Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)'s 2018 Experience Sharing Program program.In Niger, they carried out an activity at the Koure Giraffe Park, which was recently renovated by TIKA.The volunteer team is visiting conservation parks in capital Niamey where they are getting to learn about animals facing danger of extinction.Video: Turkish students begin voluntary work in DjiboutiTurgut Gazigil, volunteer team head, told Anadolu Agency the experience had helped him understand the wildlife situation better, especially after he witnessed a number of infrastructures made by Turkey around the city."All these services built in Niger by Turkey is an indication that it only aims to benefit humanity. People of Niger are very friendly with the Turkish people," he said.Another group of Turkish volunteer students under the same TIKA program is in Tanzania where they visited the Abdulrahman Al-Sumait Memorial (SUMAIT) University and Turkey Maarif Foundation (TMV) July 15 Martyrs complex in Zanzibar island.Turkish students begin voluntary work in NigerProf. Dr. Amran Rasli, the Malaysian rector of the SUMAIT University, which is one of the three universities on the island, welcomed the Turkish students.Rasil highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship, agriculture, and education projects in eradicating poverty in the country. He also spoke about the possibility of his university to organize a mutual experience sharing program and an English lesson camp for Turkish students.The volunteers also visited the Haci Ayse Var College of TMV July 15 Martyrs complex and met Mustafa Uzun, the college director. The students also visited a museum in the old Slave Market jointly with Tanzanian students.Turkish students also carried out volunteer work in Djibouti under the same TIKA program.Turkish aid agency opens well in CameroonThe volunteers provided 80 hygiene and personal care sets, and 40 bags of first-aid kits to villagers, who were also given training on how to use the items.TIKA, Turkish Airlines, Anadolu Agency and Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) have jointly organized the "2018 Experience Sharing Program".TIKA will send some 500 Turkish students from 117 universities to 30 countries between July 29 and Sept. 8, within the framework of its 2018 Experience Sharing Program. The students will take part in nearly 100 projects and activities in their host countries.Turkish students to visit 30 countriesThe program covers various countries of the world such as Niger, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Djibouti, Chad, Morocco, Ghana, Georgia, Cameroon, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Colombia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Uzbekistan, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Jordan, Moldova and South Africa.
Turkish students volunteer in Niger, Tanzania, Djibouti
The volunteer students helped clean and clear an Ottoman cemetery in Novi Pazar, a majority-Muslim city in southern Serbia.
They also visited the Valide Sultan Mosque, which was renovated by TIKA in the city of Sjenica, in western Serbia.
In 1870, Valide Sultan -- the only remaining imperial mosque in Serbia -- was built by the Pertevniyal Sultan, the mother of the 32nd Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz, who reigned from 1861 to 1876.
A group of Turkish university students are in Niger for a voluntary work under an exchange program.The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) -- in coordination with Turkish Airlines, Anadolu Agency and Turkish Radio and Television Corporation -- have organized the "2018 Experience Sharing Program".The volunteers participated in an annual festival organized ahead of Niger’s Republic Day in the southwestern Dosso town.Different cultural activities were performed and several projects aimed at developing the region were showcased at the festival.Turkish students to visit 30 countriesTIKA aims to instill sense of volunteering in studentsTurgut Gazigil, head of TIKA's Niger volunteer team, told Anadolu Agency that they found the festival “interesting”.He said Turkish cultural shows were also organized at the festival and that their team will be in contact with the officials of Niger and young entrepreneurs to carry out different activities and programs in the coming days.The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) will send around 500 Turkish students to 30 countries between July 29 and Sept. 8, within the framework of its 2018 Experience Sharing Program. The students will take part in nearly 100 projects and activities in their host countries.The program will cover various countries of the world such as Niger, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Djibouti, Chad, Morocco, Ghana, Georgia, Cameroon, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Colombia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Uzbekistan, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Jordan, Moldova and South Africa.
Turkish students begin voluntary work in Niger
On the last day of the program, the group visited the 15th-century Ottoman Ram Castle renovated by TIKA in the town of Veliko Gradiste in eastern Serbia.
Turkish Airlines, Anadolu Agency, and the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) were TIKA’s partners in the program.
For its 2018 Experience-Sharing Program, TIKA will send some 500 Turkish students from 117 universities to 30 countries between July 29 and Sept. 8. The students will take part in nearly 100 projects and activities in their host countries.
The program covers such far-flung countries as Niger, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Djibouti, Chad, Morocco, Ghana, Georgia, Cameroon, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Colombia, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mozambique, Namibia, Uzbekistan, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Jordan, Moldova, and South Africa.