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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.
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". 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.
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Turgut 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.
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
Prof. 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.
Turkey’s state-run aid agency has opened a well in the central African country of Cameroon as part of a clean water project. Turkey’s Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) inaugurated the well in a section of the capital Yaounde with the attendance of residents and local officials. The well is expected to help around 1,000 people get access to clean water, according to the agency. Speaking at the ceremony, Izzet Ahmet Bozbey, TIKA’s coordinator in Cameroon, underlined the importance of access to clean water for a healthy future.“This is a gift of the Turkish people to the friendly people of Cameroon,” Bozbey said.Turkish aid agency cheers Africa's interest in TurkeyTwenty Turkish aid projects in last 6 months in S.AfricaCameroonian authorities thanked TIKA for the well. Separately, in the East African country of Uganda, some 35 urology surgeries were performed free of charge as part of another TIKA project, according to the agency. The surgeries were performed at Naguru Hospital in the capital Kampala on July 21-29 in cooperation with Doctors Worldwide and Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU). Previously a lack of equipment had put the vitally needed surgeries out of reach.
Turkish aid agency opens well in Cameroon
The 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.
Some 500 Turkish students will undertake various projects in 30 countries between July 29-Sept. 8.The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Turkish Airlines (THY), Anadolu Agency (AA) and Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) have organized the "2018 Experience Sharing Program".Students from 117 universities are participating in the program.The first team which is going to Niger and Jordan spoke to Anadolu Agency prior to their journey.Batuhan Zeki Öztürk, a law student in Selcuk University, said he is excited about going to Niger."Instead of going to European countries, I chose to take the opportunity to see our Muslim brothers and sisters in Africa and to understand their life. The spirit in that land is much different. Everyone can go to developed countries, but fewer people go to Africa. So I am very grateful to TIKA for giving such opportunities to young people,” he said.Özturk said that in the first two days they would visit the southwestern city of Dosso to participate in the "Youth Caravan" program organized by Niger Education and Entrepreneurship Ministry with the support of TIKA.Then, they would participate in charity and cultural activities in capital Niamey.TIKA aims to instill sense of volunteering in studentsTurkish aid agency cheers Africa's interest in Turkey'Africa feels special'Ozan Ergün a finance student of Afyon Kocatepe University, said that this program will provide students a chance to get acquainted with African culture more closely.He said he is excited at the prospect of visiting Niger."We are wondering what we will encounter and what kind of people we are going to meet. I have had the opportunity to visit many countries and meet different people, but I have to admit that Africa feels very special."Ali Imran Kosker, a political science and public administration student at Istanbul University will stay in Jordan for 10 days."The fastest way to win the hearts of people in the Middle East or the whole Muslim community is to tell them you came from Turkey. I am very excited and happy to go to Jordan with an organization spreading love from Turkey to the world."Ibrahim Özoruç, a student at Inonu University, who will also visit Jordan said they will try to help out other people."This program will enable us to be aware of our lost values and revive our love and companionship with our brothers and sisters," he added.Selahattin Govec, a student at Necmettin Erbakan University, who will also head to Jordan, said they would make Turkey proud."We will be happy and smiling at the end of our activities. As a descendant of the Ottoman Empire, I am feeling very proud and wonderful to be involved in such a program which enables me to understand people and see places which were part of the empire at once," he said.
Turkish students to visit 30 countries
The 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.