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Intercultural Aspects o f Volunteering

Intercultural Aspects o f Volunteering. Emrah Yıldırım VALUE, Intercultural Dialogue Subgroup Lille, 2010. Who are we ?. The roots of İLKYAR lie in the EFES (Educational Funds for Elementary Schools)

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Intercultural Aspects o f Volunteering

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  1. Intercultural Aspects of Volunteering Emrah Yıldırım VALUE, InterculturalDialogueSubgroup Lille, 2010

  2. Whoarewe? • The roots of İLKYAR lie in the EFES (Educational Funds for Elementary Schools) • Founded by the Turkish Student Association at Princeton University (New Jersey, USA) in 1978.

  3. At thebeginning • Students in US try to establish a library at rural schools. • Small contributions and gifts

  4. At thebeginning • In 1998, EFES was re-founded in Turkey with the name İLKYAR (Aid Foundation for Elementary Schools). • The home of the foundation is located in Ankara

  5. Vision, mission, objectives and goals • Vision • Not to leave any village school or YİBO (nick for the elementary level boarding school) unvisited by İLKYAR.

  6. Vision, mission, objectives and goals • Mission • To create opportunities for students in rural and underdeveloped areas to commit themselves to their education.

  7. Vision, mission, objectives and goals • Goals • Help the students in rural areas gain motivation for continuing their education. • Leave no village schools without books. • Organize programs for teachers working in rural areas.

  8. Vision, mission, objectives and goals • Objectives • Increase the number of schools visited and supported with books. • Reach more teachers and students to host them in special programs and summer schools. • Promote all kinds of advertisement activities to raise funds for İLKYAR.

  9. Activities • Books and toys by cargo • Mobile experiments and learning aids • Hosting teachers and students • Special day events • Scholarships for students • Collaboration with other organizations

  10. Mobile projects • Aim: • The main aim of all activities is to give children the enthusiasm about learning, studying, discovering themselves and arouse the motivation about pursing their education to the higher levels.

  11. Mobile projects • Bluebus

  12. Mobile projects • Physics • Creative drama • Music • Origami • Chemistry • Literature • ………. • Total: 34 activities

  13. Outdoorexperiments

  14. Library

  15. Toys

  16. Dance

  17. End of theday

  18. Achievements • We receive around 3000 written mails each year • We have reached over 650 schools and thousands of children

  19. Problemsfrominterculturalpoint of view

  20. Problems • How to make a contact as a person from outside? • How should we look like in order not to influence their culture?

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