VOLUNTEERING
WITH HAND
As one of the first European Solidarity Corps, Humanitarian Aid projects, the “Humanitarian Aid for the Needs of Development – HAND” project will be a pioneer for future volunteering projects aiming to send 36 Turkish and Irish volunteers who will be deployed in Uganda, India and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OUR MISSION.
We aim to set up a Humanitarian Aid project with the following rationales: - Bring more equity to the communities
- Reduce the societal challenges that the communities face
- Reinforce the vulnerable individuals
- Bring the sense of solidarity to the communities that need aid
- Sharing knowledge, skills, behaviours/attitudes between the volunteers and communities
- Exchange of good practices and working at the EU level
- Support green practices in the communities
- Establish intercultural learning
- Reinforce the participants with the 8 Key Competencies of Youthpass
- Provide non-formal and informal learning environment for the participants as well as the target groups
- Enhance the employability of the participants with fewer opportunities
- Establish the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals within the communities
HAND will operate in Kampala, Uganda, Odisha, India and Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina with 36 Turkish and Irish volunteers for long and short term periods in order to meet the needs of the societies as well as the participants who have fewer opportunities for 2 years
PARTNERS.
The “Humanitarian Aid for the Needs of Development – HAND” project is structured with the following organisations that have the Humanitarian Aid Quality Label: Egitim Programlari ve Evrensel ve Kulturel Aktiviteler Dernegi – EPEKA from Turkey as the lead and supporting, Viatores Christi Company Limited by Guarantee – VC from Ireland as supporting, the Kampala Office of Viatores Christi Company Limited by Guarantee – VC Kampala from Uganda as hosting, Orissa State Volunteers and Social Workers Association – OSVSWA from India as hosting, Bosnian Representative Association for Valuable Opportunities – BRAVO from Bosnia and Herzegovina as hosting
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