TIKA aims to instill a sense of volunteerism among students



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By Zuhal Demirci

ANKARA

The Turkish aid agency aims to instill in students a sense of volunteerism with a hundred or so projects that will be carried out abroad.

The Turkish Agency for Cooperation and Cooperation (TIKA) will send 500 students from 117 universities in Turkey to 30 countries between 29 July and 8 September, as part of the "Experience Sharing Program" 2018 ".

Students, including 300 men and 200 women, will participate in about a hundred projects and activities

The program will give students an opportunity to observe the efforts of TIKA and Turkish non-governmental organizations

The program will begin on July 29 with orientation in Istanbul and after the first group. Outside Niger, students will travel to Albania, Bosnia and 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.

They will participate in the implementation of projects of renovation and repair schools, orphanages, libraries and places of worship, as well as provide them with equipment.

Students will also participate in social, cultural and humanitarian assistance activities.

Experience Sharing Program

This program includes interaction between university students in Turkey and young people living in different parts of Africa, from Asia, the Balkans and the Middle East, where TIKA supports development projects.

It also aims to establish "bridges of friendship" between students. 19659004] The program was organized for the first time in 2017 by TIKA in cooperation with Turkish Airlines, the Anadolu Agency and the state broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television (TRT).

The program of last year was Students visited: Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Kenya, Senegal, Guinea, Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda , Jordan and Lebanon.


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