The first month of 2026 within the association was mainly focused on office hours and internal organization. This period allowed me to develop greater autonomy and improve my time management
’m from the Czech Republic, from a little town near the mountains. My hometown has only about three thousand people — most of us know each other, we walk everywhere, and the landscape is full of green…..
As I pack my suitcase to return home after two months in Izmir, I realize just how much this experience has shaped me. This volunteering journey has been a true
As the final weeks of my volunteering journey unfold, I find myself reflecting on how deeply this city has become a part of me. İzmir, with its warm energy and
Hi there, my name is Karolina, I’m from Poland, I’m 21, and I recently finished my amazingadventure volunteering in Izmir. This project was my first time setting foot in Turkiye.
And just like this, in a blink of an eye, two months already passed and it’s time to start packing my bags. Oh and hi everyone, I’m Eloise from France,
These last months in Izmir have been some of the most beautiful and intense of my life. When I first arrived, I didn’t know exactly what to expect — a new country, a new language, new people. But now, as I prepare to leave, I realize just how deeply this experience has touched me.
Hello again! What has happened since the last time I wrote here? Technically, not a lot. Each day feels similar to the others, and the workshop place doesn’t change, but there is something magical in that established routine, and the months leading up to the end of our volunteering. We can already feel in the air the excitement and sometimes sadness among the people we grew close with in the span of the last 9 months.
This last blogpost will certainly resonate as the conclusion of these 9 months spent here.In a week’s time, I won’t be taking the ferry across Karşıyaka to Pasaport as I’ve done so many times over the last few months, but rather turning my back on Çeşme and setting my sights on Chios, Greece then Italy and finally setting foot in France.
Hello and welcome to my fourth and final blog post about my volunteering experience in Türkiye. I’m Laura from Italy, and I have been living and volunteering in Izmir for