Volunteering

There are some of our fellow citizens who, for reasons of economic survival, join the National Guard. According to the law, "their daily compensation for participating in missions is fixed at 16 euros" - if they have any missions.

Türkiye's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) volunteers have drawn cartoon characters on the walls of a village school in the eastern province of Erzurum.

Some 15 AFAD volunteers have worked for community service since the earthquakes which occurred in Erzurum in June 2020 and in November 2021.

As of yesterday, February 7, the Ministry of Health is launching an online-based volunteer registration system to assist hospitals in the fight against COVID-19.

Ljubljana – A firefighters’ trade union is critical of the government-proposed changes to the fire service act, as it says it was not involved in the drafting of the amendments. Some of the proposals that had already been coordinated with the competent ministry in the past have been dropped from the latest version, the union noted.

Ljubljana – Slovenian volunteers clock in over 7.3 million hours of work annually, Public Administration Minister Boštjan Koritnik noted in his address to a two-day virtual congress of Slovenian volunteers, which started on Thursday, focusing on the role of volunteers and solidarity in addressing social and environmental challenges.

The centre in Pristina is located on a small patch of land belonging to the Pristina Municipality in a concrete unfinished structure built in 1997 for the heating company, Termokos - hence its name. Both the municipality and the heating company gave their blessings to the initiative.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Saturday that it is "an extraordinary thing" that in Romania there are thousands and thousands of volunteers, expressing appreciation and gratitude for their involvement in many activities.

Volunteer students from Istanbul University are teaming up on an online platform to offer free lessons to some 1,000 pupils.
The online medium, the Bambu Volunteers' Education Platform, was launched nine months ago by Akın Günaydın, a mathematics teacher, with an idea of providing opportunities in the uneven education field.

Sofia, June 03, 2019 - The Crisis Centre of PULSE Foundation nearby Sofia was renovated and refreshed by volunteers from L'Oréal Bulgaria. In just one working day - May 31, the employees from the cosmetics company succeeded to change the atmosphere and environment in the centre both inside the building and outside in the big yard and turn it into a better temporary residence.

Turkey can immensely enhance its volunteerism with the help of the 20 million youth population it has, Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu has said.