Short-term volunteering

Short-term volunteering in Turkey!

Project Name: Working for the stray friends!

Location: Sinop, Turkey

Project period – 01.03.2024 – 01.05.2024 (2 months)

Hosting organization: Sahipsiz Hayvanları Koruma ve Yasatma Dernegi

Sending organization: “Common Sense” Youth Organization

Number of volunteers: 1 volunteer between 18-30 years old for youth

Deadline: 20 February 2024

Purpose of the project:

Improve the well-being of stray cats and dogs at the Sinop shelter.
Raise awareness about animal welfare beyond the shelter.
Provide hands-on experience and skills to volunteers.
Develop competencies in the care of sick or orphaned wild animals.
Encourage local youth involvement in volunteering activities

Activites during the project

Assist with treatment, surgery, check-ups, and record-keeping for stray cats anddogs.
Organize adoption, fundraising, and food collection campaigns.
Participate in rescue operations and city tours to feed stray animals.
Work from 09:00 to 15:30, Monday to Friday. Saturdays and Sundays are days off.
Practice at a wildlife conservatory center with various wild animals
Organize an event to showcase the volunteer's region, including food, drinks, music, dance, history, geography, habits, and traditions.
Be available 24/7 for emergency calls and respond promptly.

Participants profile:

We need vets who love animals and want to help stray cats and dogs at the Sinop shelter. If you're a vet, bring your doctor clothes and stethoscope to be part of our caring team. We're looking for:
- If you know about animals and how to care for them, that's perfect!
- If you really like animals and want to make their lives better, we want you.
- We work together to help animals, so it's important to get along with others.
- You might help in surgeries or with wildlife animals. Be open to new things!

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements:

Maximum travel reimbursement for Azerbaijan: 275 €
The volunteer will share a flat with the other volunteers but have his/her own room. At the house, all facilities are available (hot water, natural gas, etc)
You will take 4 € each day for pocket day
You will take 130 € each month for food

How to apply?

Please get the registration number through the European Youth Portal
Fill out the APPLICATION FORM

How to get a registration number? – If you don’t have an account on the European Youth Portal, please watch our instruction videos from this Link

All costs are covered by the European Solidarity Corps

No participation fee!

Language: English & Turkish

Sahipsiz Hayvanları Koruma ve Yasatma Dernegi

Our association was established in 2005 in order to help the stray animals for their food and medical needs. We work in the collaboration with the Municipality of Sinop to help the ones which are sick, wounded, young and old. We work on the ones
which are in the shelter as well as the ones which are living outside without an owner. Our members work in the shelter and help the staff there for their food and show affection. In the shelter there are about 350 dogs and 50 cats. The shelter staff provides food from the leftovers from the messhalls of the university, the military installations and the schools. However during the national and religious holidays, the food doesn't come. Therefore our association provides food for the shelter. We always provide food for the cats and the young dogs. We also trim the longhaired dogs' hair in the summer time. We take photos of the animals to show them in our Facebook page and webpage and make them adopted by the people. Through our Facebook page, we also post the photos and the information of the animals which are found in the streets by the people to make calls for the people to adopt them.

Sending organization

“Common Sense” Youth Organization, E-mail: evs@csyo-az.org

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