Improving the bike network in the Yil University campus

  Turkey

Erzurum

Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: May 30 - June 8, 2009

Description: The volunteers' cycling tour around Van Lake last year drew a lot of attention. The students of the local Yil University started to show more interest in cycling since then. Many students use now bikes to travel within the campus area. Thus there is a need to mark the cycling roads and routes.

The international volunteers will be marking the bike roads in the campus together with the local students. Anyone with an experience in such a job will be highly welcomed although no experience is needed for the rest of the work.

Van is a big city in the very east of Turkey by the Iranian border. The project will start in Istanbul with an orientation meeting that all volunteers should attend on the first day of the project. The group will travel all over Turkey from west to the east by coach (23 hours) on the second day of the project.

Highlights: The group will be cycling to the nearby towns for leisure in the free days. Bikes will be provided.

Cost in US$: 290

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Motivated to work voluntarily within an international team, tolerant, open-minded and cooperative person with adventurous spirit.

Age Range: 18 and over

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Turkey Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

CADIP - Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects's Mission Statement: CADIP promotes peace, cooperation, tolerance and understanding in international, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural surroundings. The organization also promotes patterns and examples of civil activities focused on serving others, on building social ties and strengthening communities, on supporting civil society development. Aims and general objectives: * To promote volunteering as an expression of civic contribution * To strengthen the international contacts among young people * To build tolerance and understanding in multicultural and multi-ethnic surroundings *To promote multiunderstanding among youth all over the world * To facilitate the individual growth of the volunteers through the acquisition of work, life and learning skills * To work for the recognition and promotion of non-formal learning * To support the community initiatives and assist in community development.