Inspire Young Minds, Create Opportunities – Join STARRY in Azerbaijan!

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Join STARRY in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, and help create new learning opportunities for children and young people!

Hosted by Common Sense Youth Organisation (CSYO), this humanitarian volunteering activity supports communities in H.Z. Taghiyev Settlement and the Beton-Zavod area, where access to extracurricular learning can be limited.

Volunteers will facilitate English conversation clubs, educational games, creative workshops, storytelling and activities promoting teamwork, leadership and critical thinking. You will also help encourage girls’ participation in education and organise community activities involving women and families.

Working alongside local volunteers, teachers and community members, you will share your skills, learn from others and contribute to a more inclusive learning environment.

We welcome Turkish citizens ready to commit to at least eight months of meaningful volunteering. Starting dates are flexible.

Majutus, toitlustus, transport

Volunteers will stay in shared apartments with other volunteers in Sumgait. Accommodation, food, pocket money, insurance and visa-related support will be provided in accordance with the ESC Humanitarian Aid programme. Round-trip flight tickets will be purchased directly by EPEKA. Local transportation between the accommodation and activity locations will be provided by CSYO. Detailed financial and practical arrangements will be confirmed before departure.

Koolitused tegevuse ajal

Volunteers will receive an orientation upon arrival, introducing CSYO, project objectives, local communities and daily life in Sumgait. They will be guided in planning and facilitating educational workshops, non-formal learning activities and cooperation with local teachers. Training and guidance will also cover safeguarding, child protection, health and safety procedures. Throughout the activity, volunteers will participate in team meetings, reflection sessions and ongoing learning opportunities, developing their communication, teamwork and facilitation skills.

Osaleja profiil

For Individual Volunteering, candidates must be 18–35 years old and legally reside in an eligible country (EU Member States, North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Türkiye). Applicants must have completed the compulsory Humanitarian Aid Volunteering training and must not have previously participated in individual Humanitarian Aid Volunteering. The total duration of this activity together with previous participation in EU volunteering programmes cannot exceed 12 months.

Important eligibility note: Due to the residence regulations applicable to long-term Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps volunteering activities in Azerbaijan, this opportunity is open exclusively to citizens of the Republic of Türkiye. For this particular volunteering activity, participants from other eligible countries cannot be accommodated for stays exceeding 90 days under the applicable arrangements.

We are looking for motivated, responsible and open-minded volunteers who genuinely enjoy working with children and young people and believe in the power of education to create positive change.

Ideal candidates should:

• Be able to commit to at least eight months of volunteering in Azerbaijan.
• Have good English communication skills and feel comfortable facilitating educational activities.
• Be creative, patient, adaptable and willing to take initiative.
• Be interested in non-formal education, youth empowerment, gender equality and community development.
• Be able to cooperate with teachers, local volunteers and a multicultural team.
• Respect cultural differences, individual learning needs and safeguarding principles.
• Be reliable, committed and ready to contribute actively throughout the entire volunteering period.

Previous experience in education, youth work or community activities is an advantage but not a requirement. What matters most is genuine motivation, empathy, willingness to learn and a strong sense of responsibility.

Tegevuse kuupäevad

A total of 32 week(s) during the period 01/12/2026 to 01/07/2027

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Tegevuse koht

Sumgait, Aserbaidžaan

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Tegevuse liik

Üksikisiku vabatahtlik tegevus

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Otsitakse osalejaid järgmisest riigist:

Türgi

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Tegevuse valdkonnad

Social challenges

Education and training

Working against discrimination (including gender discrimination)

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Avalduse esitamise tähtaeg

Taotluse tähtaeg puudub

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Projekti kood

2024-1-EACEA-VOLUN-101191949