Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi Pinhole Youth Center

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Toplum Gönüllüleri Vakfı (TOG – Community Volunteers Foundation) was founded in December 2002. The Foundation
contributes to the personal development of young people by encouraging them to participate in social responsibility projects as
volunteers. In doing so, it increases young people’s community involvement on a voluntary basis. Every year the Foundation
supports the realization of over 800 projects and activities implemented by about 30,000 young people in over 100 university
clubs. Also TOG have one Youth Center called İğne Deliği (Pinhole), in Samsun.
TOG:
- Trains trainers who implement peer to peer trainings on subjects such as volunteerism, project management, human rights,
social rights, reproductive health, health literacy and organizational management
- Offers face to face support to university student clubs according to their needs
- Provides scholarship opportunities and internships to young people
- Creates a learning environment that increases youth mobility, which in turn supports learning from other young people and
youth organizations
- Supports young people’s ideas on social problems specific to their projects and helps them find financing for these projects
- Investigates and contacts stakeholders to increase awareness on the needs of university students within the public realm`
Pinhole Youth Center is located in Atakum/Samsun. In the local center, young people between15-25 can participate in
activities that contribute to their personal development. Activities include dance, music, photography, film, drama workshops,
consulting services, nature camps, and national and international youth mobility opportunities. Youth center creates free
spaces for young people to gain autonomy, make their ideas come true and encounter new opportunities. It is working to make
a positive contribution to the social life in their respective neighbourhoods. I.
Regular Activities of the Youth Center,
-Art, photography,poetry and Self-Expressing workshops
-Break, latin and folk dances
-Hand work courses for woman, computer courses with public education center
- Street shows
-Thematic cultural nights of different countries, groups,subcultures etc...
-Psychological counseling
-Democracy and Rights, Health Literacy, Reproductive Health trainings of TOG and other workshops from different NGOs
-Cultural-thematic daily trips
-Summer Projects and international youth exchanges
-Language courses
-(Euoredesk ) European opportunities for young people to inform

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