Pi Youth Association

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Pi Youth Association, was established on 4th of March in 2014 (Pi=3,14), on 6 issues identified in line with the developments in Europe and in the world and the needs of the youth in our country, to help young people develop positive attitudes /behaviors for their capacity development, to contribute to their knowledge and skills, and to carry out studies for the solution of youth problems.

Mission Topics
1) Youth Rights and Problems
2) Volunteering Hours
3) Technology-based Development
4) Healthy Living
5) Civil Society Capacity Building (only for youth organizations)
6) Social Media Analyses

Pi Youth Association; in addition to the activities carried out regularly for its members and volunteers consisting of young people, it also organizes and implements national and international projects, and develops partnerships. Especially the young people who are disadvantaged socially, economically and geographically and under women, disabled and refugees classes, in a nutshell all individuals between the ages of 15-30 and living in Turkey are in the Pi Youth Association’s target group. In addition to its projects and activities, the association offers to young people various free opportunities under the Erasmus Plus program carry out by the EU. These include youth exchanges, voluntary activities etc.

Pi Youth Association’s office team consists of 12 people including 4 professional employees, 2 parttime employees, 2 long term trainees and 4 office volunteers. There is also a volunteer team of local youth, with more than 100 active young people. The name of this volunteer team is Pixel Team. Pixel Team voluntarily supports all projects and activities of the Association. It consists of young people between the ages of 15-30 who regularly participate in the activities of the association and are trained in the culture of the association.

Pi Youth Association is also a member of many national and international networks. National networks of which the Association is a member; Youth Organizations Forum (GOFor), National Youth Parliament (UGP) and TechSoup Turkey. International networks of which it is a member of; The Anna Lindh Foundation Euromed, Google for Nonprofits, Microsoft for Nonprofits and AMSED Member Network. Pi Youth Association is also a signatory of the UN Global Compact. Our Association is also an Eurodesk Contact Point.

Pi Youth Association is a local and non-governmental youth organization that is active in national and international fields and can reach many young people. Social media accounts and website of the association are followed by many youngs. The Association has more than 25,000 followers on Facebook (2 pages both in Turkish and English)

Volunteering project