Work

This camp is a great chance for teenagers to improve English in an international group with fun. Apart from the light daily work, there will be 3 hours outdoor English lessons, afternoon language activities, night games, cultural night and national dance activities. There will be Turkish youngsters as well in the group. So, you will have a chance to learn a lot about them and you will introduce your culture and country. You will play games altogether. It will be a great camp, great fun. Besides English practices and activities, volunteers will be responsible for the daily cleaning of the site including the area, kitchen, toilet and bathrooms and tents. The work in this camp will be light as practicing English is the main aim of the camp. Volunteers and participants will clean the beach / campsite and do similar activities together.

Partner

SEKADER is a local NGO aiming to socialize disabled people of the area through water sports. They hired a camping site where they teach swimming, canoeing and diving to disabled people. To raise a fund to cover the costs of the camping site they run a camp to practice English.

Location

Seferihisar is Turkey s first slow city (Citta Slow) in the West of Turkey. The campground is located by the sea. It is about 10 km from the city center. You will swim in a crystal clear sea, awarded the blue flag.

Accomodation

Under tents. Sleeping bag and mat are necessary. Male and female participants will stay in separated tents. If you prefer privacy, you must bring your own tent. Food will be prepared and served by the host with the help of participants

Requirements

Participant must be able to communicate in English at least at basic level. Parents are requested to fill in Authorization and Confirmation forms after the placement. The forms will be sent with the info sheet.

Meeting point

Participants should fly to Izmir Airport on the first day of the camp, but must land before 17:00 as the camp leader will meet everyone and transfer them to the campsite at 17:00. Together with the camp leader, you will reach the camp area first by metro and then by public bus. On the last day of the camp all participants will be transferred to the airport after breakfast. So the return flight must be arranged for the afternoon. More info will be on the info sheet which will be sent to the placed participants.