Location: Mus, Turkey

Project period – 05.08.2025-03.10.2026

Hosting organization: GENÇ ÇABA DERNEĞi

Sending organization: “Common Sense” Youth Organization

Deadline:  17 July 2025

Purpose of the project: 

AVAİLABLE DATA SUGGESTS THAT SMOKİNG İS THE MAİN CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER, ACCOUNTİNG FOR AROUND 63% OF LUNG CANCER DEATHS WORLDWİDE. IN TURKİYE, THİS CORRELATİ ON REMAİNS SİGNİFİCANT, WİTH AROUND 90% OF LUNG CANCER CASES ATTRİBUTED TO SMOKİNG. FACED WİTH THİS ALARMİNG SCENARİO, THERE İS AN İMPERATİVE TO ACT, EMPHASİSİNG
THE NEED TO EDUCATE THE POPULATİ ON ABOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SMOKİNG, PROMOTE LUNG CANCER PREVENTİ ON AND ENCOURAGE THE ADOPTİON OF HEALTHİER LİFESTYLES. THİS PROJECT WAS CONCEİVED WİTH A RESOLUTE İNTENTİ ON – TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SMOKERS İN THE COUNTRY AND, CONSEQUENTLY, TO REDUCE THE İNCİDENCE OF LUNG CANCER. IN SHORT, THE PROJECT, ENTİ TLED “A STEP TOWARDS A LİFE WİTHOUT DARKNESS”, İS A HİGH-PRİORİTY VOLUNTEERİNG İNİTİATİVE FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN SOLİDARİTY CORPS PROGRAMME TO RESPOND TO THE HİGH LEVELS OF LUNG CANCER İN THE WORLD AND, ESSENTİALLY, İN TURKİYE

Activities during the project:

  • WEEKLY MEETİNG
  • PREPARATİON OF THE 12. INTERNATİONAL ONCOLOGY DAYS;
  • VİSİT YOUTH ORGANİSATİONS 1X WEEK;
  • VİSİT TO RESTAURANTS/CAFES/TEA HOUSES;
  • VİSİT AND APPLİCATİON OF THE COMPANY PACK;
  • VİSİT AND APPLİCATİON OF THE PRE-SCHOOL PACK;
  • MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT’S DİGİTAL PLATFORMS (SOCİAL
    NETWORKS, WEBSİTE, PODCAST, ETC.).
  • REFLECTİON SESSİONS: EVERY FRİDAY THERE WİLL BE REFLECTİON
    ACTİVİTİES LED BY THE MENTORS.
  • OVERVİEW MEETİNG: EVERY WEEK THERE WİLL BE A MEETİNG
    WİTH ALL THE VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE A FOLLOW-UP

Participants profile:

– Age: 18-30 years; 
– Volunteer experiences;
– Knowledge about topics such as lung cancer; smoking; healthy lifestyles; and mental health;
– Proactivity and adaptability;
– Past experiences with minorities in society;
– Commitment to participate actively in all phases of the project;
– Desire to acquire and share know-how;
– Willingness to learn about other traditions/culture. 

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements:

  • Maximum travel reimbursement for Azerbaijan: 275 €
  • All volunteers will stay in the same building, with 2-3 volunteers per room. At the building, all facilities are available (hot water, natural gas, etc)

How to apply?

  • Please get the registration number through the European Youth Portal
  • Fill out the APPLICATION FORM

How to get a registration number? – If you don’t have an account on European Youth

Portal, please watch our instruction videos from this link.

All costs are covered by the European Solidarity Corps

No participation fee! 

Language: English & Turkish

Genc Caba Dernegi

Genc Caba Dernegi was established for the purpose of carriying out local activities in Muş. Our aims are to enlighten young people between the ages of 14 and 30 about youth projects and activities organized both in Turkey and Europe, to make them conscious of their right and responsibilities, to support them to do their prudential projects and to contribute to be organized.
Our association especially organized various activities about young people and women in the countryside. Also, we attended plenty of national and international seminars, conferences and meeting. Our members live in Muş and they participate in activities and studies in order to enhance young people’s spirit of entrepreneurship who live in the rural area in particular and they help them to be more active and productive citizens. In addition, many activities and events have been organized in the cultural area.

Sending organization

“Common Sense” Youth Organization, E-mail: evs@csyo-az.org