Change your world to change the world: Turkish NGO aids university students

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Turkish NGO seeks to make a difference by teaching students how to be responsible leaders

In 2012, five women met at a leadership workshop in Turkey: Arzu Gunesli, Idil Ander Dede, Kristina Steinbuechel, Pınar Gokpinar and Suna Ozpar. At a meeting on social projects, they decided on the Campus of Colours project.

“We worked a lot starting in 2012,” Pinar Gokpinar says, “and changed our content by the end of 2014. We started our first programme in February 2015 with 33 students, half of whom were disabled.” The second is employment, getting ready to be employed. The career day organised by the Campus of Colours welcomes both new graduates as well as graduates from previous seasons.

“Thanks to going online, we can now open up our programme to the whole country. We had only had one participant from outside Istanbul before, a student from Elazig last season who had a corporate sponsor. Now we can have many more,” she laughs., until September 30, 2020. Applicants are expected to be undergraduate and graduate students between the ages of 18 to 30 and as of this year, can apply from anywhere in Turkey.

The students are assisted by two mentors, an academic plus a corporate mentor, as well as a third ‘rookie mentor’ who has graduated from the Campus of Colours. They work for six months on a project.

 

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