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Volunteer Movement Association

Volunteer Movement Association

About Us

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Volunteer Movement Association was founded on 23 October 2009.

Our Mission

To turn the potential of individuals into a volunteer movement that answers the problems and needs of society.

Our Vision

A society that has made volunteering a way of life and opened room for active participation in every field.

Emblem of Volunteer Movement Association

Our Aims

  • To build programmes where people can volunteer, to provide the training they need, to support institutions in the field of volunteering and to raise the rate of volunteering across society,
  • To work for equal opportunity in society, to improve people's quality of life and to support those in need,
  • To strengthen people's active participation in democratic life and to widen their part in decision-making,
  • To protect and stand up for historical, touristic and cultural heritage and for the environment and nature we live in,
  • To support young people in becoming proactive individuals, to prepare them for the work and professions of the future and to spread social entrepreneurship,
  • To develop intercultural dialogue through national and international activities and to foster a sense of global citizenship,
  • To design, open and run physical spaces where citizens can come together in their own localities to carry out volunteer-based activities and spread a culture of sharing.

Our Principles and Values

These are the principles and values that carry US into the future.

Volunteering
Volunteering
Active Participation
Active Participation
Equal Opportunity and Solidarity
Equal Opportunity and Solidarity
Sensitivity to Social Problems
Sensitivity to Social Problems
Openness to Growth and Change
Openness to Growth and Change
A Result and Solution Oriented Approach
A Result and Solution Oriented Approach
Sustainability
Sustainability
Accountability and Transparency
Accountability and Transparency