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Day 3

 

We started our day by watering our trees planted yesterday, so we took great care of -BabySoil-, -Groot-, -Zlatan- and -Tülay- 

Then, we got the chance to briefly meet the amazing pupils of Beypazarî through some English conversation clubs, which sometimes turned not only into Q&A sessions but also into dancing and singing classes. Of course, we used this opportunity to talk to them about Erasmus+ benefits and how they can access such mobilities by sharing with them our experience Also, we raised awareness of the local environment and event, and we even played games with them!! After a well-worth break, we returned to the high school, where we had dynamic activities:)

Volunteers got involved in sports activities with the children and created a strong bonding during a volleyball match.

Language barriers were not a problem because the students had a medium level of English knowledge, and also, volunteers had already developed a small vocabulary in Turkish.The volunteers, along with the children, worked together as a team and created a beautiful tree on one of the high school’s walls. They put their hands in paint to make the leaves, flowers, and butterflies, to support the idea of protecting and keeping a clean environment.

Also, volunteers, coordinators, and students had a lot of fun due to the opportunity to be creative and use a lot of colors and clean the workspace.

 

At the end of the day, the children seemed happy with the experience, so they exchanged Instagram accounts with the volunteers to keep in touch and took pictures as memories.The word for today is GRATEFULNES!We must be thankful for the way people can communicate with us today, even though their English is not perfect, and most of all, for their friendship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6th Day of the MAD EU Project in Beypazarı:

A new one has been added to the wonderful days spent by our volunteers in Beypazarı. Volunteers started the day energetically. As the first activity of the day, our volunteers went to the field in Beypazarı and carried out activities to pick up carrots and spinach from the field as a part of agricultural activity.Images from the volunteers’ first activity of the day can be seen below: volunteers and workers picked up carrots spinach from the field and they made this beautiful day unforgettable by taking a precious photograph.

Are you ready to present what we did on day 7?

At the beginning we were informed that today was a fun day with activities for the environment.The location was in Karagöl Valley.A boy with special needs participated with us his name it is Yiğit,a boy with full of energy.The trip turned out to be for 20 minutes from Beypazar .Afer this we tooke a walk around the valley . 

Then we started with a picnic where there was no lack of games,talks and traditonal Turkish dance ,also dancing with different music,not to forget a delicious meal with a fantastic barbecue .The picnic did not lack acquaintances with the Turks who where there.In the end we cleaned the whole environment from debris .

 

We can say that it became a more beautiful valley from our hand.Afer returning from the picnic,although tired from the sun that coverd us there was also song from all together in the bus.There were also kite in the sky.To understand more about the activity of kite do not forget to follow us in the following days.Stay tuned! 

 

 

We started our 8th day of the project with the enthusiasm to explore the surroundings of Beypazari by hiking in Kelebekler Vadesi, near Kozalan. We’ve admired the beautiful landscapes and their reach flora, while socializing with locals and school students that were also enjoying a warm Sunday in the nature. We ve shared our passion for the environment and pointed out the importance of leaving the untouched places that we discover the way we found them: clean.

 

After savouring a delicious local lunch in Beypazari, we made our way to the History and Culture Museum of Beypazari, where we had the opportunity to learn more about local customs and traditions, especially regarding the celebration of marriage. 

 

Of course we couldn’t leave the museum without making sure that its garden is in perfection condition, so we gladly helped the caretakers of the museum to remove the weed that was growing around the building, transforming the appearence of the entrance into a more welcoming one.

 

Later, we met with the district's cultural manager, Zafer Poyraz, at the tennis court and he gave us information about the tricks of playing tennis.

We ended our day with one of our favorite activities, Fair Play4Inclusion, where we played tennis and ball with our local friends. 

Day 9 at Beypazarı

 

We met in front of the dormitory at 09:30 in the morning and went to the faculty to water trees. Before starting work, we had a little chat with the students at the faculty. Then we helped each other while watering the trees.

 

After we finished our work at the university, we set out to make kites at Beypazarı Secondary School. We met the students, teachers and principal of the school. They welcomed us very well. Technology and design teacher Ahmet Bey showed us how to make a kite. We got together quickly with the students and they helped us make kites. Some students gained self-confidence by trying to speak English with our friends.

 

Some of us were making kites for the first time, and some of us had done it when we were kids. First, we started with making the skeleton of the kite. Then we strengthened our skeleton by making cuts on the ends of the skeleton and wrapping rope around it. It took us some time to do these. We set off for lunch. After dinner, we returned to secondary school and continued to make kites. We cut the plastic material in suitable sizes and dressed it on the skeleton. And as the last step, we made the tail part. We helped each other in this part.

 

After we finished our kites, we tried it at school first, and some of our kites were torn. We fixed the torn kites and kept trying.

 

We went to the restaurant where we had lunch for the Romanian and Italian Culture night event, which is the last event of the day. First, Teodora and Alina cooked us their traditional dish, Mămăligă, and gave us information about Romania. Nikhil cooked Italian Tortilla and Indian dish chicken butter masala for us. It was a great experience to say the food of different cultures.