24/04/2013
Held every year by Civic Involvement Projects, the “Discover Yourself” project scheme has been available to employees since the summer of 2011. This year, the project is planned to be held in the Borçka township of Artvin between August 18 and 24.
What is Discover Yourself for Employees?
It is a 6-day project aimed at socioeconomically disadvantaged primary school children.
Working hours are 9 am to 3 pm every day.
The project has around 150 children with 20 to 25 students in each class.
Participants are mostly 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students. One or two volunteers are assigned to each class.
A short briefing and planning meeting is held with the volunteers after the project ends for the day.
The predetermined training and activity modules are implemented with schoolchildren in the first 5 days.
The 6th day is the Sun Day, when all students gather in the garden, play games and sing.
Employees will be eligible for Community Service Leaves should they decide to take part in the project.
What is the Community Service Leave?
University HR offers an additional benefit of Community Service Leave to employees who wish to take part in the project. Employees must have worked at the university for at least one year and obtain the approval of their manager to be entitled to three days of Community Service Leave. The remaining three days of the project will be deducted from annual leave.
Please click for the application form.
Visit the CIP Facebook page for photos of the Discover Yourself for Employees 2011 implemented in Mardin.
Click here for a participant testimonial (Turkish only)
For further information and questions, please visit the CIP office, email ferdi@sabanciuniv.edu or dial 9398.
Application ends 10 May 2013.
