Hi there,

I am Mehmet Akif ERSÖZ who is one of the participants of “I am Sport Volunteer Project” in Sivas, Turkiye and I woud like to share point of my view and experiences with you.

In the firts place, I want to express my gratitude to the organization that made it possible for me to take part in the project. I am appreciated that they provided us opportunities to leave enduring memories.

The primary motivation for me to be involved in this project is to focus on sports and healthy living material on the international platform. Although the main theme was sports, the project included sharing in social, linguistic, cultural and skill areas.  I am very glad that I participated in this project because I think it developed my abilities in many ways such as improving social skils, development of physical abilities and raising awareness. Also I have learnt to be part of a team and working collobration with group members have it all in one common language. Beside that, I had an opportunity to speak English with local and international participants throughout the program for a month. During the project, while participating in sports activities such as horse riding, hiking, playing volleyball and bedminton etc. I took part in activities such as cultural nights and cultural cooking. I had the opportunity to experience things that I had never done or tried before like laughter yoga.

As a summary, it was a valuable project where I acquired a variety of experiences and treasured memories in a month's time. Hope to join a new project as soon as possible.