Background Young people are lifelong affected by the traumas when they face negative occasions at early ages, such as losing one or both of the parents, being member of financially disadvantaged family, having no access to social, sportive, socio-cultural activities for various reasons, being member of patriarchal family etc. Those young people may not integrate in social environment, may exclude themselves from outer world, may be disposed to harmful habits during adolescence and youth era since they cannot develop individuality at earlier ages. Objectives of the Project 1. Creating awareness on participating in social responsibility projects, providing target group opportunities to undertake roles and responsibilities, in order to overcome problems of orphans who are grown up at orphanages of Turkish Social Services and Child Protection Institution (SHÇEK). 2. Involving participant groups and orphans of Turkish Social Services and Child Protection Institution (SHÇEK) into sportive, social and cultural activities, giving them administrative tasks and responsibilities, supporting their individual development. Number and Profile of Participants 14 participants from Turkey, and 14 participants from Italy, at 18-25 age group will be involved in the project. The participants are selected from financially, socio-cultural disadvantaged groups. In the selection, the young people who lost one or both parents at early ages will have priority. Activities Welcoming and orientation of visitor participants Bosphorus cruise, checking activity programme, forming project groups, training on communication skills As a support to ?Volunteer Family? project implemented in Turkey, visiting 20 families and proposing them to be volunteer families for orphans Teaching participants how to make hand-made kites, to teach it to orphans of SHÇEK Organizing kite fest Teaching orphans of SHÇEK traditional child games by participant groups; playing traditional games together Organizing football, basketball, and volleyball tournaments Practicing local folk dances and modern dances of partner countries in mixed groups, with live music performance of music teachers Telling child stories to orphans by partner groups Organizing picnic with orphans in nature Press conference, creating final report, certificate delivery ceremony, farewell party Methodology Administrative units will be established to monitor preparation, implementation, and evaluation process of the project, in order to ensure proper and precise implementation of the project. The units will consist of participants, managers of partner organizations will lead the units. Host group will make researches for optimum choices to meet accommodation, food and local transportation needs of visitor groups; selected location will be reserved regarding security, health and budget criteria. Participants will make preparations even at minimal levels, before the implementation of some activities. In this respect, participants will prepare presentation of their countries, research child games, practice folk dances and modern dances. Results of the Project, and Impact Participants will develop communication skills, linguistic competence, problem solving and leadership skills, and research-reporting skills. They will improve self-confidence, administrative skills, social and cultural participation. Partner organizations will improve project development and implementation capacity, organizational capacity and cooperation skills. Local public will increase awareness. Long-Term Benefits When SHÇEK and similar institutions adopt project outcomes into their existing implementations, application capacity of institutions those provide services to disadvantaged groups will be boosted. The project will contribute development of youth support systems at all levels, and collaboration facilities of partner institutions at EU level. Project outcomes will contribute innovation and diversity of existing implementations of NGOs and local governmental organizations.