Languages, story-sharing and cultural discovery with our family in rural Osmaniye, Turkey

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  Description

  🫒 Olive Harvest Volunteers Welcome! (November 14–22, 2026) 🫒
  
  We are looking for physically fit, energetic, and open-minded volunteers for our upcoming olive harvest in Bahçe, Osmaniye, Türkiye! Whether you are a solo traveler, a couple, or coming with a group of friends, you are all very welcome to join our seasonal family.
  
  This will be our 4th annual volunteer olive harvest, and over the years, it has turned into much more than just field work—it is a warm, authentic, and unforgettable cultural experience. You will be working alongside an amazing team of international volunteers from all over the world. Two years ago, our team harvested around 400 kg of olives together while building great friendships, sharing stories, and laughing a lot.
  
  Food is a huge part of this journey, so you can look forward to enjoying delicious, traditional homemade meals every single day. Even though not every member of our extended local family speaks fluent English, hospitality is our universal language. We take extra care of our volunteers to ensure everyone feels comfortable, warm, and right at home throughout their stay.
  
  The harvest involves about 5 hours of active field work per day, but the great group energy makes the work feel easy and fun. After finishing in the fields, our evenings are filled with games, bonfires, music, dancing, and cozy chats under the stars.
  
  Since we host a lively group of around 6 to 8 volunteers, accommodation is cozy and shared, creating a true community atmosphere. Please note that we are a non-smoking and alcohol-free family, and we strictly do not allow smoking or alcohol anywhere on our property.
  
  Meals and Food Arrangement
  
  We provide three meals a day in exchange for up to 25 hours of help per week, with two full days off, in line with Workaway's guidelines.
  
  Our meals consist of freshly prepared, traditional Turkish home-cooked dishes made with seasonal ingredients. We love sharing our local cuisine and believe that mealtimes are an important part of the cultural exchange. As a family, we enjoy eating together with our volunteers whenever possible, as we see shared meals as a wonderful opportunity to get to know each other and exchange cultures.
  
  If you have different food preferences, dietary requirements, or follow a special diet, please let us know in advance. We will happily provide the ingredients you need, and you are welcome to prepare your own meals in our kitchen whenever you prefer.
  
  We take care of preparing the meals. We simply ask everyone to wash their own dishes after eating and help keep the kitchen and dining area clean and tidy. These are considered part of living together respectfully in a shared home and are not included as part of your volunteering hours.
  
  Whether we share a meal together or you choose to cook for yourself, we want you to feel comfortable, well-fed, and at home during your stay.
  
  If you want to experience authentic local life in Türkiye, connect with friends from around the globe, and be part of a rewarding harvest team, we would love to hear from you. Feel free to send us a message for more details!

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Compagnie pour pers. âgée

  Enseignement

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Petits travaux d'entretien
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Plage

  

  Ferme

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Films et télé

  

  Culture

  

  Histoire

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  By joining us, you will experience authentic rural Turkish life firsthand, far beyond the typical tourist trails. You will learn traditional olive harvesting and oil production techniques, taste delicious homemade local cuisine, and discover the deep-rooted hospitality of southern Türkiye. Living and working together with our family and an international team of volunteers creates a rich environment for language practice, story-sharing, and cultural discovery. Whether we are sharing coffee, gathering around a evening bonfire, or playing music together, you will leave with a genuine understanding of local customs and lifelong friendships.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  As a volunteer, your main responsibility will be hands-on field work during the olive harvest. This includes placing nets under the trees, harvesting olives using traditional and manual methods, gathering them, and sorting the harvest for processing. Beyond the field, we also appreciate a spirit of teamwork where everyone lends a hand with light daily chores, such as helping set or clear the table during meal times and keeping our shared spaces cozy and tidy. We ask for around 5 hours of active physical work per day with flexible timing depending on the weather, so a good level of fitness, a positive attitude, and a willingness to work outdoors are all you need!

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Turc: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
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  Hébergement

  Volunteers will stay onsite of the harvest in a modest, cozy village house featuring a shared room for volunteers, a spacious kitchen perfect for preparing meals , a bathroom, two toilets (one flush toilet and one squat toilet), and a charming balcony to unwind and enjoy the surrounding rural views. As living spaces are shared, we kindly ask all volunteers to keep their sleeping areas clean, tidy, and well-maintained out of respect for one another. The host family will also be staying in the house. They will sleep in a separate area of the kitchen where there are beds.

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  Autres infos...

  We are in the middle of Türkiye's gastronomic heaven cities, Adana, Gaziantep, Hatay. Osmaniye is also very near to many historical places which are in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
  Ancient City of Anazarbos
  Archeological Site of Zeugma
  Eshab-ı Kehf Kulliye (Islamic-Ottoman Social Complex)
  Hatay, St. Pierre Church
  St.Paul Church, St.Paul's Well and surrounding historic quarters
  The Underground Water Structures in Gaziantep; Livas' and Kastels
  Vespasianus Titus Tunnel
  
  and many more places to wonder. We could help you to plan your travel in Türkiye 🇹🇷

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We’d love to host travellers in campervans. We have parking space for campervans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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