STORY PREVIEW

2023

Modern Volleyball Platform

Bilkent Laboratory & International School

Ankara

MENTOR

Didar Bülbül

Step 1 FEEL

List the challenges or problems in your surroundings (school,neighbourhood etc.) that bothered you.

I observed that in my team, my teammates (including me) weren’t communicating the way they should be. The rivalry between us was affecting us in a negative way.

State the problem chosen to work and why.

The lack of solidarity and positive competition between girls playing volleyball.

Who were the people affected by the problem? What were their primary concerns?

Girls between the ages of 13-16 playing volleyball.

Step 2 IMAGINE

List ALL the different solutions you came up with.

1. Organize a volleyball tournament with girls all over the country 2. Organize fun activities with our different volleyball teams 3. Go to a volleyball game together 4. Play volleyball together with different teams 5. Participate in awareness programs with our teams 6. Encourage gender equality

Which solution from those listed above did you choose to implement and why?

Instead of choosing one from above, we decided to establish a new platform called Modern Volleyball Platform, and carry out many different activities with this platform.

Step 3DO

Describe very briefly the process of implementing your solution(s).

First, we established the Modern Volleyball Platform, and decided on our mission. Our mission was to encourage solidarity and positive competition between girls playing volleyball. We opened a social media account to share our platform with others. At the time, an unfortunate earthquake hit Turkey, so we decided to start our project by working together and supporting a volleyball team that was affected by the earthquake. We organized a fundraiser for them and participated in awareness programs with them.

What was the result or impact of your project?

We were able to show all of our different teams that volleyball was supposed to bring us together, and change their perspectives. At the same time we were able to raise awareness as well as help more than 30 girls from Hatay.

How many people were impacted by your solution(s)?

100

What did the impacted people have to say about your project? Provide 2 quotes or testimonials:

‘Your support was really meaningful for us. They enjoyed all of the programs they participated in and were happy with the results.’ - Coach of the Hatay volleyball team ‘I think that what you are doing is very important because you are right, volleyball is a team sport, and everyone should come to see this.’ - Turkey Volleyball Federation Co-President

What challenges did you encounter while implementing your project, and how did you overcome them?

Implementing the project was definitely not easy. Meeting with the girls from the platform (MVP) every week, thinking of ways that we can improve our project required a lot of effort. Organizing our fundraisers, bringing 6 different volleyball teams together, managing everything was a real challenge. However, we were able to overcome these challenges by being a team and with the help of our mentors.

How long did it take to implement your solution?

MORE THAN 30 DAYS

Which global goals does your story align with?

Gender Equality

Please explain briefly why do you think so?

Throughout our project, we always supported women in volleyball, and encouraged the solidarity between these women. We not only aimed to increase the unity in volleyball, but we also aimed to strengthen the solidarity between women or girls. At the same time, women’s rights was one of the topics we included in the educational programs. Therefore, we implanted the idea of gender equality into our project.

Step 4 SHARE

How did you share your project with your school and community? Who did you share your project with? What was their response?

We organized events to share our project with the people around us. At the same time we shared it through social media (@modern_volleyball_platform on Instagram).

Approximately how many people did you share your story of change with?

More than 100

Briefly share your plan to sustain the impact of your project?

We will keep working together as Modern Volleyball Platform (MVP), and regularly organize new events to bring girl volleyball players together. We will also keep our social media active.

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