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It’s already August… Have you ever wondered where this name came from? The month of August is named after Caesar Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. Auger means “to increase, to grow” in Latin. What a great month for inspiration! Chloé’s article “Leaving and saying goodbye: the inevitable step in volunteering”, which is the topic…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering Opportunity in Youth Space VAGA” in Lithuania. Place: Vilnius, Lithuania Period: 01.09.2023 – 31.08.2024 (12 months) About the project: Vilnius open youth center “Mes” is the largest open youth work center in Lithuania and consist of 7 open…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering opportunities” in Lithuania. Place: Vilnius & Trakai, Lithuania Time period: September 2023 - September 2024 (12 months) About the project: The project offers volunteering opportunities in two hosting organizations – different organizations have different responsibilities…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Act it Out!” in Hungary. Place: Debrecen, Hungary Date: 24.09 - 03.10.2023 About the project: During training course “Act it Out!” the participants will get to know the methods of the Theatre of the Oppressed (mostly…
Have you ever wondered how it is to live on a Caribbean island? We have just an answer for you as 4 brave girls from Aruba came to volunteer in VCS! Let’s hear what Chantal, Lipika, Emely, and Angely have to say at the beginning of their ESC journey far away from home. Hello,…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in the long-term ESC project "Colouring Your Life By Volunteering" in Spain. Place: Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Date: Autumn 2023 (8 months) About the project: The project will bring together volunteers to work with social media, organize activities, write our…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) and 1 group leader (18+) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Stop motion, not rights!” in Croatia. Group leader will also take part in advanced preparatory visit (APV) before youth exchange. Place of YE: Mountain Lodge Omanovac, Pakrac, Croatia Place of APV:…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a team volunteering project “Spaces for All” in Romania. Place: Izvoarele, Romania Date: 20.08 - 30.09.2023 (40 days) About the project: "Spaces for All" is a team volunteering project that aims to gather 12-15 volunteers from different countries to work together on opening…
As every summer comes, we are happy to host another group of volunteers from Belgium! Eniola, Ibrahim, Ranco and Bilal came to Macedonia to realize their 3-weeks volunteering project in VCS. Each with different skills, motivations, passions, they are a colorful addition to our team of volunteers. Let’s hear a few words from them. Hey,…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “HMB Soft and HEMA as a tool for battling youth inactivity” in Macedonia. Place: Ljubojno, Macedonia Date: 26.07 - 3.08.2023 About the project: The project allows young people to develop new skills and learn about their…
July - the month of long summer nights, parties, and sunshine! The anticipation of this holiday month is enormous every year. And what’s a better month than July to read our latest articles in this edition of VOICES? July is a month of traveling, whether it’s to heavenly beaches or high mountains. Our topic of…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a team volunteering project “Green Fingers” in Croatia. Place: Zagreb, Croatia Date: 16.09 - 25.10.2023 (6 weeks) About the project: The project will bring together ten volunteers working as a volunteering team and engage them in maintaining urban school gardens in partner…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 3 MUSICIANS (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “mEUsic” in Spain. Place: Navarredonda de Gredos, Spain Date: 11.09 - 18.09.2023 About the project: Music is a "language" that everybody around the world "speaks". It communicates feelings, messages, cultures and much more, without the…
Hi! My name is Aleksandra, but everyone calls me Ola. I’m 19 years old and I come from Kosakowo, Poland. I graduated from a tourism technical high school and I wanted to take a gap year because I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go to university. I enjoy traveling a lot, so I thought…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers 18-30 years old, from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering in Riga!” in Latvia. Place: Riga, Latvia Date: 10-12 months, start: September 2023 About the project: As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the local community while developing…
Hello everyone! I am Elif from Turkiye and I brought lots of hugs from Ankara and Bolu. I am living in Ankara but studying in Bolu. I am constantly traveling between these two cities. Ankara is a capital city and as in any capital city, there are crowds, lots of buildings, and chaos, but Bolu…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Facilitation skills for inclusive educational activities” in Romania. Place: Căsoaia/Arad, Romania Date: 14.07 – 22.07.2023 About the project: The training course is based on the “A World of Difference Train-the-Trainer Programme”, training youth leaders to…
This article is a glimpse of my volunteering experience as a short-term volunteer for an ESC project in Zagreb, Croatia. Come and join me on this 1000-word journey, as I reminisce through my fondest memories of the month and a half spent on gardening, working with school children and forging lifelong friendships, all under Zagreb’s…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer, 18-30 years old, from Macedonia to participate in a short-term (2 months) volunteering project “Volunteering in Nagyvázsony” in Hungary. Place: Nagyvázsony, Hungary Date: 2 months, start: as soon as possible About the project: Fekete Sereg is looking for volunteers who will be part of the daily work of the…
Two weeks ago, we welcomed four new people from Barcelona, Spain! They are joining us for 2 months in the VET program. Students in the tourism field, they are working in the center of Skopje in a travel agency called Arbo Travel. Their tasks will mainly consist of doing the promotion of the agency on…