The participants were from different countries: Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Cyprus and Portugal. With this variety of cultures we had wonderful opportunity to share and to present our Youth work and many cultural habits and customs and to learn about others Youth work and cultures. As a part of the…
When we arrived we were really tired (everybody will be after 12 hours travelling by bus and train) and although was really hot we went on a short city tour because we were eager to see what has Subotica to offer and it was a lot. I was amazed by the unique Hungarian architecture, the…
And still, even without travelling, through the people I met, I learned about the cultures of Europe, a Europe that stretches from the geographically detached UK, to the Baltic shores, via Eastern Europe to the Ural Mountains and the Balkans, via Asia Minor to the Caucasus, just east of the Caspian Sea. Now, who said…
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* Summary: * "The center for elderly people Lefkas" will host one EVS volunteer in order to realize a joint project of solidarity and cultural cooperation for local development * Project volunteer activities: * - Organizing handicraft workshops for group of 40 elderly people at the center for elderly people Lefkas, physical exercise, intellectual…
* Summary: * "The center for elderly people Lefkas" will host one EVS volunteer in order to realize a joint project of solidarity and cultural cooperation for local development * Project volunteer activities: * - Organizing handicraft workshops for group of 40 elderly people at the center for elderly people Lefkas, physical exercise, intellectual…
Daily Centre for children from street in Shuto Orizari got new graffiti look thank you Maxim, EVS volunteer from France who has just few days left in Volunteers Centre Skopje. We would like to thank you Maxim for his great work during his EVS and we wish him great new start.
These two weeks our EVS volunteer from France – Maxim, is creating Graffiti dedicated to the children which are treated by the centre for social initiatives “Nadez” and the daily centre for children from street in Shuto Orizari. The first Graffiti is done, is located in Nadez and it looks amazing, you can take a…
While Macedonia, Tunisia, Russia, Finland, Spain, Greece, Latvia, Italy and Germany were preparing presentations about their organizations, the host organization invited professionals to share their experience, working in intercultural filed with a lot of diversity. Coming into the subject exchange of experiences around the development of organizations, intercultural adaptability, me and my dear colleague had…
On Saturday 21 July took place in Volunteers Centre Skopje workshop with native English speaker that was open for all interested to get to know the common English mistakes, learn more about official qualifications as writing techniques for articles and essays. And we would like to add that soon you can expect in Volunteers Centre…
Bonjour everyone, I’m Raphaël from France and more specifically from Montpellier, a beautiful and warm city in the south of France. I decided to become a volunteer in Macedonia because I needed to move away from university studies and to discover places which are different. So, as I already came in Balkans during some previous…
Zdravo! My name is Nacéra, I am 24 years old. I come from Montpellier in France. I decided to do an EVS (European Voluntary Service) because it allows traveling in an enriching and sure way. I chose Macedonia because I was very interested in the missions proposed by VCS on a professional and personnal point…
Hello, my name is Pablo and I am EVS volunteer. I come from Bilbao a very nice town in the north of Spain, now I´m living Skopje, Macedonia, because I came here to make a very nice project. In this project I´m going to write in a magazine about important things we choose, but that’s…
Bonjour! My name is Sarah. I come from France. It is the first time I come in the balkans. I chose this place to do my EVS because I thought that the life here is different that the life we have in France. If you travel, it is to learn no ? Before arriving, I…
Volunteers Centre Skopje, as coordinating organization of the project “Creation of the Strategy of the Municipality of Kisela Voda for cooperation with the civil sector”, is inviting you on a public debate, which will be held on Monday, 9th of June, starting from 18:00, in the meeting hall of the Council of Kisela Voda. The…
The next step was the corridor leading to the plain, the excitement growing bigger and bigger, although I must admit that I don’t like plains so much. Anyway, it was time to take off, and when I saw Vasko turning pale, the fear increased. But everything went OK, after the three-hour flight we arrived at…
Project was supported by Youth in Action Programm and organised by Volunteers Centre Skopje between 3rd and 13th of June 2012. It gathered different, but wonderful personalities, simple tools and amaizing energy, which all together had significant impact on the local surroundings and personal development of the participants. First of all, we tried to overcome…
Hi I'm David from Poland. I live in Wroclaw, but I was born in Skopje. How I decided to come back in hometown as an EVS?When I was visiting my friends in Skopje during the Christmas holidays, I met two Polish girls who were doing the EVS. I was curious to know what were their…
Starting from 3rd until 13th of June, Volunteers Center Skopje in corporation with local Brajcino’s NGO Support for rural development – 2011 Brajcino and financially encouraged by the YiA Programme, welcomed more than 25 young people to join the Youth Exchange, also known as: “Say YES to rural development”. Participants coming from all over Macedonia,…