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Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “It's up to me” in Germany. Place: Garlstedt, Germany Dates: 1st training: 10.06 – 18.06.2025 / 2nd training: 21.11 - 26.11.2025 Only participants that can attend to both of the training courses will b e…
Hello! My name is Mailys, I'm 19 and I'm from a small town in south-west France. Before moving to Macedonia, I was studying tourism, and in my opinion the best way to discover a country is not to visit it for a week, but to live like a local. I have visited many French cities…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 2 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Let's get intercultural” in Slovenia. Place: Valenje, Slovenia Date: 26.03 - 3.04.2025 About the project: The project will equip youth workers with the skills to design and lead workshops that promote understanding, tolerance, and…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Act it Out!” in Hungary. Place: Debrecen, Hungary Date: 11.05 - 20.05.2025 About the project: During training course “Act it Out!” the participants will get to know the methods of the Theatre of the Oppressed (Image…
I was catching up online with a friend who lives in the Netherlands one day and I had expressed to her how exhausted I was of my day to day life back in Skopje. After comforting me with some affirming words, she mentioned Olde Vechte Foundation, this place she had recently been to for training…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a short-term ESC project under the title “Wider Horizon” in the Netherlands. Place: Ommen, the Netherlands Period: Start: as soon as possible (2 months) About the project: This project is for individuals with fewer opportunities, offering a hands-on volunteering experience focused…
Cześć! My name is Dawid and I’m 23 years old. I come from southern Poland but since early childhood I have lived in the United Kingdom. In 2023, I completed my bachelor’s degree in Geography and since graduating I have taken a break from studying. I decided to join VCS because it stood out to…
Cześć! My name is Karolina and I come from Poland. I’m 19 years old. Now I’m taking a gap year after graduating high school with a literature/humanistic degree. Punk rock, mountain expeditions, folk, cats and playing with time are my thing. For me the most important thing in life is expressing myself in every way,…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 2 volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project under the title “CCC - creativity, climate, culture” in Croatia. Place: Gračac, Croatia Period: Start: February/March 2025 (10 months) About the project: Volunteers participating in the long-term ESC project “CCC - creativity, climate, culture” will gain practical…
One year ago, in February 2024, I was at the Montpellier Caribbean Carnival, celebrating the start of Lent. Totally immersed in a Caribbean environment. Who could have predicted a year later that I wouldn't be able to go to the carnival because I'd literally be in ANOTHER COUNTRY? A country that is completely unknown to…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (18-30 years old) and a team leader (18+) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Make music not war 4” in Germany. Place: Garlstedt (close Bremen), Germany Date: 22.04 - 02.05.2025 About the project: "Make Music Not War 4" was created to serve as a tool for reconciliation and…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Kindergarten heroes“ in Poland. Place: Gdańsk, Poland Date: as soon as possible (8 or 12 months) About the project: We are looking for someone cheerful and trustworthy with an open mind and an open heart, who…
Hello everyone. My name is Jovan Terzioski - Joki and I am an ESC volunteer in Riga, Latvia in the Youth Studio BaMbuss. My volunteering experience started six years ago when I did my first EVS short term volunteering project in… well the same studio I am at the moment, Youth Studio BaMbuss. This time…
This study is carried out within the MIND project aiming to strengthen the capacity of VET professionals to reinforce their mental health practices and promote socio-emotional well-being for VET learners in mobility projects. Following the growing burden on the mental well-being of young people who are 30% to 80% more likely to experience a mental…
Hey there! I am Lucia, but you can also call me Lucy or Lucka. I come from Nitra, a city in Slovakia. I am 24 yo and I studied Applied Ethics in Human Resources. But who am I really? If you want to get to know me, talk to me about travelling, specialty coffee, plants,…
Hello! My name is Dáša, and I come from Slovakia. Ah, it’s always at the moment you are asked to introduce yourself, that you forget everything you have ever known to be true about who you are. Nonetheless, I remember that I enjoy basic things like watching movies and series, listening to music, reading books,…
Being a volunteer has been a goal of mine for a very long time. I’ve heard some stories that make the idea intriguing. So I thought, what kind of experiences will I bring home? Like many of my travel stories, this one also started very spontaneously. I had a one-month gap when I didn’t plan…
The guide for youth professionals has a specific objective: to assist in implementing mentoring activities within their organisations on a European scale. It is designed to improve the capacity and knowledge of youth professionals, helping them in adopting new methods and practices related to mentoring. As it is closely linked with the findings of the…
The past six months spent in Italy represent one of the most significant chapters of my life. This unique opportunity opened doors to new horizons, cultures, and perspectives that will undoubtedly remain etched in my memory. The volunteering project and activities Thanks to Volunteers Centre Skopje, I successfully applied and was selected for a volunteering…
Biljana and Sara from Kumanovo had the opportunity to be part of the volunteer team for the project "Solidarity in Community," which took place in Izvoarele, Romania, and lasted for a month. Below, we share their impressions: We were accommodated in a beautiful wooden house in a mountainous area. We shared the house with sixteen…