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Hello! My name is Çağla. It means green almond; my mother chose this name for me to be always fresh and in the excitement of starting things new. So, I keep that in my mind every time, I try to keep my life fresh, remove the things that are not good for me, and make…
Hi guys! My name is Batuhan Ege; you can call me Batu too. I’m 27 years old. I’m coming from Izmir, on the west side of Turkey. I graduated from the university in 2021. It is my first abroad experience, but not my first volunteer experience. I worked in IT department and fields like that.…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) to participate in a long-term ESC project under the title “Social Media and Content Creation at NaturKultur” in Germany. Place: Bremen, Germany Period: 1.03.2024 – 28.02.2025 About the project: Explore volunteering opportunities with NaturKultur, where you can join a fun and creative team focused on international youth…
Hi! I’am Muhammed Ersan. I was born in Istanbul, Türkiye. I’ve graduated from the Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Science. I believe volunteering is a responsibility of any person towards society. So, I wanted to experience a new volunteering activity. Being volunteer in VCS for two months is a great opportunity for me to develop…
Merhaba! I am Cansu Cömert from Istanbul, Türkiye. Istanbul is the most known city in Türkiye and it is a crowded city with big buildings and people rushing everywhere, which gives it a chaotic beauty. I will be working at VCS in Macedonia with a lot of amazing people for the next two months. I…
Students from the technical secondary school "Gostivar" applied at home what they had learned from the trainings in Greece. Two groups of students from the municipal secondary technical school "Gostivar", representing Volunteers Centre Skopje, participated in trainings dedicated to climate change through Erasmus+ program organized in neighboring Greece. Seven students were part of a training…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 3 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Training of Youth Workers: Into the Future” in Germany. Place: Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany Date: 12.12 – 18.12.2023 About the project: The project aims to provide the space to explore challenges, improve youth work competences and…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers, 18-30 years old, from Macedonia to participate in a team volunteering project “Tittle - Tattle” in Hungary. Place: Nagyvázsony, Hungary Date: 21.11.2023 – 14.12.2023 About the project: During the project, the volunteers get to work with four different themes: 1. Work with children. 2. Learning about new culture. 3.…
What does it take to become a digital artist and how to make a profit out of it? The answers are just here! We are proudly presenting the booklet “From Pixels to Profit: Steps to Monetizing Digital Art”. This booklet has been prepared within the framework of the Erasmus+ project DALI 4 YOUTH implemented by…
From September 24 to October 3 this year, a total of 5 youth workers, representing Volunteers Centre Skopje, were witnesses and active participants in a training course "Act it Out!" in Debrecen, Hungary. The goal of the project was to gain new knowledge about Image and Forum theater. Surrounded by positive energy every day, the…
Hi, I’m Johanna from Frankfurt, Germany. For the next 8 months, I will be volunteering at VCS. I am excited to work with all the other volunteers on writing, organizing events, and working with children. In my free time, I am interested in all kinds of culture, whether it is going to the museum to…
Moin Moin, My name is Fiona. I´m 19 years old and from a small town next to Hamburg in Germany. Recently, I graduated from high school, and in the next 11 months, I will be working at VCS and exploring Macedonia as well as other countries in the Balkans. Being a scout, travelling has always…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Keep Dreaming” in Macedonia. Place: Struga, Macedonia Date: 23.10 – 28.10.2023 About the project: Are you interested in improving your mental well-being while participating in meaningful activities? Join the "Keep Dreaming" training course, designed…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) to participate in a long-term ESC project under the title “Social Media and Content Creation at NaturKultur” in Germany. Place: Bremen, Germany Period: 17.01.2024 – 17.01.2025 About the project: Explore volunteering opportunities with NaturKultur, where you can join a fun and creative team focused on international youth…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a team volunteering project “Hey Christmas Carol 5!” in Poland. Place: Bydgoszcz, Poland Date: 2.11.2023 - 21.12.2023 (7 weeks) About the project: Volunteers will prepare international Christmas carols and presentations about Christmas traditions prevailing in their countries and workshops: art&craft, music, theatre,…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) to participate in a long-term ESC project under the title “Volunteering at the German Dance Film Institute” in Germany. Place: Bremen, Germany Period: 13.05.2024 – 13.05.2025 About the project: Are you passionate about dance? What about film? This volunteering project combines these two topics! You can join…
In the middle of the summer, Volunteers Centre Skopje co-organized a youth exchange in Ljubojno, at Prespa lake. The project “HMB soft and HEMA as a tool for battling youth inactivity” took place between 26th of July and 3rd of August and gathered Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian and French teams with an aim to learn the…
Hey, I’m Alexander. Son of a Venezuelan mother and a Dutch father, whilst I myself am from Aruba and consider myself Aruban. At home we mostly spoke Spanish, until shortly after I was born when we gradually switched to Dutch. I have 2 siblings, the eldest my sister, we are separated by no less than…
Bondia! My name is Amanda, I'm 19 years old, and I'm from a sunny little island called Aruba. It's nearly impossible to pinpoint some defining traits about me; my interests are all over the place! From singing to poetry to debate: I'd be happy to exercise my skills. I love to travel and explore the…
"Project in Lithuania? In the peak of summer? That sounds like a great adventure!" is a thought that crossed my mind at the same moment when I found out about the Erasmus+ youth exchange project "YOU(th) early start - Y.E.S.". If I only knew how much that thought would contribute to me and fill me…