VOICES – December Issue
https://issuu.com/vcsvoices/docs/2011_december_voices_final_version_for_online
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Monday December 12th, 2011
“What do we want to do? What we haven’t done it yet?“
This text is inspirited by one international training course that I was participating in. Three countries, three cultures from Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary from 18 to 24 of November, with their warm clothes met together in Subotica, Serbia to increase their knowledge and skills about Youth in Action Programme. “What do we want to do?…
Friday December 9th, 2011
EVS in Action!!!
On Thursday, 1st of December 2011, the EVS volunteers from VCS made a local action in the high school “Vasil Antevski- Dren” in Skopje. The action was part of the program of the Volunteers Centre Skopje for celebrating the 5th of December, the International day of voluntarism. The volunteers prepared cookies, they gave away flyers…
Friday December 2nd, 2011
Volunteers Day
In the occasion of the International Volunteers Day - 5th of December, Volunteers Centre Skopje organize several events in order to promote the volunteerism and increase the number of volunteers. The agenda is following: Thursday - 01.12.2011 13:00 - Promotion of youth programs offered by VCS and possibilities for EVS volunteering (location: the lobby of…
Wednesday November 30th, 2011
VCS on Student FM Radio 92.9
Today, Wednesday, 30th November, EVS volunteers from VCS, Koen ter Heedge, Awa Badji, and the EVS volunteer in the SOS children village, Emma Lindberg were guests on the morning program on the Student FM Radio 92.9, the official radio station of the University “St. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje. On the life broadcast, the volunteers…
Wednesday November 30th, 2011
Tanja: EVS in Portugal
Hello people, I am Tanja and I am doing EVS in Lisbon, Portugal. From the begging I was extremely excited about the possible opportunity to participate in EVS. My first impressions were amazing, hospitality of the organization, starting life in new city, sharing apartment with people from different places. I have great experience working with…
Sunday November 27th, 2011
New Music and Tapes Are not Dead! Workshops about Music by Koen ter Heegde
If you are in MUSIC do not miss an opportunity to join two workshops of DJ, record label owner, festival organizer and EVS volunteer Koen. Both workshops will take place in office of Volunteers Centre Skopje located at Emil Zola 3 - 2/3, closed to Rampa in Kisela Voda. Everyone is welcome to join. Workshops…
Thursday November 24th, 2011
On Arrival Training in Sarajevo
We also made some theatre. We had also great opportunity to express ourselves during AHA Space, space for learning, findings, feelings, facts and joker. We tried not to follow the polish –complaining stereotype, but nobody is perfect, so one AHA-space changed into group therapy ;) What was surprising – people who never met before listened…
Thursday November 24th, 2011
EVS in VCS: Jadzia
Why? During my Erasmus I became addicted to the Balcan culture and spirit and I decided to do everything to come back to my Wonderland. I promised Alexandr The Great to see him again and I always keep the promise ;) how do I do? Till now my life here looks like heaven. Should…
Wednesday November 23rd, 2011
From diversity to diverse team by Elena Petrevska
The main goal of the training was to contribute to developing the quality of support systems for youth by increasing capacities of organizations and their youth workers to prevent youth unemployment through career information and guidance. However, the training was not only about working hard, finishing the sessions, and going to sleep. It was not…
Friday November 18th, 2011
Year 2011 in Volunteers Centre Skopje in facts and numbers
https://issuu.com/vcsvoices/docs/vcs_2011_in_facts_and_numbers
Saturday November 12th, 2011
EVS in VCS: Sara
Why I wanted to become an EVS volunteer: The reason of becoming an EVS volunteer this year is because I didn’t want to start the university yet. I wanted to take a gap year to think and to do a different thing to what I was used to. I thought that doing EVS was a…
Monday October 31st, 2011
YE in Croatia: Youth Explores and Hangs Out
YIA! YEAH! Those were the first and final words of the participants of the Youth Exchange YOUTH EXPLORES AND HANGS OUT that took place in Novi Marof from August 20 until August 27. It started with 25 people from 5 different countries (Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Portugal and Macedonia) who gathered in a little town 60…
Thursday October 20th, 2011
VOICES magazine – October Edition
https://issuu.com/vcsvoices/docs/voice_nostalgy_web
Wednesday October 12th, 2011
Let’s Build the Bridge
Volunteers Centre Skopje is glad to announce that in October 2011 is starting new local project „Bridging Divided Communities by Youth Work“ which will be realized with support of Embassy of the United States in Skopje.The project Bridging Divided Communities by Youth Work will provide an opportunity to 30 young people in age 17 –…
Wednesday October 12th, 2011
SARAJEVO, THERE WE WERE!
From the 5 to the 10 of September, we went, together with Manu, Kuba and Krysiek (volunteers from Struga), Miguel and Anita (volunteers from Bitola), to the on-arrival training in Sarajevo. We left Skopje at 8pm and after only 15 hours by bus we arrived to Bosnia, cool as cucumbers... During the training we had…
Wednesday September 21st, 2011
THINKERTOYS for EDUCATORS
However, now the question is HOW we connected that much for only 6 days? Through energizers, games, workshops, coffee breaks, birthday celebrations, yoga, meditation, sauna, theatre, singing, dancing, lunch preparation, swimming, or basically through CREATIVE activities, we really did connect! The “magic” that appeared among us was discontinuously widening. However, if it wasn’t for the…
Wednesday September 7th, 2011
Days of Creativity at Volunteers Centre Skopje
During the event Take Your Chance! Become a volunteer! the participants will have an opportunity to take part in panel discussion, presentations prepared by local as EVS volunteers, to see several short clips and movies created during youth exchanges and training courses organized under Youth In Action Programme as to take a look at photos…
Monday September 5th, 2011
EVS in VCS: Anouk
Description of the project: I am writing for a magazine for young people that is called VOICES. The monthly issue of the magazine is published in 3 languages; English, Macedonian and Albanian. The EVS volunteers work together with the local volunteers. Each edition has one main topic, the other articles concern EVS, what is happening in…
Monday July 18th, 2011