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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…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) to participate in the long-term ESC projects under the title "Volunteering in NGO Pomoć u kući" and "Volunteering in CPUZ" in Croatia. Place: Lipik, Croatia Period: 01.07 - 01.12.2023 (5 months) About the projects: “Volunteering in NGO Pomoć u kući” project aims to support the work of…
“What time is it? Summertime!” Let’s kick off the summer with the month of June, which symbolizes beauty in all its forms, from spring’s flowers to the sunlight heralding the arrival of summer. And what could be more splendid than starting the season with long nights, breathtaking sunsets on the beach, or a warm barbecue…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in a short-term ESC project “Volunteer in Aruba!” in Aruba. Place: Oranjestad, Aruba Start: October 2023 (2 months) About the project: The volunteers will be supporting the implementation of a youth exchange that will be taking place in Aruba, so we…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (16-19 years old) and 1 group leader (21+) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “YOU(th) early start - Y.E.S.” in Lithuania. Group leader will also take part in preparatory visit before youth exchange. Place: Antaliepte, Lithuania Date of preparatory visit: 3-4.07.2023 (+ 2 travel days)…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Human diversity!” in Macedonia. Place: Struga, Macedonia Date: 28.06 - 06.07.2023 About the project: Training course "Human diversity!" aims to advance inter-religious cooperation and respect for cultural differences among young people in Europe and to promote human…
Ciao! My name is Anamarija, I come from Ohrid, Macedonia and I am currently volunteering on an ESC project in Cagliari, Sardinia. Before starting my journey here, as many young adults nowadays, I have found myself in a period of my life in which I have grown an ambition to discover new things and step…
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 “Taking Green Steps” in Spain. Place: Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Date: 22.06 - 02.07.2023 About the project: The youth exchange "Taking Green Steps" aims to empower young people to act as…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “C.U.T.E - Colorful United Training of Empowerment” in Greece. Place: Stratoni, Chalkidiki, Greece Date: 30.08 – 10.09.2023 About the project: “C.U.T.E - Colorful United Training of Empowerment" aims to help youth workers educate themselves on…