Already from the plane I saw an extraordinary view comparing to region I’ve been living for one year till now. Green meadows, straight streets and huge, flat space covered with woods, villages and fields everywhere! Not even a single hill visible, forget even having thought about a mountain! But green and clean. And still not…
During his EVS project each volunteer has precious possibility to participate in many different workshops and trainings. One of them is on-arrival training in which with the greatest pleasure I took part 21-26.10.2013 in Sarajevo, together with other volunteers from the Balkans. The point of on arrival training is to better understand own role in…
All of that because of my love to the Balkans, which I decided to try out… I lost my heart somewhere here few years ago and since then it was impossible to live in the other place. During next 12 months I will be writing for “Voices” and also will be involved in other VCS…
I will never forget how it all started. I decided to come through Albania and I have to say it was a good decision because after that experience nothing could ever surprise me anymore. I took a minivan and everything looked normal until the moment when my friend left me inside alone. There were too…
I’m happy I got this chance, cause after all the excitement of being in Macedonia for eight months it would be a hard tide to just get back home not knowing exactly what to do next. For me it feels like I’m sort of postponing the actual coming back this way. In fact the only…
I am a “defender” of the formal education, I don’t really believe that the learning process under non-formal education is more efficient, or actually efficient at all, but I still believe that somehow I learned thing which weren’t supposed to be a useful knowledge, but more a set of skills which allows me to evolve…
Dear volunteers, we invite you to take part in the next debate workshop which will be held on Thursday, 14TH OF FEBRUARY in our office (Emil Zola 3-2/3), starting at 17:30h.Come with fresh and open mind and be ready to use and improve your rhetoric skills! It's planned that we start with some simple exercises…
Those volunteers will create a huge cohesion between them because they are working all together but also living together. Each of them comes with different history, different social belonging, different opinion and way to do things but in one same project during a period of 1 year maximum. Those conditions create a cohesion between the…
We, VCS volunteers David, Sarah, Nacera and Raphaël recently went to Belgrade to participate in a mid-term training. We made there several activities related to current projects in Skopje, got some tips and exchange with other volunteers about eventual difficulties. And we also made workshops about what we were learning and how we will use…
Name: JanisCountry: LatviaDates of the Project: 13/11/2012- 13/11/2013 Hello everybody, my name is Janis and I come from a small Baltic country Latvia (it’s in the middle between Estonia and Lithuania, French call it Lettonie). I’ve finished a Bachelor studies on journalism so here on Skopje am both looking forward to put my knowledge on…
Name: SanneCountry: The NetherlandsDates of the Project: 05/11/2012- 05/07/2013 My name is Sanne and I’m from the Netherlands, more specifically from Groningen a city in the North. I decided to go on EVS because a friend of mine who was in Skopje two years ago recommended it to me. It seemed like a unique chance…
Because we were 43 volunteers from all over the Balkans they had to split us into 2 groups. It was a pity but we used our free time to get to know the others during the coffee breaks, lunch and dinner. But not only that! The trainers told us first day that this event was…
Volunteers Centre Skopje invites you to try something new and meet our EVS volunteers from France during their Cook and Dance Workshop that will take place on Saturday, 3rd November 2012, at the EVS house. The Cook Workshop will be done by Raphaël Bonnet and Dance Workshop by Sarah Bastable. During this activity Raphael will…
'Sing & Dance” workshops are taking place each week in Centre for Social Initiatives "Nadez". The workshops are held by Sarah, an EVS volunteer from France in Volunteers Centre Skopje thus every Friday the children practice with Sarah singing and learn folklore dances from different European countries. If you wish to join our EVS volunteers…
Name: RamonaCountry: Czech RepublicDates of the Project: 25.09.2012 - 25.6.2013 Ahoj! They call me Rami and I came from Czech Republic to Skopje to help and get new experiences. I live in a small city called Jablonec nad Nisou which is surrounded by mountains and during the school year I live in Prague which is…
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…
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…