Call for volunteers in Germany!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Solidarity with people with disability in Aachen” in Germany. Place: Aachen, Germany Start date: August/September 2025 (12 months) About the project: The volunteers work for and with people with disabilities during their voluntary service in external housing…

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Call for volunteers in Hungary!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a team volunteering project “Archaeology Camp 2025” in Hungary. Place: Nagyvázsony, Hungary Date:  09.09.2025 – 4.10.2025 (22 days) About the project: Volunteers will participate in the excavation. The NGO has a mission to find the remains of Pál Kinizsi, the famous…

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Call for volunteers in Hungary!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers, 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: 01/07/2025 – 30/08/2025 or 01/09/2025 – 30/10/2025(2 months) About the project: Fekete Sereg is looking for volunteers who will be part of the daily work of the…

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Exploring Macedonia, discovering myself

Exactly one year ago, I gave all the documents to the Macedonian embassy in Poland and was waiting to receive temporary residence to go to Macedonia. I felt contradictory emotions about moving abroad for one year and volunteering at Volunteers Centre Skopje (VCS). On one hand, I felt excited to change my life, meet new…

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The first home I chose

If you told me five years ago that I’ll live in the Balkans for a year, I would probably assume you’re joking. Not only Balkans, but Macedonia out of all places – a country I never really heard much about, maybe apart from the characteristic red flag with yellow sun and location on the map…

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Call for volunteers in Lithuania!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering in Lithuania” in Lithuania. Place: Vilnius, Lithuania Date: Start: August, September or October 2025 (12 months) About the project: The project offers volunteering opportunities in five hosting organizations – different organizations have different responsibilities and activities. More…

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VOICES June 2025

Hope is a dandelion – and a dandelion is it. The story of everything takes its course with the smallest, tiny-tiniest seed of it getting carried and carried away by the early summer breeze. Despite its completely inconspicuous looks, the slender seed possesses a secret super-power: It can take a hold even in the most…

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Surviving the Dark Winter

Three years ago, I arrived in Bremen for the first time. The sun was shining, a beautiful flower market filled the streets, and I instantly fell in love with the city. During my Erasmus+ exchange, we had time to explore. On our last day, while clearly lost and trying to find something, a kind lady…

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Team volunteering in Poland!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a team volunteering project “Bridging generations” in Poland. Place: Gdańsk, Poland Date: 3.06 – 23.06.2025 (18 days) About the project: "Bridging Generations" is a project that offers participants insight into the work of a local volunteer centre and invites them to…

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Four walls with tomorrow inside

Let me take you on a journey across the Mediterranean sea, on the coast side of the Iberian Peninsula, arriving at a colorful school in the beautiful barrio of Cabanyal, in the city of Valencia. It is not just any school, it is a Learning Community. At this school, students and parents are closely intertwined…

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VOICES May 2025

Dawid: As my time in Skopje slowly nears the end, I find myself naturally becoming more reflective about my volunteering journey. Stumbling upon the opportunity, struggling to write an application, accidentally missing the interview (thanks to my poor judgement of time zones) and arriving at the airport, all of this seems like it happened a…

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Call for volunteers in Italy!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project under the title "Learning is FUN" in Italy. Place: Faenza, Italy Period: Start: July or september (6 months) About the project: Join ESC project “Learning is FUN” and become part of a passionate team working to…

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Call for volunteers in Poland!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project under the title “Open Yourself for volunteering” in Poland. Place: Gdańsk, Poland Date: Start: April/May 2025 (9/10 months) About the project: We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join projects in Gdańsk! Whether you want to support local communities,…

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Call for volunteers in Portugal!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project under the title “Volunteering in Águeda” in Portugal. Place: Águeda, Portugal Period: April - December 2025 (8 months) About the project: Are you interested in solidarity, interculturality and volunteering? Do you enjoy working with children and the…

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VOICES April 2025

Dear reader, birds chirping on the trees, water rippling down the mountain, the wind is brushing through the trees and you feel the warmness of the sun shining on your face. Spring is starting and with it a new Voices edition full of inspiration and ideas. Spring for me is a time to reconnect with…

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Call for a volunteer in Italy!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Youth International” in Italy. Place: Faenza, Italy Date: start: May 2025 (6 months) About the project: The volunteer will support the hosting organization and local community by assisting with the educational projects (school workshops, afterschool or Asyluum seekers course),…

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