Hi there! My name is Tara, I’m 19 years old and I come from a sunny island called Aruba. I spent the first years of my life in the Netherlands but moved to Aruba at 8 years old. After my volunteering journey here I will be moving back to the Netherlands to study applied Biology.…
Hello! My name is Kimberly. I am a 19 year old girl from Aruba. I graduated from high school last year and decided to take a gap year to work and to work on myself. Back in Aruba, I used to be in this youth group where we as a group would volunteer at different…
Explore our innovative e-learning platform, full of valuable knowledge, fascinating tips, and tricks. Unlock a world of learning possibilities through the Erasmus+ KA2 "Fewer Opportunities Re-thinking Z to A F.O.R.Z.A." project. Modules: Module 1 covers the professional use of cameras and smartphone cameras, optimizing and adjusting video and sound to produce high-quality media products, live…
My name is Alisa. I am almost 20 years old, and I come from Finland. I graduated high school last spring and I'm currently on a gap year trying to figure out what I want to do in the future. I do scouts in my free time, in which I spend a lot of time…
It is a pleasure to come once again to this city, which I have experienced before, and to volunteer in VCS again. In my previous project, I stayed here for 6 weeks and now I will stay here for 3 months. I am sure that this city, which I will experience again, will give me…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Moving forward” in Poland. Place: Bydgoszcz, Poland Time period: (12 months) March 2024 – March 2025 About the project: Volunteer may work in International Relations Department, Europe Direct, Library, Design studio/marketing department, Nursery, Elderly club, Museum…
We tend to get back to the highlights of the year when it is coming to an end. One of such highlights was for us the project “HMB Soft and HEMA as a tool for battling youth inactivity” with its main activity – youth exchange – that took place in Ljubojno at Prespa lake in…
Zdravo! My name is Hakan, and I am a 20-year-old Istanbulite guy. I am a senior student studying Political Science and International Relations. As my graduation is just around the corner, I have realized that while focusing on my classes, I haven’t contributed enough to my community and was not an active member of society. Thus,…
Would you like to have a SOUP with us? For 2 years we had a pleasure to work with an extraordinary project “SOUP sharing”. We were brainstorming with the partners, inspiring a community change and having an actual soup all together. Now the time came to pass it forward. To guide you through the SOUP…
In this article, through my words I will try for you to take a grasp of how I am spending my time on a short-term European Solidarity Corps project, which luckily brought me to a very unusual destination over the Atlantic, a small island country known as Aruba, 9000 kilometers from home. At the same…
I'm Wijdane, but people around me like to call me Wij. I'm 26 years old and I'm from the west coast of France. Originally from Morocco and Algeria. I love art, music and I like to think I'm a very creative person. According to my master's degree I'm an expert in digital strategy and production.…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in a short-term or a long term ESC project “ESC volunteering in Aruba”. Place: Oranjestad, Aruba Start: February 2024 (2 months - short / 3 months - long) About the project: Volunteers will be placed in EU Projects Aruba or ArubaDoet…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (18-30 years old) and a team leader (18+) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Introvision” in Poland. Place: Poronin, Poland Date: 20.01 – 30.01.2024 About the project: The project aims to enhance communication skills of young people, to address the growing need for…
Radio and smartphones are elements of two different eras that for younger generations seem to be separated by light years. But once upon a September those two different worlds met in one place and time as a working topic of youth exchange “Re-inventing Community Radio in the Smartphone Era”. The project took place in Skopje,…
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.…
Hereby we mark the start of November. It might just be that time of the year to sit down, lean back and relax. With colder days and even colder nights, it has become clear that the summer days have passed. No matter what, we have to try to make the most of every day. Although,…
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…