This is a “brief” story of the experience of a grown-up kid, finally embarking on a long-desired adventure that significantly improved his perception of the importance of how working with youth and raising the ECO awareness leads to the eventual LOVE and sustainability of all life. Within this story there are also, 3 more personal…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 2 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Training Course "Virtual Tools For Real Mobilities" in Buzau, Romania. Place: Buzau, Romania Date: 19.5 – 28.5.2022 !! There might be possible changes regarding the project dates depending on the current situation with COVID-19 "Virtual Tools For Real…
Young people from five different countries met in one place to jointly try to change their approach to a healthy lifestyle, and then make changes in their local community. After a few days spent in a charming place, they left full of new knowledge and optimism to actually introduce a real change. The training course…
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Unique, meaningful, and kind people - that was the project “Break a leg” in Kostinesti, Romania A 14 hours drive from Gostivar to Kostinesti, Romania was nothing compared to the amazing view of the Black Sea and the beautiful surrounding when we finally arrived. I could not believe my eyes, as everything was wonderful, the…
Hello! I am Blanca from Spain (Barcelona), currently staying in Macedonia, living an amazing life, enjoying the benefits this country offers and discovering new cultures and a new way of living for the very first time, learning to live by myself and with my Erasmus classmates whom I have just met when I came here.…
Six young Catalans decided to step outside their comfort zone and despite the situation with “Covid-19” to come to Macedonia in late October 2020 for vocational education and training (VET) purposes. Bianca, Maria, Antoni, Jostyn, IIlya, and Oscar studied trade, tourism, and sports. In the next two months, Volunteers Centre Skopje as a host of…
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.” Sir Winston Churchill So here we are, once again in the process of publishing a brand new (and hopefully awesome) Voices! This month, our fellowship of writers has strived to enjoyably offer you both insightful and diversified content. Noises…
“Dance is the hidden passion of our soul.” - Martha Graham This month dancing is our passion. It’s a wonderful way to express yourself, relieve stress, and forget everything around you. The times of solitude are passing, have you had enough time to take a look at your inner self, reflect your thoughts and dreams,…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers from Macedonia to participate in the ESC-project “Donate blood, donate life!” together with young people from EU countries and from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Dates: Stage 1: 01.09.2020 – 31.10.2020 Stage 2: more info later ❗There might be possible changes regarding the project dates depending on the current…
As the spring gets closer, this edition of VOICES is bursting with topics full of light, love and questions. The topic of the month will take you deep into the world of tattoos, maybe so deep that you’ll end up taking one on your own skin! And one of the most essential things in life,…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking 3 volunteers from Macedonia who wants to volunteer in the ESC-project “Disabled Festival 2020” in Turkey Dates: 21.04.2020 – 21.05.2020 Place: Aydın, Turkey About the project: The project will take place in Didim which is a popular seaside holiday resort, and district of Aydın Province on the Aegean coast of western Turkey. The…
With the training course ‘Creative Writing as Tool for Community Change’, we aim to increase competencies of youth workers and educators to explore ways of using creative writing as tool of addressing community issues and challenges and moreover as a tool giving an opportunity to the members of the community to express their concerns, ideas…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 7 participants and 1 group leader from Macedonia who want to participate together with young people from Bulgaria, Italy, Serbia and Turkey in the Youth Exchange “Are you media literate? YES!” in Malatya, Turkey. Place: Malatya, Turkey Dates: 23-30 April 2020 About the project: “Are you media literate? YES!”…
Volunteers Centre Skopje has the honour to introduce you to another KA2 project where the team of VCS is one of the leading ones in developing and implementing this project. The team is a group of five young people that with the help of the organization are going to lead the way in the activities…
Merhaba! I’m Doğukan, 23, from Turkey. I live in Cappadocia (air balloons, fairy chimneys…) in Turkey. I study primary school teaching at Nevsehir University and I have 1 semester to graduation. I realized in my first year at university that people can do crazy things just his/her youth. So, I leave my comfort zone and…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 3 participants from Macedonia who want to participate together with young people from Hungary, Latvia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany in the Training Course "Changemaker 3.0" in Adamov u Brna, Czech Republic. Place: Adamov u Brna, Czech Republic. Dates: 28.09. - 08.10.2020 !! There might be possible…
Здраво! My name is Jules Striffler. I come from Alsace, a border area in France neighboring Germany and Switzerland. I studied first a Bachelor in Languages & Interculturality. Then, I decided to go for European Studies with the Erasmus Mundus joint Master of Arts in Euroculture. So far, I have been studying or working in…
Even though the weather lately doesn't really seem like it, we're in the middle of winter! These days, the thermometer shows up to 13 degrees but the nights are still long, dark and cold. So what would be better during this season than enjoying the warmth of some nice company. Maybe some good friend(s)? The…
Even though the weather lately doesn't really seem like it, we're in the middle of winter! These days, the thermometer shows up to 13 degrees but the nights are still long, dark and cold. So what would be better during this season than enjoying the warmth of some nice company. Maybe some good friend(s)? The…