Volunteer Center Skopje is looking for volunteer (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in the 11-week ESC project “Open Yourself for volunteering” in Poland. Place: Gdansk, Poland Date: 30.09 - 15.12.2022 About the project: If you are ready to act, are not afraid of working with people, are open to various tasks, and are willing…
12 countries, 19 young volunteers, 40 implemented activities, and over 100 completed volunteer hours. Together with one and only goal: To expand and support the idea of a sustainable future. I'm Ana, and this summer I represented Volunteers Centre Skopje and my country as an international volunteer on a project supported by the European Union,…
Volunteer Center Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in long-term (6 months) ESC project “Volunteering in Águeda” in Portugal. Place: Águeda, Portugal Date: 03.01 - 02.07.2023 or 01.04 - 28.09.2023 About the project: Are you interested in solidarity, interculturality and volunteering? Do you enjoy working with children and the local…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC volunteering project “ESC with STRIM” in Poland. Place: Krakow, Poland Time period: October 2022 – July 2023 (9 months) About the project: Volunteer in one of 11 receiving organizations in Krakow! The project will allow volunteers to…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC volunteering project "ESC Montanari" in Italy. Place: Bologna, Italy Time period: September 2022 – August 2023 (12 months) About the project: The volunteer will participate in the organisation of the local activities and fests in the centre,…
Finally! On the 11th of July me and my co-volunteers arrived in Skopje, after a few delays of our flights from Brussels to Zagreb and from Zagreb to Skopje, finally we made it. My name is Ruben, a 19-year-old Belgian who finds great joy in music, beers, politics, exploring new countries and their cultures &…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC volunteering project in Italy. Place: Reggio-Emilia, Italy Time period: September 2022 – September 2023 (12 months) About the project: The volunteer will take care of VET students hosted by YouNet in Reggio Emilia. The VET program by Erasmus+ supports the…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in the long-term ESC volunteering project “Open Wings” in Poland. Place: Bydgoszcz, Poland Time period: 12 months About the project: Helping disabled people at the „Workshop Therapy Center” of „Wiatrak” Foundation Taking an active part in the lessons at the kindergarten „U Karolka”…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers, 18-30 years old, from Macedonia to participate in an ESC – project "Summer education" in Poland. Place: Gdańsk, Poland Date: 18.7.2022 - 9.8.2022 About the project: The project is divided into 3 main phases: Integration: the volunteers will carry out welcome activities to ensure the proper adaptation of the…
Hey! I'm Marie. I was born in Cologne, Germany, where I was raised most of my childhood and youth. While VCS and Macedonia isn't my first long term stay abroad it is for sure the most exciting one. When I was 15, I had the opportunity to stay at a Boarding school close to London…
Hey! I’m Hugo, a new volunteer from France (again)! I’m 18, and I live in a small village on the West side of France. I’ve travelled a lot during my childhood, especially in Asia, where I discovered a lot of new cultures and met new people. I was a sound engineer student in Rennes before…
Hello! My name is Joaquim, I’m 19 and I come from France. I’ve lived in France since I was born, but I’ve traveled a lot during my childhood. I’ve already been to Greece and Slovenia but when I arrived in Macedonia, I discovered a very different country. This applies to both the landscapes and the…
Hello! My name is Nour, I’m 20 years old and I come from Marseille, France. This project in Macedonia is part of my studies. The aim is to improve my English skills, which are not really bad but I'm better at writing English than speaking it. I love to travel, this is my first time…
Are you a social, outgoing person, maybe looking new challenges and friendships? In VCS, we host several international volunteers from Europe, who are part of the European Solidarity Corps programme. Usually they come to Macedonia for the first time and as the cultural change might be a bit confusing – we are providing them with…
I'm Jasse 20 years old, and I come from Iisalmi, Finland. When I was back at home, I felt that I had to decide whether to go back to school or start working. And what kind of. The year I will spend in Macedonia is the break I need to be able to decide that…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 1 long-term volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in an ESC project “Let's go Cologne !” in Cologne, Germany. The volunteer must be able to speak German on a communicative level. Place: Cologne, Germany Date: 1st September 2022 – 1st September 2023 !! There might be possible changes regarding the project dates depending…
Cześć! My name is Aleksandra, but everybody calls me Ola - and yes, I know it doesn't make sense (for me either). I am a 28-year old hermit and animal lover. I'm addicted to tea. I come from Poland, where Burek is a dog's name, not a dish. To paraphrase one of my favourites memes:…
Volunteering is one of the opportunities offered to us to make a change or be part of the change we want to see in this world. We can learn a lot as we can teach a lot, we have very diverse societies here in Europe & the regions around. In those times, we need solidarity.…
After being on two projects in France last year, our Veronica decided that her ESC project should be implemented in that country as well. And in the same place. So, Le Bouizon has been her home for two months now. And it will be almost until the end of the year. To hear her impressions…
I am writing you this introductory thought while on a three-month stay in Split, Croatia. I could find myself in a diametrically opposed culture, one that is vastly different from the one in which I formed my personality. But why did I choose the similar over the different? In my mind, the form of society…