Skopje SOUP is coming for the third time, this time in Strumica. Do you have an idea that would solve the problems you face in society? If you want to take action and get closer to your community, keep reading. The SOUP concept, created in the USA, has now spread to almost 200 cities around…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 2 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Rainbow Youth” in Scotland. Place: Pitlochry, Scotland Date: 05.12 - 13.12.2022 About the project: The training course “Rainbow Youth” focuses on working with the topics of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex…
Le vent se lève! … Il faut tenter de vivre!* (Le cimetière marin – Paul Valéry, 1920) Sun is shining, temperatures are rising and people are escaping to the sea: welcome to July! It’s now the time to relax, party or enjoy a good sunbath (but remember to stay hydrated!). While everyone is enjoying the…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in the blended mobility “Shake a leg, together!” in Lithuania. Place: Antaliepte, Lithuania Date: 23.08-29.08.2022 About the project: It is a project about healthy and active lifestyle with an aim to reach as many people as possible in participating countries…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) and 1 group leader (over 18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange “NO Hate Speech: Step 2” in Macedonia. Place: Ljubojno, Macedonia Date: 11 – 20.6.2022 About the project: NO Hate Speech: Increasing Competencies of Young People to…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18+ years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training Course “Diverse Youth Identities” in Struga, Macedonia. Place: Struga, Macedonia Date: 23 - 31.05.2022 About the project: Training course "Diverse Youth Identities" focuses on working with the topics of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and…
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…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 2 long-term volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in an ESC project Project “Happy kids, Happy Europe" in Slovenia. Place: Ajdovščina, Slovenia Date: May/June 2022 – December 2022 (7 months) About the project: The main goal of project is to give different activities for children and youth, offer them intercultural experience,…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) and 1 group leader (+18) from Macedonia who want to participate in the Youth Exchange "Marriage of Cultures" in Maceira - Fornos de Algodres, Portugal. Place: Maceira, Portugal Date: 13.06 – 20.06.2022 “Marriage of cultures” is intended for young people and youth leaders who are interested…
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…
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…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (18+ years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the seminar “Volunteering Connecting Communities 2.0” in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Place: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Date: 18.02–23.02.2022 !! There might be possible changes regarding the project dates depending on the current situation with COVID-19 About the project:…
Dzień dobry! I feel like I've been here for 33 and not just 3 months within my volunteering adventure in Bydgoszcz, Poland. There are so many things going on and I don't even know where to start but for the beginning, I will emphasize the culture shock. Culture was and still is number 1 reason…
“Preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mindset of youth today.”- Graça Machel While most of us are familiar with the concept of radicalization, it is often difficult to define it. We also narrow down its meaning to a specific group, e.g., terrorist or religious groups, which does not reflect the phenomenon’s complexity. What…
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Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 8 participants (16-23 years old) from Macedonia who want to take part in the project “Peer Act“. Place and Dates: 1st mobility – 17.01.2022 – 23.01.2022 / online 2nd mobility – 6.03.2022 – 13.03.2022 / Struga, Macedonia 3rd mobility – autumn 2022 / Brussels, Belgium !! There might be…
Diversity & anti-discrimination was the main topic of the “PeerAct” training course in Struga. Youth in the partnership countries still discriminate and show intolerance towards their peers (based on religion, gender, ethnicity, race, disability, or sexual orientation or simply not fitting the social norms). This situation is not compatible with EU values, and a solution…
November is the month of gratitude, and though it is rough this year, it is a reminder that we must reflect, be mindful and grateful for what we have already achieved, while setting goals and aiming higher and higher. And so did Tomasz Sobania, a 23-year-old guy, who ran the equivalent of a marathon every…
Volunteers Centrе Skopje participated in youth exchange "Living library: where the books becoming alive" in Marmaris, Turkey that happened from 25.09 to 03.10 with 5 participants and 1 team leader. Through variety of workshops they had the chance to learn about the main topic of the project “What is Living Library method?” and “How the…