From the Green Ireland to the Blue Ohrid Lake

When curiosity meets courage and friendship crosses borders – magic happens. That’s exactly what happened as young people from Ireland and Macedonia set out on a journey that turned strangers into friends and landscapes into lifelong memories. Macedonia-Ireland Limerick Youth Center Exchange brought together 24 young adventurers for a two-part Erasmus+ exchange - first in…

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Happiness equals longevity

There is an island on the Mediterranean sea that has a recipe for longevity. Maybe this recipe is connected with the recipe for happiness? It seems like Sardinia has them both, but what if both are actually one and the equation would be simply: happiness=longevity? One November week in Sardinia can give you a glimpse…

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How one YES changed everything

Picture this: you're sitting at home, staring at an opportunity, thinking: Should I go for it? Is this a crazy idea or the start of something amazing? If only we had a crystal ball back then! Knowing what we know now, we wouldn’t have wasted a second doubting ourselves. We would've jumped in headfirst. And…

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VOICES March 2025

初春風 無常迅速 春終わった Hello reader, another spring is coming. I bet you are surprised to read this beyond a word document. We haven’t talked that much lately, have we? Life has been a whirlwind of ever-changing circumstances. Although it was always like this. Change is a constant. Change is never changing. Next time we will…

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Call for a youth exchange in Romania!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 6 participants (+18 years old)  and 1 group leader  (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Touching grass” in Romania. Place: Izvoarele village, Romania Date: 12.09 - 19.09.2024 About the project: This Opportunity is for young people to experience a bit of life in…

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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 “Volunteering in Regen farm” in Italy. Place: Palombaio, Italy Date: June - November (6 months) About the project: The topics of the project are around agroforestry, permaculture, natural building and community living. More information: Infopack Project…

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Voices January 2024

Welcome in January and the New Year! The name-giver for the first month of the year is the Roman god Janus. He is the God of all beginnings and endings, doorways, transitions, and time. With his two faces, he looks into the future and the past at the same time. In the beginning of the…

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“Think Green” to avoid the “Nightmare”

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…

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Call for a youth exchange in Macedonia!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “HMB Soft and HEMA as a tool for battling youth inactivity” in Macedonia. Place: Ljubojno, Macedonia Date: 26.07 - 3.08.2023 About the project: The project allows young people to develop new skills and learn about their…

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Call for volunteers in Croatia!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a team volunteering project “Green Fingers” in Croatia. Place: Zagreb, Croatia Date: 16.09 - 25.10.2023 (6 weeks) About the project: The project will bring together ten volunteers working as a volunteering team and engage them in maintaining urban school gardens in partner…

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Cloudy with a Chance of Lifelong Friendships

This article is a glimpse of my volunteering experience as a short-term volunteer for an ESC project in Zagreb, Croatia. Come and join me on this 1000-word journey, as I reminisce through my fondest memories of the month and a half spent on gardening, working with school children and forging lifelong friendships, all under Zagreb’s…

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“DigiTime” in Sweden

December 2022 in Varberg, Sweden. Participants coming from eight countries (Bulgaria, Italy, Türkiye, Portugal, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, and Sweden) had the chance to learn and share skills and knowledge about climate change and digital storytelling during the youth exchange “Digital Storytelling: DigiTime” on the dates 3-9.12.2022. Through different points of view and experience, youngsters confronted…

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Call for volunteer in Croatia!

Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18 – 30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in the long-term ESC volunteering project “NEDS (Nature, Environment, Development and Sustainability)” in Croatia. Place: Knin, Croatia Date: 1.03.2023 - 30.11.2023 About the project: This project is focused on environmental protection, sustainable community development and solidarity. The volunteers involved will give…

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VOICES September 2021

“There are no rewards or punishments in nature: there are consequences.” – Robert Green IngersollA new edition of Voices is waiting for you, which introduces us to the new month – September. It is a breakthrough time of the year, not only for people but also for nature. In September, there is an autumn equinox…

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Marko’s Monastery cleaned from garbage

VCS staff and our volunteers together with the colleagues from "Za pocista Makedonija" ("For the cleaner Macedonia") cleaned around Marko's Monastery near Skopje. We collected twenty bags of waste, mostly plastic and food scraps. This place is commonly used as the picnic spot, especially during long weekends. The nature gives us comfort and lets us…

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Kozjak free from cans and bottles

The beautiful nature at the lake Kozjak near Skopje shone with all its splendor. On Saturday several dozen enthusiasts cleaned it from the garbage that burdened this picnic place. In the three hours that the action lasted, about 130 bags of garbage were collected, mostly plastic bottles, cans, paper and food scraps. "The action was…

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