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”…
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…
Hello there! I'm Angelina, 19 years old and from Constance, Germany. By accident I discovered the whole world of Erasmus+ projects last summer. Before I knew what happened, I participated in my first youth exchange, where I met super-duper nice people from Macedonia, who made me really curious about their home country. A few coincidences…
Gratitude is the art of being thankful and appreciative of our things in life. Not only that, you could say that being grateful is a lifestyle where one is capable of valuing what he has instead of what he is missing. 200.000 people die every day from natural causes, and today you were not one…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 1 long-term volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in an ESC project Project “Sport for Social Support 3” in Turkey. Place: Antalya, Turkey Date: May 2022 – January 2023 (9 months) About the project: This project will be divided in winter and summer activities Winter Activities will be in: Kindergarten Zeytin Natural…
Yes, it was challenging for us also to re-engage in the "live" actions and meet our dear friends - the students after the two-year "lockdown". To go out in front of children who are at the most sensitive age (13 and 14 years old) to introduce them to volunteering, why it is important for them…
Bonjour à tous•te•s My name is Carole. I'm 24 years old, and I come from Toulouse, in Occitània, the southern part of France between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean Sea. For 24 years of my life, I lived in the same house, in the same place with all my friends and family. I never really moved…
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 participated in the final dissemination of the project "VCC - Volunteering connecting communities 2.0" with 4 representatives, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The seminar was organized by the organization "Mladi Volonteri" in the period from 18.02 to 23.02 in which our participants had an opportunity to participate in the ultimate goal of…
Another year in VCS passed by and we are looking back to sum up what has been done, what new has come up and what we have achieved. After the pandemic outbreak in 2020, the world started to move more dynamically again last year, bringing us projects, travels, and meetings face to face with the…
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.…
These young people traveled through 5 countries: Albania, Macedonia, Sicily, Greece, Turkey for the project “Get Empowered with Entrepreneurial spirit, Knowledge and Strategies” where more than 100 young people exchanged experiences, traditions, gained entrepreneurial spirit, knowledge and strategies, learned lessons, gained many friendships. 1 First Capacity Building Training, Korça, Albania (28.06-2.07.2021) About 40 participants from…
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…
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…
Olá, after a long wait finally I can say: "I arrived in Skopje and VCS". Here is José (not the football coach). I'm 25 years old and crazy about traveling all the time. Let's say that I "only" like comfort while sleeping. Until a few days ago, this crazy young man was living in the…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 1 long-term volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in an ESC project “From Everywhere to Everyone” in Vila de Cucujães, Portugal. Place: Vila de Cucujães, Portugal Date: March – September 2022 !! There might be possible changes regarding the project dates depending on the current situation with…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 1 long-term volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in an ESC project "Volunteering opportunities" in Vilnius, Lithuania. Place: Vilnius, Lithuania Date: January 2021 – January 2022 !! There might be possible changes regarding the project dates depending on the current situation with COVID-19 !! About the project:…