Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (16-25 years old) and 1 group leader (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “I want my tears back” in Romania. Place: Sarata Monteoru, Buzau, Romania Date: 22.10. – 1.11.2025 About the project: The aim of the project is to increase awareness of…
My name is Evgenija, and right now, I’m living one of the most rewarding chapters of my life: volunteering in Aruba through the European Solidarity Corps. I chose this volunteering project because I wanted to combine my passion for youth development with gaining new cultural and professional experiences. At the school where I volunteer, my…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering in Lithuania” in Lithuania. Place: Vilnius & Trakai, Lithuania Date: Start: September or October 2025 (12 months) About the project: The project offers volunteering opportunities in four hosting organizations – different organizations have different responsibilities and activities.…
If you told me a few months ago I’d be here - teaching English in a Turkish coastal town, sipping tea stronger than my willpower, laughing with students and teachers around campfires - I probably would’ve laughed. But here I am. And it’s the best decision I’ve made all summer. The gig? Volunteering in a…
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…
Five representatives of Volunteers Centre Skopje, Bojan, Mateo, Darja, Damjan and Matea, were participating in the youth exchange for the project: "When sorrow turns to pain" in Sarata Monteoru - Buzau, Romania from 11.11-21.11.2024. The goal of the project was to increase the awareness of young people about the problems created by discrimination of minorities…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Open Horizons – Encouraging youth to explore the world through language and cultural experiences” in Slovakia. Place: Čadca, Slovakia Date: September 2025 - August 2026 (12 months) About the project: Volunteers' tasks will be diverse from…
Exactly one year ago, I gave all the documents to the Macedonian embassy in Poland and was waiting to receive temporary residence to go to Macedonia. I felt contradictory emotions about moving abroad for one year and volunteering at Volunteers Centre Skopje (VCS). On one hand, I felt excited to change my life, meet new…
If you told me five years ago that I’ll live in the Balkans for a year, I would probably assume you’re joking. Not only Balkans, but Macedonia out of all places – a country I never really heard much about, maybe apart from the characteristic red flag with yellow sun and location on the map…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18–30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering in Lithuania” in Lithuania. Place: Vilnius, Lithuania Date: Start: August, September or October 2025 (12 months) About the project: The project offers volunteering opportunities in five hosting organizations – different organizations have different responsibilities and activities. More…
Three years ago, I arrived in Bremen for the first time. The sun was shining, a beautiful flower market filled the streets, and I instantly fell in love with the city. During my Erasmus+ exchange, we had time to explore. On our last day, while clearly lost and trying to find something, a kind lady…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 6 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “Mental health matters” in Macedonia. Place: Struga, Macedonia Date: 4.04 – 12.04.2025 About the project: “Mental health matters” is a training course for youth workers from 4 countries about supporting young people on the…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Youth International” in Italy. Place: Faenza, Italy Date: start: May 2025 (6 months) About the project: The volunteer will support the hosting organization and local community by assisting with the educational projects (school workshops, afterschool or Asyluum seekers course),…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) to participate in a long-term ESC project under the title “Local Connections” in Germany. Place: Bremen, Germany Period: 8.09.2025 – 31.08.2026 About the project: The main goal – to help us find new connections with other organisations in Bremen – such as schools, youth houses, initiatives and…
Hello! My name is Mailys, I'm 19 and I'm from a small town in south-west France. Before moving to Macedonia, I was studying tourism, and in my opinion the best way to discover a country is not to visit it for a week, but to live like a local. I have visited many French cities…
I was catching up online with a friend who lives in the Netherlands one day and I had expressed to her how exhausted I was of my day to day life back in Skopje. After comforting me with some affirming words, she mentioned Olde Vechte Foundation, this place she had recently been to for training…
Cześć! My name is Dawid and I’m 23 years old. I come from southern Poland but since early childhood I have lived in the United Kingdom. In 2023, I completed my bachelor’s degree in Geography and since graduating I have taken a break from studying. I decided to join VCS because it stood out to…
Cześć! My name is Karolina and I come from Poland. I’m 19 years old. Now I’m taking a gap year after graduating high school with a literature/humanistic degree. Punk rock, mountain expeditions, folk, cats and playing with time are my thing. For me the most important thing in life is expressing myself in every way,…
Hey there! I am Lucia, but you can also call me Lucy or Lucka. I come from Nitra, a city in Slovakia. I am 24 yo and I studied Applied Ethics in Human Resources. But who am I really? If you want to get to know me, talk to me about travelling, specialty coffee, plants,…
In Sarata Monteoru, Buzau, Romania, we participated on Erasmus+ project that took place from 11-21 November 2024. In addition to the Macedonian group, there were participants from: Latvia, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Romania and the Czech Republic. The name of the project was: "When sorrow turns to pain". These projects, in addition to joint learning,…