In the middle of the summer, Volunteers Centre Skopje co-organized a youth exchange in Ljubojno, at Prespa lake. The project “HMB soft and HEMA as a tool for battling youth inactivity” took place between 26th of July and 3rd of August and gathered Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian and French teams with an aim to learn the…
Hey, I’m Alexander. Son of a Venezuelan mother and a Dutch father, whilst I myself am from Aruba and consider myself Aruban. At home we mostly spoke Spanish, until shortly after I was born when we gradually switched to Dutch. I have 2 siblings, the eldest my sister, we are separated by no less than…
"Project in Lithuania? In the peak of summer? That sounds like a great adventure!" is a thought that crossed my mind at the same moment when I found out about the Erasmus+ youth exchange project "YOU(th) early start - Y.E.S.". If I only knew how much that thought would contribute to me and fill me…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “Re-inventing Community Radio in the Smartphone Era” in Macedonia. Place: Skopje, Macedonia Date: 25.09 – 1.10.2023 About the project: The project intends to strengthen and build – through training and exchange of good practices - competences…
September carries a bittersweet feeling of summer’s end and the arrival of fall. It evokes images of changing seasons, with leaves turning vibrant colors and temperatures cooling down. The month holds a certain calmness as the pace of life shifts, and it’s a time for reflection and preparation for the months ahead. For the reflection,…
“Elephants swinging on a spider web under a green flag” was a training course that took part in Sarata Monteoru and Buzau, Romania, in May 2023 with 32 participants and 4 experts from 23 organizations from 16 countries. The aim of the project was to provide to youth workers new methods and tools for introducing…
Hi! I'm Büşra and I am 24 years old. I came from Ankara which is capital of Turkiye. I already graduated from university. I am an interior architect. I met VCS at my university's conference. The team told us what they are doing about volunteering. I remember very well how excited I was. I decided…
If I have to identify myself with one thing it would be probably water. An organism that can be everything. I am Ismail Eren Demirtekin, I’m coming from Ankara, Turkiye and I’m 22 years old. I feel that I am in the middle of my long life. I am happy because I am meeting and…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who can speak Albanian language to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering in schools in Slovenia” in Slovenia. Place: Prestranek, Slovenia Date: August 2023 - August 2024 and October 2023 - October 2024 (both 12 months) About the project: Volunteering activity…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 5 participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “greeNEED Youth Work 2” in Turkey. Place: Istanbul, Turkey Date: 4.09. - 15.09.2023 About the project: The main goal of the project "greeNEED Youth Work" is to increase green practices in the field of…
Hello, I'm Nele. I'm 19 years old and I live in Mechelen, Belgium. My hobbies are volleybal, photography and musicals. I am a big animal lover. When I came here the first day I saw a lot of cats and dogs on the street and I immediately fell in love. I came here because I…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for volunteers (18-30 years old) to participate in a long-term ESC project “Volunteering Opportunity in Youth Space VAGA” in Lithuania. Place: Vilnius, Lithuania Period: 01.09.2023 – 31.08.2024 (12 months) About the project: Vilnius open youth center “Mes” is the largest open youth work center in Lithuania and consist of 7 open…
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 “Stop motion, not rights!” in Croatia. Group leader will also take part in advanced preparatory visit (APV) before youth exchange. Place of YE: Mountain Lodge Omanovac, Pakrac, Croatia Place of APV:…
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…
July - the month of long summer nights, parties, and sunshine! The anticipation of this holiday month is enormous every year. And what’s a better month than July to read our latest articles in this edition of VOICES? July is a month of traveling, whether it’s to heavenly beaches or high mountains. Our topic of…
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…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 3 MUSICIANS (18-30 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “mEUsic” in Spain. Place: Navarredonda de Gredos, Spain Date: 11.09 - 18.09.2023 About the project: Music is a "language" that everybody around the world "speaks". It communicates feelings, messages, cultures and much more, without the…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for 4 participants (16-19 years old) and 1 group leader (21+) from Macedonia who want to participate in the youth exchange “YOU(th) early start - Y.E.S.” in Lithuania. Group leader will also take part in preparatory visit before youth exchange. Place: Antaliepte, Lithuania Date of preparatory visit: 3-4.07.2023 (+ 2 travel days)…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for participants (+18 years old) from Macedonia who want to participate in the training course “C.U.T.E - Colorful United Training of Empowerment” in Greece. Place: Stratoni, Chalkidiki, Greece Date: 30.08 – 10.09.2023 About the project: “C.U.T.E - Colorful United Training of Empowerment" aims to help youth workers educate themselves on…
Volunteers Centre Skopje is looking for a volunteer (18-30 years) from Macedonia to participate in a long-term ESC project “Gdańsk Ecological Volunteering Center” in Poland. Place: Gdańsk, Poland Date: 5.07. – 31.12.2023 (6 months) About the project: The project was created as a result of the need to activate the local community to act in…