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7 million years of culture
After a long road of the weirdest consequences, we’re here. Living, doing art, working, singing, chilling. A fairly long time ago, we weren’t the only humans going around. Why is our species so successful, that we’re able to drive others extinct and eventually threaten our own survival? Primates started being around about 55 million years…
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Mending Hearts: Sashiko’s Artistic Healing in Japanese Culture
In a world where whispers of ancient wisdom are blended with the vibrant hues of existence lies a tapestry of wonder threaded by the delicate artistry of Sashiko. And within this unique fabric piece resides the heartbeat of Japanese culture that echoes through time, captivating the soul with its delicacy and shining the path to…
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The Power of Kaizen
Most of us perceive change as a difficult challenge and usually, it doesn’t end the way we want it to. Take, for instance, New Year’s resolutions, which tend to result in disappointment more often than not. The average person repeats the same resolution for a decade without achieving success. Those who manage to uphold their…
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Psychological first aid after earthquake
There are many natural disasters that affect people’s lives and are a fact of life. People live by accepting the existence of these natural disasters and sometimes also ignoring them. We can understand the occurrence of many disasters, but we do not know exactly when an earthquake will happen, although some geoscientists predict it. An…
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Kaleidoscope of slavic languages
In a world filled with diverse languages and their fascinating similarities, one particular group stands out in Europe, coming from countries with Slavic origins. Let’s explore together this captivating linguistic realm. The Slavic languages trace their roots back to the disintegration of the original Proto-Slavic language. To begin our exploration, let’s focus on the first…
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Seven days to understand “Human Diversity!”
From the 28th of June to the 6th of July, Volunteers Centre Skopje organized an Erasmus+ training course “Human Diversity!” about religious tolerance and human diversity in Struga, Macedonia. The project brought together a diverse group of participants from Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and Poland, as well as people from the Somali community living in…
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Leaving and saying goodbye: the inevitable step in volunteering
Saying goodbye, that inevitable step that we all have to take at various times in our lives, yet some of us avoid it like a virus.. We all say it every day: when we walk into a shop and then leave, we say “bye”; when we’re with friends and at the end we go our…
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Troubles like mountains!
Mount Everest, Nepal, 8848 meters. You most probably know the highest mountain in the world and its majesty. The first documented climb to the summit was made in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay, a sherpa from Nepal and Edmund Hillary, a New-Zealander. Place of adventurers and home to the sherpas, the Nepalese community constantly helping the…
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In the military as a volunteer?
How does it sound like to go to the military as a volunteer? In Finland, every man has to do military or civil service, but it’s not an obligation for women. In the last few years, going to the military in Finland has become more and more popular for women. But the question is, why…
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Psychedelic therapy
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine. More known as MDMA. You have probably heard of it as it is a well known party drug. Among that, it’s also showing real promise to treat mental disorders like PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and other conditions. MDMA is a psychoactive drug with both stimulant, and mood enhancing effects. It appears to act…
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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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