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VOICES February 2021
A new beginning All good things must come to an end. My one-year European Solidarity Corps mission within the Youth NGO Volunteers Centre Skopje is almost over. It has been a particular year in an exceptional organization in a unique context. Living in downtown Skopje and being a VCS team member has been very inspiring.…
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Aerial: The Weightless Discipline
Dancing without touching the floor, flying without having wings, dropping without falling. Whatever you call it, that one word is all that matters. Without…is all that matters. Imagine a place without the presence of the burdens we carry, without the weight of the decisions we make, or the actions we take. Don’t you already feel…
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Victoria and Abdul – a tale of colonial past and decolonial future
Can you imagine Queen Victoria, the head of the British Empire at its heyday and of the Church of England, having classes with a dark-skinned Indian Muslim jail clerk? Can you imagine him becoming a friend and adviser, honored with titles and wealth? Can you imagine him teaching her about the Quran and her writing…
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“Kim Ji Young Born in 1982”: a movie to reflect about hardships faced by women and the fifth sustainable development goal
Have you ever heard about the United Nations’ (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? They are the essence of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all UN members states in 2015, and they aim to unite all countries to solve global issues like poverty, people without access to education and proper health system,…
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Sauna and Löyly – the most important cultural heritage of Finland
Experiencing Sauna is most of all about washing and relaxing. For Finnish, it’s a lifestyle, like a ritual.
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DEPRESSION IS NOT A CHOICE
“The kindness that’s shown to me by doctors as well as my family, and my friends, it’s really saved my life”Lady Gaga The current pandemic and the resulting global economic recession have negatively affected people’s mental balance: social isolation and job loss are triggering mental health conditions. Trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms and trends…
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Volunteer management for greater success and happier volunteers
Volunteer Centre Skopje continues with the activities related to the project “Towards Effective Humanitarian Volunteering” – TEHV for the EU Aid Volunteers program. Between 1-3.12.2020 online trainings were held which presented tools and ways to properly determine the needs of the host organization, the needs of the volunteers, as well as the proper evaluation of…
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Small girl for big projects: Welcome Clarissa from Germany!
An unexpected breakup and the wrong job choice brought me to Macedonia: Now I am living my dream.
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The singular fact of the month: Insolita Emilia Romagna
The magazine Courrier International translated an article written by Francesco Dradi from the recently created Italian newspaper Domani, “Assalto ai porcini, il bene comune dei boschi vittima del business”, which goes off the beaten track. This enlightening piece of writing tackles an allegedly unusual dispute over territory in the Apennines mountains, located in the Italian…
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Flat Earth, YouTube and community: how did we get here?
It started small, with meetings attended by only three people. They got used to being mocked and to be called the “crazy conspiracy guys”. Friendships and relationships were broken, but they stay strong. Since it went online 14 years ago, The Flat Earth Society Forum has 24.700 members and the Flat Earth Society Twitter account…
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The “scarring effect” on youth employment during the pandemic
Several recessions have allowed experts to study its short and long-term effects on the labor market, especially in youth, one of the most vulnerable groups. Even though this time the source is a pandemic, studies say its effects will most likely be the same. The difficulty of finding a job due to the pandemic and…
