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Volunteering in an elderly house
421, this was the number of the bus that I was taking every Wednesday to the neighborhood of Keçiören – not very far, but also not near from the center of Ankara. When I got out from the bus I could reach the elderly house in 5 minutes. Between April – May 2017 I did…
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Youth exchange “Photo-I”
From 30.09 – 08.10.2018 the group of six young people from Macedonia took part in Youth Exchange “Photo-I” in Nasutów, Poland. The village is situated at the edge of the local landscape park and has around 1100 inhabitants. Nasutów is located 12 km away from Lublin, the biggest city on the east of Poland. …
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STEP FORWARD TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
My name is Omer and I am one of the lucky ones that got the chance to attend the Training Course “Step Forward to Entrepreneurship and Employability’’ which was held between 26 September – 2 October 2018 in Milicz, Lower Silesia region of Poland. First thing I need to admit that training was very well…
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Empower vulnerable youth, empower yourself
Life-changing, inspirational, open minding, amazing, valuable – these are just few words that participants used to describe their impressions about Training Course “Empower Vulnerable Youth: Theater, Creative Writing and Emotions in Focus”. Training Course was held in Struga between 15th – 23rd October and was organized by Belgium partner Art of Box together with Volunteers Centre…
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COOLture – New Trends, New Stories
Between 5-7th October Macedonian group of youngsters had a privilege to take part in project COOLture – New Trends, New Stories in Belgrade, Serbia. Project was implemented by The Municipality of Vračar and NGO BUM in cooperation with partners from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Slovenia and Macedonia. This project is realized with the support…
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SARDINIAN SUMMER STORY
I already knew where I`m going and with whom I`m dealing with…Sardinia was probably my best experience ever. An island that is so wild and challenging but still so friendly and laid back people. Some of the most amazing sunrises and endless sunsets to be seen here that attracts people from whole Europe to come.…
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STUDY VISIT “EVS as one more step toward INCLUSION”
1-9th of September Macedonia hosted the second part of the study visit called “EVS as one more step toward INCLUSION”. The nine day visit included visiting many associations and NGOs around Macedonia, to give the participants an opportunity to make contacts for future endeavours. As the project started we had the first energizers to get…
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Youth Exchange C.U.T.E.
C.U.T.E. – Cooperate, Understand, Tolerate and Empower. Just some of the things that we had the chance to learn on this youth exchange, which turned out to be a life changing experience. This youth exchange took place from 29.07-07.08 and had 4 countries participating: Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. The Macedonian team consisted of 8…
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Macedonia in Europe! We are Europe!
In the period from 24.07-04.08, 2018, Volunteering Centre Skopje together with their own representatives: Shezo, Eva, Angela, Filip, Marija and Jovan, accompanied by the team leader Jovana Naseva, were part of a project funded by the Erasmus + program, and organized by “Jugend Sozialwerk Nordhausene.V.” from Germany, where youngsters from 13 to 17 years old…
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THE FOUR ROSES FROM SPAIN
Volunteers Centre Skopje is continuing with the good practice and cooperation in the field of Vocational Education and Training (VET) program of Erasmus+ with the Spanish association Mundus. After the first group in 2018 (3 months of stay), we hosted the second between 19th June till 20th July. Alba, Damaris, Laura and Mireia were the…
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Youth Exchange “I want to be a volunteer!”
Everything started from the day Volunteer Centre Skopje sent us the confirmation mail that we are accepted in project in Slovenia, Velenje with subject “I want to be a volunteer”. The days were passing and the day for going to Slovenia was closer our expectation and impatiens was bigger. The project was held from 4-13.06.2018.…
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