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Four leaf clovers and Leprechauns – but that’s not all!
Four leaf clovers and Leprechauns are the first two things that pop up in your mind when you think of Ireland. However, that was not our experience. We were a group of five young volunteers from Macedonia who went to visit Ireland for the first time in their lives on a youth exchange on the…
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Youth Exchange “ Common Future” – Serbia
From 20th to 29th of October, 7 participants from Macedonia, representatives of Volunteers Center Skopje, took part in the Youth Exchange named “Common Future” which was held in Rudnik, Serbia. This Youth Exchange was organized by „Inženjeri zaštite životne sredine – Environment Engineering Group” and realized through the Erasmus+ programme. There also were participants from…
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“WINE IS FINE” – YE 11-20.10.2017
After being on the road for 20 hours, changing four intercity and international buses across three countries, we finally reached what is also known as the Romanian Baden-Baden, Monteoru, Romania! The first morning started with an energizer that created a very nice atmosphere in the group. We gathered then in activities room where we found…
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Stop feeling sorry, start acting
Who would know that even though summer ended every one of us is snuggled in warm blankets and winter jackets, meanwhile visiting Turkey, for my surprise i did not expect to take a swim in the sea. Mersin, a city located in the south-eastern part of Turkey, near by the Syrian border. A city where…
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12 hours journey, lifelong 7 days experience!
Another cold autumn day, clouds surround my city and first rain drops dance on my window,the phone makes a sound. E-mail from Volunteers Center Skopje: “Do you want to take part in the on-location training about learning design in the frame of the project “LeaD in Practice” in Athens, Greece?” Three phase project, online, on-location…
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Youth exchange in Romania “Get Empowered,Get Employed”
Hi. Our names are Ariton Bajrami and Amir Xhelili, and the following is a summary of our amazing stay in Baile Tusnad as youth workers. We were chosen and sent to this program by our local organization in Skopje called Volunteers Centre Skopje. “Get empowered, Get employed” was a program within the Erasmus+ program and…
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Intercultural communication at its best
Probably a milestone in Erasmus + programme, a training course with participants from 27 countries representing their cultures and working on minorities issues. Youth workers learning new methods how to combat minority discrimination and learning about the situations and realities in different countries. Interactive work and sharing of good practices is the core of non-formal…
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YE in Bar: Еducation and socializing in one place
The project “Sexuality and sexual behavior among youth” was held from first to 10 December in Bar, Montenegro, where participants from twelve European and Balkan countries participated. For me and Dimitar Chukovski as representatives of the Volunteer Center from Skopje, it was a privilege for us to be part of this project, primarily because of…
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Media Literacy: A step to inclusive society
The training course “Media Literacy: A step to inclusive society” that was held in Struga, Macedonia from 30th October – 7th of November, was the perfect chance for 29 participants from eight different European countries to widen their knowledge about the media world and the cultural differences in Europe The training course “Media Literacy: A…
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Welcome Paulina, our new EVS volunteer from Poland
Dreamer, music freak, owner of two dogs, bookworm…I’m Paulina, 24-year old girl from Lublin, Poland. I did my masters in journalism and social communication. I enjoy volunteering work a lot – I was part of student organization for three years where I had a chance to work on international projects. I also took part in…
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Weekly local activities of VCS (21.11 – 28.11.2017)
The real feel of autumn is upon us this month and we kept ourselves warm by doing various activities together with some students in the following high schools in Skopje. Our team In cooperation with Vasil Antevski – Dren, we started the week with the main topic ‘multiculturalism’ which was held in 3 workshops, where…
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