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The “Green Fingers” project from Udruga O.A.ZA is implemented as part of the European Solidarity Corps and takes place from 04.04.2022 – 01.06.2022 in Zagreb, Croatia. […]

It took me some time to start this article since a lot of things are going on at the moment: work, social activities, deadlines, recharging myself […]

For the past three months, I have been in Bitola. I cannot tell you how much my perspective of the world and myself have changed in […]

Hello from the second month in Bitola! I really got used this city! I am feeling like in the home. It makes me happy to know […]

ZDRAVO! It´s been almost 2 months since my EVS project started but for me it seems like 1 week, time is so fast. In September I […]

Hello again – Здраво повторно , I am writing with the happiness of completing our project at the end of the second month and the sadness […]

ZDRAVO! HELLO! MERHABA! am Vera from Istanbul, Turkey and if you are reading this blog, I see that you are interested in coming to Northern Macedonia […]

Hello!…or здраво! My name is Ilgaz, newly EVS participant , coming from Turkey. For one month, luckily I volunteered in this beautiful city of Macedonia called […]

When I got the acceptation from EVS in Bitola, I was both scared and excited what about I would face in Bitola. When I arrived here, […]

Everything had happened so fast, one week after finding this project I landed in North Macedonia to begin my first EVS experience. As I am already […]

It’s been way over 2 months since my last blog note. A lot has changed. At the beginning of this year I wouldn’t expect how exceptional […]

EVS is something that everybody should experience. It’s a great opportunity to improve yourself, discover your new skills, enrich your knowledge, learn to deal with new […]

This EVS is my first one. Everything started so fast for me. I took part in domestic volunteering projects in the past but never international ones. […]

Taking this decision to be a volunteer was one of the most encouraging things I did in my life. Being a part of SFERA International Organization […]

Здраво (hello), You’re reading a story that’s amazing for me. My path with SFERA intersected twice. I applied for a similar project last year. They wanted […]

Being a volunteer in a social responsibility project added a lot of experience to my life. This was especially important for my personal development when meeting […]

I am on the last day of my 2-month voluntariness. I have difficulty describing my feelings because I have had very good experiences in Bitola and […]

It was a quick decision to come here to Bitola. I just packed all of my stuff and next thing you know, I was on the […]

“Don’t look so sad, I know it’s over But life goes on and this ol’ world will keep on turning Let’s just be glad we had […]

Probably, you read this blog for another reason then the reason that I want to write this blog. I assume you are thinking about doing an […]

Time is running out and my EVS experience is about to end.  So many things happened, so many memories gained. Uh, where to start… One of […]

İn five days, I decided to start my two-month Macedonian adventure thanks to EVS. With the help of Evs Bursa coordinator Mrs.Başak, I accepted to Macedonia […]

Before I came, I remembered only some Turkish songs about Manastır (Bitola) from my childhood that my grandmother was listening to on the TV. It was […]

I arrived in Bitola in the middle of the night. I woke up to a peaceful morning and I realized I was somewhere different. I admired […]

Just try to think, what is EVS? You will never give the correct answer. EVS (European Voluntary Service) is an international volunteer program funded by the […]

Going to take on a volunteering experience in Macedonia – a sentence neither my friends or I really understood in the beginning. If I’m being honest, […]

Arrival to Bitola: I got my bus from Bolu at 11:50 on 20 January. I came to Istanbul and my plane get up Turkey clock 20:30. […]

At first, when you start your EVS, time seems to be a quantity that is rather infinite. Six months of volunteering feels like a long period […]

How often it happens that the opportunities that fate gives us are simply ignored or we are afraid to say “yes.” You just need to take […]

My EVS journey dates back in October 2018 when I started my short term in SFERA. I stayed two months – from the beginning it seemed […]

Why does modern youth choose the path of volunteering or how to change the high-paying job and become an EVS volunteer? “The best decisions are taken […]

I found this project on youth portal of Erasmus+ and I applied. I didn’t expected to be accepted and I was really excited to be a […]

Здраво, како сте вие? Today, I’d like to share with you my experience participating in EVS project called ‘Upgrade your neighborhood – Brand your city’, a […]

My first ESC volunteer experience for the NGO Sfera Macedonia and the project “Upgrade your neighborhood – Brand your city” was a very nice and valuable […]

I arrived in Bitola on the first of October. The first evening we went for dinner in Aurum as a welcome party for the EVS volunteers […]

Two months came and went. I knew it would pass by fast, as travel always does, but I didn’t expect it to be quite at this […]

I am new-opener of Macedonian culture, Ukrainian short-term volunteer in Sfera organization. I wonder to share with you my first impression of this wonderful country. Macedonia […]

It has been one and half months since I came to Macedonia so far. For me, coming to Macedonia was a fast and firm decision without […]

It was a quick process for me to come to Macedonia. For the first time I was going abroad. I was so excited.Today, May 3rd. I […]

2 months ago, I made a fast decision and applied for EVS and it turned out to be my best decision this year. I arrived here […]

Strange as it may sound, my first acquaintance with the Macedonia started in Istanbul =) My flight to Skopje got cancelled and I ended up hanging […]

I had only 2 months when I completed my previous blog. Now I can freely say that Mission Completed. 6 month journey has been done. During […]

I’m  continuously meeting new people. There are a lot of Turkish people and it makes me feel better. They are asking where they can do shopping. […]

My name is Pedro, I’m a Portuguese volunteer of SFERA Macedonia and I’m from Madeira island. Consequently, my EVS in Macedonia started with a long trip. […]

Came to Macedonia was a really fast decision. To be honest I didn´t thought a lot about it before say “yes, I am going” and even […]

So, how did you end up in Macedonia? This is a question I’ve been hearing often. Honestly, it’s a question I’ve also asked myself with a […]

One or two weeks ago, my mind couldn’t process the thought that my project will end soon. So, I continued my life in Bitola, as usual […]

My name is Claudia and I come from Cluj-Napoca, which is the biggest city in Transylvania. Some things about myself: I am curious about other cultures, […]

Здраво. Јас сум Ајнур од Турција. Јас сум тука речиси четири месеци.  Учам на македонски јазик. Можам да зборувам малку македонски. по четири месеци, се чувствувам […]

Hello, I’m Furkan from Turkey. This EVS project is my first experience abroad! I hope it will be an amazing experience ? Let’s begin… When I […]

Hello again everyone and (belated) Happy Old (and) New Year! I am back on the SFERA blog with after some break. I hope that everyone had […]

Здраво agaın! I am keepıng my word and wrıtıng about my second EVS week here ın Bıtola because I want to share with you my experience […]

Hello!…or better yet здраво! My name is Claudia, newly  EVS participant for SFERA, coming from a big city in Transylvania, Romania, called Cluj-Napoca. For the next […]

Like all great stories, ours starts with the well-known “once upon a time”.  Once upon a time, there were two Romanian girls coming from a big […]

Think of a place, in which your leader was raised.                                 […]

Even though the common view of an EVS experience is that of travelling, interacting with different cultures, and immersing yourself in a new way of life, […]

Who am I? I am a Turkish volunteer at Sfera Macedonia organization, under a short-term European Voluntary Service project, and I had the opportunity to organize […]

First of all, I visited the Old Bazaar located in the city of Bitola. I noticed the similaritiesbetween the two countries in the old buildings that […]

There are some reasons why I decided to do this short-term EVS. First of all, I was looking for new challenges and, for that, I should […]

  After almost an entire day of travelling, I finally arrived at my destination: Bitola. Even though it was late and I was exhausted, I felt […]

I am Shahrzad from Turkey. I am 23 years old. I was a European Voluntary Service volunteer in Sfera Macedonia in Bitola, Macedonia for 2 months. […]

My EVS experience Emrah Görmüş For my EVS project, I spent two months in the Macedonian town of Bitola. During my stay here, I participated in […]

My name is Diva Carvalho and I’m a 24-year-old Portuguese girl from the island of Madeira. Now that my short-term European Voluntary Service here in Bitola, […]

Zdravo! Almost two months after the project, I can say that my main goals about this short-term EVS were accomplished: I faced new challenges in many […]

My name is Beatriz Viegas, I’m 23 years old and I’m from Lisbon, Portugal. I decided to take this short term EVS opportunity between the sending […]

When I first arrived in Bitola, I was afraid because I didn’t know anything about the town. Soon after, I met with the representatives of the […]