Call for volunteers – SCI Germany, office in Bonn SCI Germany is looking for one volunteer from Kosovo to join its long-term project in the Bonn office. The volunteer will take part in the efforts for participants placement to workcamps, communication on social media, participation in activities of the organization, organization of workcamps, etc. The…
My name is Gjergj Markaj. I am from Kosovo, currently living in Poland. Three years ago, I remember I started a journey, I made a decision which today I think it was one of the smartest I ever did. It was called European Voluntary Service (EVS). Nothing was planned from me. I heard of volunteering…
[Out of respect for the policy of the hosting organization of Medina, faces other than hers had to be blurred in the pictures of this article] Just like that, you wake up one day and you feel energetic for a new adventure, new feelings and emotions, the desire to explore the world and everything around…
Few years ago, as an unemployed citizen of Kosovo, during a random evening, while killing my boredness and scrolling news feeds on Facebook, a very interesting story from a German girl living in Iceland pop up on my feeds. Iceland was a country I was google-ing a lot at that time, furthermore watching a lot…
Six months. Last summer, I decided that I wanted to work in the field of international solidarity, but the problem was that I did not have any experience. I finished my studies, graduated and decided to throw myself into the real world, that is to say, to make a ‘Service Civique’ (French volunteering program) abroad.…
Shifting perspectives is a response of GAIA’s volunteers to the Covid-19 pandemic. As an environmental and peace building association, we could not postpone our activities and only wait for this crisis to end. Most of the world is facing social distancing measures but yet we are witnessing a real collective desire to exchange, to communicate.…
The stories of Célia and Hugo, volunteers in GAIA’s Mitrovica program In February 2019, Hugo and Célia, two French volunteers, joined the program of GAIA Kosovo in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica. For one year, they became active members of the GAIA team, contributing to organize various events and workshops, or creating partnerships on…
GAIA Kosovo can be the supporting organization only for volunteers from Kosovo! Description: The association « Les Amis du Fort de Jouy » works at the renovation and restoration of the 19th century of the military fort of “Jouy-sous- les-Cotes”. The fort is situated in the East of France, not far from Nancy, and its…
After our workcamp in Imaginatorium, GAIA‘s educational center in Gracanica, I feel like a student who has just graduated from school and, looking back, reflects on the things he learnt, the ways he changed and the friends he made throughout those years, though in my case I was only there for little more than a…
Volunteering with Friedenskreis Halle e.V. was more than just being abroad and working in one place of assignment. The whole experience was a learning process. It was a process of growing personally and professionally. This experience has helped me become more independent, more organized, self-confident, it has even changed my approach towards various things. No…