Cycling for Mother Nature

 During April 2012 five young people from CID took part in the international youth exchange “Cycling for Mother Nature” in Serbia, hosted by the Resource Center Leskovac within the Youth in Action programme. Main objectives of this exchange were to raise...

Cheers for volunteers

YEU together with CEREBRA , organized an youth exchange from the period of 26th May to 2nd of June in Banja Luka, BiH. The exchange was held in Bosnia where the volunteering has great impact in post war period in rebuilding social cohesion. All together 30...

Shared vision 2012

During 15-18 May, there was held an conference “Shared visions 2012” in Ohrid, Macedonia, organized by the “IRZ- Institution for development of the community”. CID was represented by totally 4 representative. Aims of the conference were to give the young people an...

Updates from Poland

I am Anita. At the moment I am an EVS in Gdansk, in Poland. I work for an organization called Caritas. My job is to work with children who come from difficult families or have some problems at school. Almost half of my service is over and I enjoy every minute of it....

More than a Mural

The school looked like a prison. Or, rather, an asylum. The first school of the village stood in shambles before a newly renovated primary school, all behind a long and wide raw cement brick wall. Upon seeing it for the first time, I remember thinking, “I’ve...

My Macedonian story

My name is Max Arcand, I’m a United States Peace Corps Volunteer coming from a small town in New Hampshire. For almost 2 years I have lived in Kumanovo, working primarily at Toli Zordumis as an English Teacher and in my spare time volunteering for different NGOs...

Youth work basics

On the 7th -8th of June in CID youth center there was held 2-days training about Youth work and non-formal education basic principles. Training was facilitated by freelance trainer and very good friend of CID – Nik Padisson.  As in Macedonia there is not much a...

Photography workshops: MultiKulti Spring Season 2012

Photography workshops were part of Multikulti spring season’s program 2012. All together around 20 participants from different primary schools in Kumanovo showed interest in photography. Facilitators, Milan and Florim gave them different tips on how to take photos...

British themed gig in Kumanovo

On the 2nd of June British 85-year-old Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 60 years on the throne. Our EVS volunteer Daniel from Wales decided to throw a party on that special occasion. Isn’t this what EVS also about – bringing different cultures together,...

Movie nights in MultiKulti youth center

Our youth center MultiKulti has restarted with its weekly Movie Nights. During summer every Friday youngsters have a possibility to attend MultiKulti free movie nights. We offer snacks and refreshments to everyone. Movies are selected by taking into consideration the...