Painting School in Lepina Under the shadow of a big tree, six kids are sitting behind their canvases, in a warm and peaceful atmosphere. From August to October 2020, the backyard of Bajram and Farija Mehmeti was turned into a painting school. Four afternoons a week, kids from Lepina and surrounding villages were welcomed by…
Lorraine is a French volunteer who was part of the team in Imaginatorium, our non-formal education center in the Roma mahalla of Gracanica. She joined us through an ESC project between 2018 and 2019. It is a bit difficult finding the words to explain, describe these 8 months volunteering with GAIA Kosovo, but it has…
Finding a path through volunteering – Ismael’s journey A few months after his arrival in Kosovo for his European Solidarity Corps (ESC) project in GAIA’s permaculture estate in Bozevce, Ismael wrote a short piece on how he was feeling there. We asked him to reflect again on the whole experience more than a year after…
[Shqip] [Srpski] [Romani] [Türk] If you want the FAQ for young people volunteering, visit this page. Applying for and obtaining the Quality Label Where do I start the process of accreditation? After creating a personal EU Login account (if you do not already have one), you will then need to register your organization in the…
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…
Reflection Podcasts 2020 marks the 10th anniversary of GAIA Kosovo and besides celebrating, we want to use this as an opportunity to reflect on topics that we hold dear. After ten years of activities and brainstormings on climate change, non-formal education, peace-building, friendship, volunteering or activism, we decided it was time to gather testimonies, stories,…
[ENG] Open Call for Applications Youth Gathering: Acts of solidarity in times of (in)differences From the 15th until the 24th of March 2021, GAIA Kosovo is organising a youth gathering on media literacy and collection of stories in Mitrovica. The youth gathering is open for 12 young people from Kosovo. During the 10 days of…
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…
Burnt plastic was the scent that accompanied me the first day I arrived in Kosovo. As I reached Gračanica, where GAIA’s non-formal education center was waiting for me, the people of the Roma mahalla, my new neighbours, were burning their trash outside, in the streets. An incongruous thought came up to me: “Does Kosovo…