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GAIA’s participation fee, new from 2024!

New participation fee 2024 As a new year started, GAIA is introducing a participation fee for persons who want to join activities abroad or in Kosovo.  Those activities include educational activities, such as participating in training courses, seminars, workshops, study visits, and similar forms of non-formal education, as well as volunteering activities. This participation fee…

Last calls for participants

ESC volunteering team – Wood & earthen works

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION  The ESC team will take place from 24th of May until 10th of June 2024 and include volunteers from Kosovo, Germany and France. Bozevce is a tiny village community situated in the Eastern part of Kosovo, in the Municipality of Ranilug. The village used to be inhabited by 600 people, but nowadays it…

Stories from the ground

Five years of volunteering in Finland!

In 2018 I learned about SCI workcamps and the opportunity to do a voluntary job around the world. My main motivation was that the camps that are organized abroad allow each individual to learn about different jobs, ideas and get acquainted with different world cultures. I have always wanted to see other countries and their…

Volunteering opportunities

GAIA organises and send volunteers to short term voluntary projects, commonly known as ‘workcamps’ and long term voluntary projects through different programs such as European Solidarity Corps or Weltwärts. A short term voluntary project is a unique form of volunteering, bringing together people from different countries, cultures and backgrounds to live and work together with local communities for a period of two to three weeks. A long term volunteering can last between 2 and 12 months. Though ESC program young people from Kosovo can take part in volunteering activities in any country of the EU, while Weltwärts program offers projects only in Germany. GAIA also hosts volunteers for short or long term periods in different programs around Kosovo. For more information get in touch with us.

International long-term voluntary services in Halle & surrounding with Friedenskreis Halle e.V.

For several years, our partner organisation Friedenskreis Halle e.V. has been organizing long-term international voluntary services. In the process of hosting international volunteers in Germany they operate as coordinatingorganization. In order to realize the program they cooperate with different sending organizations from abroad and with different places of assignment in Halle and surrounding. They host…

Five years of volunteering in Finland!

In 2018 I learned about SCI workcamps and the opportunity to do a voluntary job around the world. My main motivation was that the camps that are organized abroad allow each individual to learn about different jobs, ideas and get acquainted with different world cultures. I have always wanted to see other countries and their…

Our main programs

GAIA has five main programs related to social and environmental justice, education and peace. We are present in Gracanica with educational program in Roma mahalla, in Mitrovica with environmental peace building program, and in Bozevce with permaculture program. Climate change program and volunteering program cover the whole territory of Kosovo and beyond.

SCI Workcamps

Volunteering all over Kosovo and the world

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Imaginatorium

Educational program in Roma mahalla in Gracanica

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Peacebuilding program

in Mitrovica with local partners

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Permaculture

Education and volunteering program in Bozevce

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Our Partners and Donors

Creating educational and empowering programs like ours requires a lot of resources. A significant part of the support that allows our work to happen comes from diverse donor organizations. Thank you especially to our strategic donors, who help us develop innovative programs for Kosovo people.

European Union Office in Kosovo
Balkan Green Foundation
INDEP
KCSF
Norwegian Embassy
Swiss Embassy Kosovo
French Embassy Kosovo
Erasmus+

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Five years of volunteering in Finland!

In 2018 I learned about SCI workcamps and the opportunity to do a voluntary job around the world. My main motivation was that the camps that are organized abroad allow each individual to learn about different jobs, ideas and get acquainted with different world cultures. I have always wanted to see other countries and their…

Soup for the Soul

Soup for the Soul: Uniting Cultures at the Festival della Zuppa in La Città dell’Utopia As a member of the ESC team, my journey in La Città dell’Utopia began with a sense of anticipation and purpose. Arriving in Rome, I was greeted by the lively energy of the city and the promise of meaningful engagement…

ESC volunteering team – Wood & earthen works

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION  The ESC team will take place from 24th of May until 10th of June 2024 and include volunteers from Kosovo, Germany and France. Bozevce is a tiny village community situated in the Eastern part of Kosovo, in the Municipality of Ranilug. The village used to be inhabited by 600 people, but nowadays it…

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