Sharr Volunteers (long-term)
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About the project
Sharr Volunteers (long-term)
📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
National Park Sharr mountain is rich of waters, herbs, butterflies. Bears and wolves roam through endemic Balkan forests of Bosnian and Macedonian pines. GAIA has been organizing volunteer exchanges in Sharr since 2015.
The EVS project aims at encouraging nature conservation activities, learning from local people, voicing concerns about the future of Sharr. It will establish volunteer biodiversity monitoring. Volunteers will organize clean-up actions, educational workshops, participate in the planing of BREfest 2018 (small nature gathering in Brezovica).
Some examples of tasks/activities:
- Exploring the mountain, documenting biodiversity and landscapes:
- Searching for tracks and traces of animal life
- Camera traps setting and checking
- Plants research
- Support activities of the National park
- Participating in the creation of future volunteer programs in Sharr and Kosovo.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be living in a village in Strpce municipality in the foot of Sharr mountain in a shared house with simple conditions. Volunteers will be cooking together for themselves. Food will be vegan/vegetarian, seasonal and as local as possible.
There is regular public transport from Štrpce/Shtërpcë or Brezovica village to Ferizaj/Uroševac (4 times a day) and to Prizren (3-4 times a day). Other villages in the region are 2-3 kilometres away and volunteers need to walk or ride a bike
There is no public transport to Brezovica ski resort, however, you can hike to through the forest.
🎒 Leisure activities
Learning opportunities:
- About biodiversity, landscapes; methods for researching; conservation measures
- About protected areas, local and international legislation
- Developing abilities in communication in Serbian language
- Living in a small mountain community
- Living with international volunteers; learning from each other; sharing; awareness about sustainability in everyday life
- Experience life in the Balkans with all its charms and challenges
- How to deal with problems and solutions
⚠️ Requirements
We can imagine the interested volunteers are
- mountain, nature lovers; people who like to be outside
- the project might be engaging for students in natural sciences (biology, forestry, veterinary medicine etc.)
- previous experience with activities, related to nature protection is welcome but not obligatory
- some skills in photography and video could contribute to documenting the activities
- initiative, independent, flexible, ability to work in a team, communicative, open for learning new things, ready to step outside of the comfort zone
- willingness to learn local language
French or Belgian volunteer
Deadline application : 18/02/2018
Maximum EVS stay : 1 year
ℹ️ Additional information
More info or further steps? Contact the SVI
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SVI_SVE_GAIA1_Kosovo
01/04/2018 → 01/09/2019
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Kosovo
Kosovo
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:33 (12/11/2026)
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