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What is it like to be a mentor to a vulnerable Amsterdam resident?

What is it like to be a mentor to a vulnerable Amsterdam resident?

Noorderling Magda is a voluntary mentor at Stichting Mentorschap Amsterdam. As a mentor, she represents two clients from Amsterdam who are unable to make decisions about their medical care themselves and do not have family members who can take on this task. “It has opened up a completely different world for me, namely that of care institutions and the life that is happening within them.”

“I am glad that I can do something for Ukrainian refugees”

“I am glad that I can do something for Ukrainian refugees”

Jolanda has been volunteering for the Red Cross for six years. “I work in the Emergency Response department, which includes population care. Volunteers are deployed when there is, for example, a fire or a train accident. Currently, a lot of aid is being provided to the refugees from Ukraine.”