Verhalen

“I have learned more than I ever thought I would”

9 Mar 2015

Aranka has done two years of volunteer work at the Sarphatihuis as preparation for her medical studies.

Jongeren

“Here you get the freedom to create something yourself”

13 Apr 2015

Mart (18) and Menno (16) work every other week on Sunday at the studio of the Local Broadcasting Company Landsmeer.

Jongeren

“I always ask: What would you like to learn?”

17 Apr 2015

Hannah van de Grient (28) is volunteer coordinator at The Mall de Baarsjes. “Our volunteers walk alongside young people on their journey through life.”

Jongeren training

“Her eyes sparkle when I explain something”

9 May 2015

Souad (24) is a volunteer at the White Tulip Foundation where she gives children language and math tutoring every Sunday. “The children are very eager to learn, I find the interaction with them interesting.”

onderwijs

“I have learned how to interact with people”

9 May 2015

Jamie is 15 years old and a volunteer at the football club ASV De Dijk. He is a coach, referee, maintains the fields, and works in the match room.

Jongeren

“My approach is to be easygoing and make jokes!”

16 Jul 2015

Metta Touray was in South Africa last year, where she helped out at a children’s home for five months. Now she is a first-year history student at the UvA. She also reads to Nour for an hour and a half each week to help her with her language skills.

Jongeren

“It was truly a victory when my student achieved a higher Cito score”

21 Jul 2015

School’s Cool ensures that they can give children who are starting high school a good start. Irma Vejzovic (21) is one of the volunteer mentors who visits her pupils once a week to help them with their schoolwork.

Jongeren vrijwilligers

“I want to move forward!”

3 Aug 2016

“To learn more than you learn at school. To speak the language better. Practice.” Majd (23) looks determined in his answer to why he was looking for volunteer work. “In Syria, I was studying to become a gym teacher. But then the war came. Now I have been here for a year and a half. I don’t want to sit at home, not take money for doing nothing.”

vluchtelingen vrijwilligers

“I have learned more than I ever thought I would”

“Here you get the freedom to create something yourself”

“I always ask: What would you like to learn?”

“Her eyes sparkle when I explain something”

“I have learned how to interact with people”

“My approach is to be easygoing and make jokes!”

“It was truly a victory when my student achieved a higher Cito score”

“I want to move forward!”

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