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“I am happy to build something together”

“I am happy to build something together”
  • 12 May 2015

    • Martin ten Brinke started Stadsboerderij Osdorp in 2014, a place in the neighborhood where vegetables are grown, where residents can work on a piece of land, where people can meet each other, and learn about nature.

    “I now know what ‘stoep’ means”

    “I now know what ‘stoep’ means”
  • 25 Feb 2016

    • Juliet has been living in the Netherlands since May 2014 and would like to improve her language skills through volunteering. She meets with Mrs. Van De Voort (91) once a week to go for a walk together. Juliet always refers to Mrs. Van De Voort as “mevrouw.”

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    “I want to move forward!”

    “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.”

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    The feeling of friendship at Home Start

    The feeling of friendship at Home Start
  • 4 May 2017

    • Zena has been a volunteer at Home-Start for ten years. She supports families in raising their children. Not by telling them what to do, but by giving them a feeling of friendship.

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    “A world opens up to you”

    “A world opens up to you”
  • 3 Oct 2017

    • Mathis Fleer (38) can be found at the Marnixbad every Monday evening playing games with people with intellectual disabilities. Read the interview with him.

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