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Well-functioning volunteer organizations are the social capital of the city. They keep Amsterdam, its residents, and the volunteers healthy and resilient. That is the starting point, but is it still true? Are volunteers and their organizations becoming overwhelmed?
Gerrit and Sophie are board members of the Amsterdam Association De Zondagsschilders. An association that stimulates the creativity of many Amsterdammers. Do you want to help them as a board member?
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.”
People are offering their help massively for Ukrainians in need. Do you also want to do something? Here we are collecting the most important relief efforts in Amsterdam and online.
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.”

