Vrijwilligers

Do you want to help stimulate art?

Do you want to help stimulate art?

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?

A paid job through volunteering

A paid job through volunteering

In 2015, Faten fled from Syria to the Netherlands. Now, seven years later, she speaks Dutch almost fluently, has made..
“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.”

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.”