Check out the most beautiful moments of the kick off Gappie gezocht: Roos Schlikker, Willem Dieleman, and buddies couple Philip and Paloma.
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Marian van Wijk (70) worked as a social worker in Amsterdam until her retirement. Now she is a language buddy for Sonya (43) at the Amsterdam Neighbors Contact.
Heleen Ophof knows from personal experience what it’s like to be lonely and how important it is to have contact with people when you’re going through a tough time. Now she is a buddy of Jan-Willem Reijmerink.
At the consultation hour of Pluspunt at the Community Center de Witte Boei, Leo de Vrijer assists residents with all kinds of questions. Adrienne Garber was one of them.
The shortage of affordable rental housing is leading to an increase in the number of economically homeless individuals. The Rainbow Group has initiated a pilot project to assist this group with the help of volunteers.
On December 7th, it is National Volunteer Day. Across the country, people who do volunteer work are being extra appreciated.
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.”