Picking up Volunteer Stories
Running reporter: Rafealla Mulas On May 17, 2025, Global Volunteer Day brought people together across the world to take part in a wide range of volunteering projects. In Amsterdam, one of the [...]
Monday | Let’s give fruits and vegetables a second live | Noord
About the activity At Voedselcirkel Amsterdam they collect food that is otherwise thrown in the garbage and hand it out to people in Amsterdam who have little money. A beautiful initiative. Do [...]
Thursday | Neighborhood meal | West
About the activity Hebron is a neighborhood community in the Spaardammer area, Westerpark. Every third Thursday of the month the neighborhood meal is organized for about 60 people. Together with [...]
Wednesday | Serve dinner and prevent food waste | Centrum
About the activity This project is in collaboration with ‘Taste Before You Waste’, a great organization that tackles food waste in Amsterdam! Every Wednesday they collect food. This food was [...]
Thursday | Shop assistant at the reversed supermarket | Centrum
About the activity The reversed supermarket, also known as: TKRAMREPUS is a place where you don’t buy food, but donate food. An inverted supermarket where you do something good for someone [...]
Tuesday | Make soup for a community centre | Centrum
About the activity De Boomsspijker is a neighborhood community centre near de Nieuwmarkt in the city centre.Every Tuesday they organize a neighborhood soup for about 20 people. Together with [...]
