With the holidays around the corner December is considered to be a cheerful month full of fun activities. Amsterdam’s streets are decorated with lights as far as the eye can see, our kids are writing their letters to [...]
Would you like to be more involved with Serve the City? We are hosting a project coordinators training on September 21st. In this training you will learn what strengths it takes to become a good coordinator and how volunteers [...]
“It’s nice to help people. It’s good for you!,” Oleksii Pancakes are a hearty and classic Dutch meal. Volunteers with Serve the City recently got together to prepare a nourishing pancake meal for the men and woman who come to [...]
“It’s the smile they walk away with. That’s the biggest thing that happens here,” Demio For the homeless something as simple as a haircut is a luxury that is often out of reach. Three Amsterdam barbers [...]
Many of the 75 residents of the Jan Rebelstraat facility in Nieuwe West have had problems with addiction, mental illness, or disabilities, but with help, they can start learning to live independently. A team of volunteers [...]
Here is a video of the event Corinna, a professional hair designer, volunteered by giving haircuts to the homeless. A small garage was her studio for that day. “It is true that people come because they need a haircut. But [...]
On Saturday November 17th, volunteers from Serve the City organization served the homeless by making pancakes. Here is the link to the video The pancake was freshly made by the volunteers themselves. Kari, Emanuel, and [...]
Serve the city volunteers spent an evening with the Elderly living at Vondelstede, who suffer from various stages of dementia. Here is a video of the event with the happy faces 🙂
What a fun Sinterklaas for the children living at Bij Bosshardt Amsterdam-Noord! Thanks to everyone who helped collect these gifts to make the children really happy.
On this cold but sunny morning in November about 80 volunteers are ready to serve the city. They applied for one of the many day-projects at www.stcamsterdam.nl/en/volunteer. Among them is Xuanqi (26) who is heading out to [...]
Arriving at the door of the bottom floor apartment where Younis lives I can already hear the excited voices of the guys hard at work in the living room. The white paint smudges on his face and clothes make clear what’s going [...]
Would you like to be more involved with Serve the City? We are hosting a project coordinators training on November 24! In this training you will learn what strengths it takes to become a good coordinator and how volunteers [...]
Author – Mastan Kader On the 8th of September, about 15 projects were set up by the Serve the City organization. With the projects being held in Amsterdam, each project’s goal was to bring hope. The volunteers’ goal by [...]
Every Saturday night is a surprise dinner night at the all men’s shelter in Amsterdam East. This Saturday, volunteers from Serve the City were going to deliver the surprise meal, so naturally the kitchen was bursting [...]
Ms. B. shared that before moving into her current apartment, she was living in a shelter. Naturally, she was very thankful when the municipality contacted her to say that she was approved for her own apartment. She noted that [...]
Reade Foundation, Beauty Day Liesbeth Colpa is enjoying a fabulous foot massage. “This is wonderful. It’s the first time in my life that I’ve had a foot massage. I’ve always been single, but this would be a great reason to [...]
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