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Jan Petit heeft een drukke baan, maar het flexibele vrijwilligerswerk dat hij sinds kort doet maakt hem erg blij. “Dankzij haar heb ik geleerd: het zijn de kleine dingen die het doen!”
Nieuws
Vluchtelingen van wie de asielprocedure is gestart, mogen als vrijwilliger aan de slag. Zij verzekerd door de Amsterdamse Vrijwilligers Verzekering. Wel is er een vrijwilligersverklaring nodig.
“Ik ben Joep Scholder, 64 jaar en woon sinds 15 jaar in Noord. Iedere dinsdag- en donderdagmiddag help ik klanten met kapotte elektrische apparaten, ik ontvang ze met een praatje en kopje koffie of thee.
We kennen het allemaal. Het gevoel van thuiskomen. Na de vakantie, als je weer in je eigen huis staat, weer ruikt hoe je huis ruikt. Nettie Sterrenburg is organisatieadviseur bij VCA en schrijft over wat ze om haar heen ziet gebeuren.
Dori Hoogerdijk (62) is al meer dan twaalf jaar vrijwilliger bij De Zonnebloem. Ze organiseert o.a. activiteiten voor bewoners in Noord. “Ook ga ik zelf geregeld mee als begeleider tijdens vakanties en uitstapjes, lekker de mensen verwennen!”
Eline Gelderblom is mentorcoördinator bij School’s Cool en ze is tevens zelf mentor van een 11-jarig meisje in Amsterdam-Noord. “Dat stralende gezichtje, daar doe ik het voor.”
Hans van Lijf heeft een spierziekte waardoor hij niet meer kan werken. Hij zoekt vrijwilligerswerk om nuttig bezig te zijn. Verslag van een zoektocht.