Community service projects
Trainings and workshops participants
Volunteers network
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Green Team
A group of volunteers in Amsterdam-Noord are helping people with their garden who can’t do it themselves.
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Cultural day with AUC
The AUC-SYVNL cultural exchange days provided an opportunity for guest students and their AUC student buddies to deepen their understanding of each other. We did it 4 times this year.
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Holland Festival
The Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music (SNOAM) reunited for a rare concert in Amsterdam at the Holland Festival. As a participating organization, SYVNL has received tickets to invite and organize Syrians who are interested in attending the event.
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Internships with Ben&Jerry's
SYVNL worked with Ben&Jerry’s to facilitate several internships for active refugees.
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NT2-Welkom
A program to teach the Dutch language and provide cultural and social support. The program contains six workshops.
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Community capital workshops
A program to develop the skills of active refugees who want lunch initiatives and support other refugees.
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Halo Halo workshop
A space in which community members, both those from the Netherlands and those who recently arrived, can share their skills, knowledge, and passions with each other in a fun environment.
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Support other refugees
A group of active refugees volunteers in Ziest to help newcomers and locals.
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Haven Diners
The foundation Haven Diners organize a dinner at Macy’s every Monday, for refugees and locals. SYVNL provides volunteers to help with preparing the dinners, set up the tables, and translating.
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Training Vrijwilligersacademie
A training in Amsterdam for refugees who are interested in doing voluntary work in the care sector.
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Dinner with students
Together with Utrecht Cares, we organized this dinner to help refugees who want to study through sharing questions and information with Dutch students.
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Amsterdamse Bos
An open air theater in Amsterdamse Bos. SYVNLers helped with welcoming and organizing people, give them a cushion, checking tickets and placing people at their seats.