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[mk_page_section bg_position=”center center” bg_stretch=”true” speed_factor=”5″ bg_video=”yes” mp4=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/videos\/stc-about.mp4″ webm=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/videos\/stc-about.webm” poster_image=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/stc-about.jpg” video_color_mask=”#000000″ video_opacity=”0.5″ min_height=”500″ padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ margin_bottom=”50″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=”#ffffff” size=”36″ margin_top=”350″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]About Serve the City[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#ffffff” size=”20″ font_family=”none”]Asylum seekers, the\u00a0elderly,\u00a0people in need,\u00a0victims of abuse.
\nWe know them by their needs. What if we knew them by name?[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row id=”whoweare”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1565175645787{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]WHO WE ARE<\/b><\/p>\n

Serve the City connects the city by helping each other<\/b><\/p>\n

Serve the City aims to connect people in the city by helping each other. Serve the City Maastricht helps people in adverse circumstances through sports, games, music and much more. We organize meaningful opportunities for you as a volunteer to be involved in your own city. With a small act\u00a0of kindness, we can make a big difference in someone else’s life.<\/p>\n

A beauty salon for people with special needs, children baking cookies with the elderly, building a children’s corner with the residents of a crisis shelter, setting up a community garden with young people, playing volleyball with the residents of the asylum seekers’ center, giving out free hugs in the city\u2026 there are\u00a0a lot of ways to reach out to people! Join us, volunteer for a day and discover that it is very easy to make a difference in the life of someone else.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/stc-oldmap.jpg” bg_color=”#000000″ bg_position=”center center” bg_stretch=”true” video_color_mask=”#000000″ video_opacity=”0.7″ min_height=”60″ padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”50″ margin_bottom=”50″ has_top_shape_divider=”true” top_shape_style=”speech-top” top_shape_size=”small” top_shape_color=”#ffffff” has_bottom_shape_divider=”true” bottom_shape_style=”speech-bottom” bottom_shape_size=”small” bottom_shape_color=”#ffffff” section_id=”history” el_class=”white” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#ffffff” size=”36″ line_height=”150″ font_weight=”400″ font_family=”none” align=”center” animation=”scale-up”]History[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”span” color=”#ffffff” size=”18″ line_height=”150″ font_weight=”300″ font_family=”none” align=”center” animation=”scale-up”]Serve the City Maastricht connects the city by helping each other and this since 2015. Serve the City Maastricht is a part of a worldwide volunteer movement that aims to help people in need in a practical way. We work with local organizations that help people in need and we provide meaningful opportunities for volunteers to get involved in their city. Serve the city organizes projects where volunteers can make a meaningful difference in their environment. Serve the City wants to show people that with a small gesture you can make a big impact for your fellow man. Serve the City was set up in Brussels in 2005 and has since grown into a network of 65 cities around the world, including Maastricht.[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row id=”whoweserve” css=”.vc_custom_1501487542362{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ size=”36″ line_height=”150″ font_weight=”400″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Who we serve[\/mk_fancy_title][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][mk_circle_image src=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/refugee.jpg” image_diameter=”200″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ size=”18″ margin_top=”20″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Asylum Seekers[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][mk_circle_image src=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/elderly.jpg” image_diameter=”200″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ size=”18″ margin_top=”20″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Elderly[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][mk_circle_image src=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/children.jpg” image_diameter=”200″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ size=”18″ margin_top=”20″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Children in need[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][mk_circle_image src=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/07\/abuse.jpg” image_diameter=”200″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ size=”18″ margin_top=”20″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Victims of abuse[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1565176564744{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

“Seeing people in need and doing nothing, that’s impossible. Taking action, that’s what it’s all about”, says Carlton Deal, the director and driving force of the NGO Serve the City.<\/p>\n

Helping people in need<\/b><\/p>\n

Serve the City aims to connect the people of the\u00a0city by helping each other. We want to help people who are in need, regardless of their ethnic background, religion or social status. We do not want to limit ourselves to a specific group of people seeking help, but we want\u00a0to reach out to all kinds of people groups in Maastricht. This includes children, the elderly, refugees, disadvantaged families and people with special needs; anyone for whom we can mean something and with whom we can “connect our city by helping each other”.<\/p>\n

Volunteer for a day<\/b><\/p>\n

Serve the City organizes meaningful opportunities for you as a volunteer to be involved in your own city. We hope that by ‘helping each other”, people can connect with other people who they may not come across otherwise. Elderly people can get in contact with students, disadvantaged people can connect with asylum seekers, and children with special needs and visitors can get to know the citizens of Maastricht. With a small act of kindness you can make a big difference in someone’s life. We believe that making these connections contributes to helping the city flourish.<\/p>\n

Collaborating with Social Organizations in Maastricht<\/b><\/p>\n

Serve the City Maastricht cooperates with social organizations which offer help to people in need such as care homes, group shelters and the refugee center. We believe that our aid is more impactful when we cooperate with various other local social organizations. These organizations see and know where in the city help is most needed; we would like to help in those places.<\/p>\n

WOULD YOUR ORGANIZATION IN MAASTRICHT LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH US? CONTACT US.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” id=”crosstheline”][vc_column][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/C613csMUoag” autoplay=”true” loop=”true” el_class=”nomargin”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[mk_page_section bg_position=”center center” bg_stretch=”true” speed_factor=”5″ bg_video=”yes” mp4=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/videos\/stc-about.mp4″ webm=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/videos\/stc-about.webm” poster_image=”https:\/\/servethecity.azureedge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/stc-about.jpg” video_color_mask=”#000000″ video_opacity=”0.5″ min_height=”500″ padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”0″ margin_bottom=”50″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title color=”#ffffff” size=”36″ margin_top=”350″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none”]About Serve the City[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h3″ color=”#ffffff” size=”20″ font_family=”none”]Asylum seekers, the\u00a0elderly,\u00a0people in need,\u00a0victims of abuse. We know them by their needs. What if we knew them by name?[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row id=”whoweare”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1565175645787{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]WHO WE ARE Serve the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcmaastricht.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcmaastricht.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcmaastricht.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcmaastricht.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcmaastricht.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcmaastricht.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcmaastricht.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}