ESC: Volunteer Ambassador at Serve the City Belgium

Serve the City started in 2005 in Brussels as a movement of volunteers supporting local charities and people in need through simple social activities such as food and clothes distribution to the homeless. Serve the City Belgium is now the Belgian branch of the international volunteering network Serve the City International. Serve the City Belgium currently manages and operates 17 volunteering projects in the city of Brussels, some of them in collaboration with other non-gouvermental organisations such as the Red Cross and the Samusocial. These projects are aimed at providing social services to various vulnerable groups such as the homeless, the elderly, persons with disabilities, refugees and asylum seekers, children in need, and victims of abuse. Concretely, our projects involve several activities that range from food distribution to the homeless, to study support for orphan children, to cultural exchange activities for refugees and asylum seekers. The mission of Serve the City Belgium is to promote volunteering and to raise awareness about the impact of volunteering in local communities. Our ambition is everyone volunteering, and by drawing on our values, our ultimate goal is to promote social cohesion. We encourage people to "cross the line" between the rich and the poor, between the included and excluded, and to get involved in a transformational, meaninful experience whilst supporting the most vulnerable in our society.