Weerstand Hulp aan de Naaste
Stichting Weerstand Hulp aan de Naaste
Urk, Netherlands
About
Founded in 1985, Weerstand Hulp aan de Naaste is a charity based in Urk, Netherlands working on poverty & hunger, children & youth, elderly care +6 more.
Stichting Weerstand Hulp aan de Naaste is a Dutch Christian charity based in Urk, founded in 1985 by Klaas Weerstand and his daughter Tineke. It aims to give children and elderly people in need a better life, mainly through food, clothing, medicine, schooling and Bible distribution. Its projects are in Ukraine, India, Kazakhstan and Poland, and it works with local project owners such as pastors, a children's home and a sewing school. Funding comes mainly from donations, supplemented by sales of products such as granola and handmade Urk clothing items through its webshop. Volunteers in the Netherlands pack goods, organise transports and run fundraising activities. The organisation also sponsors Bible and children's Bible distribution.
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Ei love you (food package programme)
Poverty & Hunger · India
Provides food packages, including eggs, warm milk, flour and lentils, for children in India.
WFFI Sewing School / Sewing Centre
Employment & Skills · India
Sewing courses for underprivileged Yanadi women run by Weerstand Family Foundation India at two locations.
WFFI Micro Loan Fund
Employment & Skills · India
Micro loans that let sewing school graduates buy their own sewing machines.
Food & Wood Christmas campaign
Poverty & Hunger · India, Ukraine
Distributes food, firewood and blankets to poor families in India and Ukraine.
Prison programme
Justice & Legal aid · Ukraine
Distributes food, hygiene products and Bibles to prisoners in several Ukrainian prisons.
Rehabilitation centre Novovolynsk
Justice & Legal aid · Ukraine
Shelter and rehabilitation for ex-prisoners, plus a home for young mothers.
Weerstand Poor Children Home
Children & Youth · India
Children's home in Narsapur, India, providing shelter, meals and schooling support.
Leprosy village support
Health · India
Medicines, wound care, food and water for people affected by leprosy.
School programme Yanadi and fishing village
Education · India
School supplies, shoes and hygiene kits so children can attend school.
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