Wij Ruilen & Geven Weg
Stichting Wij Ruilen & Geven Weg
Assen, Netherlands
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Wij Ruilen & Geven Weg is a community organisation based in Assen, Netherlands working on poverty & hunger, community development, children & youth.
A non-profit foundation in Assen, Netherlands, that runs a free exchange shop and meeting point. It supports families, children, older people and single people who fall just outside municipal minimum-income schemes, with food packages, clothing, and social activities. Donations and swapped goods fund the work, and the volunteer-run foundation aims to serve the public good without profit.
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Ruilwinkel (exchange shop)
Poverty & Hunger · Netherlands
A free exchange shop in Assen where people donate or swap clothing, toys and household goods. Items are exchanged for groceries, which are used to build food packages for people in need.
Voedselpakketten (food packages)
Poverty & Hunger · Netherlands
Food packages and up to two months of temporary support with food and clothing for people in acute need, including those just outside municipal minimum-income schemes.
Kinderactiviteiten (children's activities)
Children & Youth · Netherlands
Yearly day trip, Sinterklaas, Christmas and Easter celebrations for children of low-income families, funded by donations and shop sales.
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Kiwanis, Stila, Voedselbank, GKB, Cosis, Werkplein Assen, Leger des Heils, Humanitas, Vaart Welzijn, Rode Kruis
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