Peter DeWit had the honour of meeting up at the Cassette Café with Nathanael Koehler who began an incredible football project in Paris with homeless refugees. Each week under the tutelage of coach Nate close to 25 refugees come together to practice, train and play. Recently they have started playing weekly as well in a […]

by Peter DeWit I had the recent privilege of visiting the beautiful city of Maastricht and the Serve the City team there. When I arrived it was your typical dutch-January-weather, cold, wet and windy. Thankfully I was greeted warmly at the train station by our Director Ingeborg Dijkstra, who has been leading STCM for the […]

by Peter DeWit   No one is ‘just a volunteer.’ People who step up to volunteer are a gift to the world. We are a dedicated group of people committed to causes that speak to our hearts. We are eager to make a difference. It doesn’t take much to keep us going, but sincere recognition goes […]

By Austin Silva Mota Despair is the easiest thing to feel when we look at the world around us: war, famine, wild weather, violations of every kind of freedom. As we serve in our own cities—even the most peaceful of them—there are scaled-down versions of those same problems. We see aggression, people hungry for food […]

by Jay Benfante When you think of what it means to be courageous certain stories may come to your mind: Stories of great warriors in battle or superhuman heroes fighting against the odds to save the world. You may even think of someone whom you know that overcame a great challenge, maybe an academic effort, […]

Written by Peter DeWit What on earth were we doing here? Have you heard of this place? I tried getting my bearings as I walked the wet potholed streets on an iron-gray evening to find our meeting point. I heard roosters crow and stray dogs bark. I picked up a big stone just in case […]

by Peter DeWit Peter DeWit talks with Rene Mally, who sits on the Board of directors for Serve the City International and is passionate about a topic that affects us all, the environment. We all agree that a healthy environment is essential not only for our survival, but for our flourishing. Hopefully we as an […]

“It takes courage just to live life in a failed state where gangs rule the territory and bodies lie in the streets. It takes even more courage to think of anyone other than yourself in such chaos.” Join us as we support Serve the City Haiti in raising donations to continue and grow their community work […]