This week, we are focusing on Serve the City Philippines. Founded in 2023, and lead by Celso Manangan, Celso and his team have recently reached a milestone in volunteer engagement by creating a partnership with José Rizal University. Together both José Rizal University students and Serve the City Philippines have high aims for the next [...]

A Message from Carlton Deal, CEO, Serve the City International. On behalf of Serve the City International, I want to express our heartfelt sympathy to the people of Nepal and Tibet following the devastating landslides and flash floods that have affected so many families and communities. Our thoughts are with all those who have lost [...]

by Daniella Mobunga Mbikayi Every organization has values, but for Serve the City International, they’re more than just words—they shape everything they do. Compassion. Respect. Courage. Love. Hope. And right at the center: humility. Humility might not be flashy. It doesn’t make headlines or draw attention to itself. But for Serve the City, it’s the […]

By Mary McColley It was the season of monsoon and mangoes. May 17th: Serve the City Global Volunteer Day, and the launch of the Serve the City branch of the thronging, hawking, roaring, impossible metropolis of Bangkok. This goliath of a city counts some 11 million residents to its name, but on that day, we […]

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 […]