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Volunteer Spotlight – Jenny Our volunteers are a diverse bunch. They come to us from the four corners of the globe, different ethnicities, ages, genders, religions, but the one thing they [...]

Refugee Profile- Mamadou by Sarah Sherman Meet Mamadou, a 16-year-old refugee in France with a remarkable journey. Born and raised in a small village called Télimélé in the Fouta Djallon [...]

Meet Sama of Sharabeek Crochet by Giuliana Salerno I first met Sama and was introduced to Sharabeek at the Serve the Women’s fundraiser where she shared her art and taught children, adults and [...]

 Serve the Women Fundraiser by Markela Ndocaj  On November 10th, 2024 STCP’s Serve The Women project pioneered by Anja, hosted a fundraising event with the support of Fonds Citoyen Franco – [...]

The Sport and Culture Program Since March, Serve the City Paris has been running the Sport and Culture Program, with a simple but profound mission: to provide unaccompanied minors with weekly [...]

 The Berlin Forum Trip by Tom Wilscam Members of the Serve The City Leadership traveled to Berlin, Germany this year for the Serve The City International Forum. Over a 3 day period, the team [...]

Meet Kevin: Serve the City’s New CSR Manager – Interview with Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie Kevin, our new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Manager at Serve the City Paris, brings a [...]

Serve the City Launches Women-Only Soup Kitchen in Paris: Addressing the Hidden Struggles of Homeless Women  Paris is a city known for its beauty, culture, and vibrant life, but hidden within its [...]

Interview with Sami by Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie Samiullah (Sami) Kharodae was born in the northern province of Bahglan in Afghanistan. He speaks five languages in total: Pashtu, Dare, Urbu, [...]

CSR September PROGRAM  by Kevin Jarussi September has been a busy month for CSR at Serve the City. We had the privilege of working with students from EF Gap Year. Over the course of five events, [...]

STCP Football Registration Kick-off by Nathanael Koehler As you may have seen in past newsletters, Serve the City Paris launched its Sport and Culture Project in March of this year, providing [...]

Serve The City created a ‘flash mob’ to protest what is happening in Paris with the government moving the homeless outside the Périphérique during the Olympic games. A group of STCP volunteers [...]

On behalf of the STCP Sport and Culture Program, we would like to congratulate one of our favorites, Sylla Issiaga, for receiving his formal recognition as an unaccompanied minor (MNA) by the [...]

Our volunteers are a diverse bunch. They come to us from the four corners of the globe, are of different ethnicities, ages, genders, religions, but the one thing they all share is a desire to [...]

A few days before the event, I saw a comic on Instagram. In it, a kid asks his mother to buy him a bubble-making machine. The mother rejects the idea since they lack the funds. Her son accepts it [...]

I found STCP after my first year in Paris. Desiring to put my free time to good use, STCP was my first experience venturing out to serve my community directly — face to face, hand to hand. My [...]

Join us for the Serve The City Paris annual Fête de la Musique Street Party 2024, with eating, dancing, singing and a raffle for our community of volunteers and friends. WHEN: Friday, June 21st, [...]

On May 19th, Serve the City Paris gathered athletes and enthusiastic spectators alike in its first ‘STCP Olympics day’! The afternoon, in collaboration with partner associations and local [...]

Our volunteers are a diverse bunch. They come to us from the four corners of the globe, different ethnicities, ages, genders, religions, but the one thing they all share is a desire to help. They [...]

Peter: Hi Safi, thanks for letting me interview you on STCP’s Language Exchange. If I remember correctly, your first experience with STC was attending one of our classes at the old CEP building. [...]

Fête des Enfants  Following the success of last year, a group of STCP volunteers will participate in the Fête de Enfants Sunday May 26th on the Canal de l’Ourcq. The event, organized by the [...]

STCP’s New Initiative to Help Young Immigrants: the Find Work program According to the OECD, 12% of the French population are foreign-born. However, this does not include all the children of [...]

A Testimonial from Henock: the Football Club! Oui, grand merci à vous et à toute l’équipe STCP, car vous nous donnez l’assurance de mouiller le maillot pour cette équipe. Nous sommes [...]

To Be A Changemaker: Logan Being a change-agent means actively engaging in initiatives and actions that contribute to positive transformation in society. It involves recognizing existing [...]

STCP’s Participation in Eid Event Eid is an Arabic concept signifying a moment of happiness. It can be a birthday (“عید المیلاد Eid el milad”), a nation’s founding anniversary [...]

Taking a look at Mother Nature, she has never seemed so distressed: Devastating fires, flash floods, mudslides, famines, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and all that extreme weather. We’ve [...]

This month, STCP would like to feature STCP volunteer ‘Katrina Culshaw’. Katrina joined the S.A.V.E program last December. After moving to Paris in September, she was saddened by the number of [...]

Nowruz, which means ‘new day,’ marks the beginning of Spring and the lunar year in the Persian calendar. People in Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Iran, Tajikistan, and certain [...]

We are thrilled to share the highlights from our recent event with EY, where we were joined by a group of highly motivated volunteers. Their enthusiasm and dedication truly made the day special, [...]

This edition we are proud to highlight the Capstone Project, courtesy of Nate. Nate connected his passion for volunteering with his sports background and created a Sunday Sports Program where [...]

In my eyes, being a change-making agent means being an active participant in the workings of social life. It means being committed to open-mindedness and constantly searching for ways to enlarge [...]