Salam was 18 when he fled Syria in 2015 and came to the Netherlands. First, he lived with his older brother in Amstelveen. A few months later he moved to Tiel. In the beginning it was strange and difficult because suddenly he was all alone.
Annemiek and Dorien are at the helm of NewBees. A diverse club, where everyone is passionately committed to an equal and inclusive Netherlands. How do they do this?
Before joining NewBees, Osama applied to several jobs at companies that did not hire him because he was a refugee. At NewBees everything went easily.
Before coming to the Netherlands, Lara worked ten years as a lawyer in Syria. Her capacity to think in solutions and her perseverance make her an ideal NewBees matcher.
Shatha comes from Palestine and has been living in the Netherlands for five years, with her three children. She rather talks about what is possible than complain about …
Meet Helen, our team coordinator in Rotterdam. As a little girl, she came with her family from Eritrea. On the brink of 2019, she set up our location …
“I am happy that I can offer the guidance that I didn’t receive.” Read More »
At NewBees we work every day to create an inclusive society in which there is room for every talent.
Qin works at the practical school De Faam in Zaandam. Her matcher Gert says: “I see the enthusiasm in her eyes”.
MEET Gert. Our matcher in Zaanstad. He has lived in the Zaan region since ’88 and therefore knows it like no other. As the end of working life …
Matcher Gert: “Whenever I talk about NewBees I start to radiate” Read More »
Meet Inge. Our team coordinator in Zaanstad. Inge has been working at NewBees for a long time and has now formed her own team in Zaanstad to make …
Matcher Inge: “The impact our team in terms of the personal growth is huge” Read More »
