Author: Reinier van den Berg

During Christmas with travel restrictions, Dutch family in lockdown and Polish family in the middle of a move, you know it will either be lonely or very special. We are not the types to...

Most blogs we write have an enthusiastic undertone: we enjoy what we do, we have great contacts, and the grateful faces of the people we help are a true reward and further encouragement. And...

Centuries and centuries ago, the Romans had a fancy word for someone who was the boss or had to pretend he was: “praeses”. And while most modern languages ​​have long used their own translations...

November 2001… 20 years ago a severe winter announced itself in Poland, which according to final reports claimed the lives of more than 300 homeless people. Simply frozen to death. November 2001… At Poznań...

Normally November is not the happiest month of the year… Outside it is cold, wet and dark, and for most people there is often not much to celebrate. This year it is a completely...

On October 1, I wrote that contact is the key. And sure enough, again I have the privilege to report that we have been able to open a new door with this key! Over...

The number of people we can help through Bread of Life is increasing rapidly. We can build relationships with more and more people, who finally can tell their story to someone, and who are...

The vast majority of the work we do as Bread of Life relies heavily on the efforts of volunteers. Who drags all the food, who is dedicated to social media for fundraising, who often...

Bread of Life helps the poor, the sick, the homeless and the needy. Homeless people, with them it all started in 2001. Since then, the poor and needy have often come themselves, but the...

2020 was a bizarre year, with major challenges in how to respond to new needs and circumstances. Frequent readers of our posts will remember the incredible figure that Bread of Life’s food distribution literally...