Author: Reinier van den Berg

Just a month ago I wrote in the blog “For such a time as this…?” about the change from the one-sided impression as if aid is only in one direction from Poles to Ukrainians…...

When I came to Poznań in 1995, one of the challenges was to build relationships with various decision makers of Dutch companies in the region. The Netherlands-Polish Chamber of Commerce played a significant role...

Mother’s Day, Father’s Day…, then also Children’s Day! Perhaps not so well-known in various countries, but don’t try to tell that to anybody on June 1 in Poland and Ukraine. Then the kids themselves...

I’ve had my birthday already quite a few times, but a real surprise party on May 30, the day itself, very rarely. Every Monday we have Team Meeting at the office, this time with...

From the start of my job at Bread of Life in 2018, I have always realized that we need others, that we ourselves are far too small for everything that comes at us, and...

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, we have now worked for more than two and a half months in a kind of new reality. Very challenging, very tiring because of the intensity,...

Once, in 1996, when Bread of Life still didn’t exist at all, Dale and Asia Taylor, an Anglo-Polish couple, good friends, were hosting the party in their house on the occasion of our civil...

During our recent stay in Atlanta, we were sent into a studio at Perimeter Church for half a day to also tell our story in front of the camera. We gratefully took the opportunity!...

Since our chapters in Kalisz and Pleszew recently got new vans for their various distributions, Poznan had the doubtful honor of having the oldest transport. Our van was from 2001, and when it was...

Before February 24, within Bread of Life we rarely complained that we had too little to do. Our programs grew, and we were happy with the response, happy with support and happy with volunteers...