Coordinator at Straffe Koffie: connecting through games

De Voorkamer

De Voorkamer is an open space to meet other cultures: a place to belong, a safe place for new experiences. By focussing on creativity and talent we connect people within our community with diverse cultural backgrounds on a personal level.

Straffe Koffie - Wednesday from 19:00 - 21:30

Straffe Koffie is a recurring social event. During Straffe Koffie, De Voorkamer is transformed into an Arabic, Eritrean or other coffee house and visitors enjoy coffee, music, stories, conversations and challenge each other to play games. In the coffee house, new neighbours and old neighbours meet each other by playing games together from the Dutch, Arabic and African culture. While enjoying coffee and tea, backgammon and sjoel are played. The coffee cups and some of the games are even made ourselves! Even without a common language it is easy to make contact. With the corona measures the interpretation is a bit more flexible, so we can make sure that stories are still shared, created and connections made at a distance. There is the freedom to create new content and creative ways to facilitate interaction like quizzes, interactive games, theater exercises etcetera.

Coordinator (volunteer)

Are you:

• Enthusiastic to coordinate Straffe Koffie, an ongoing project with a (bi-)weekly event, of De Voorkamer (and to work together with ca. 3 other team members)?
• Someone who loves to think up and play games, make and host quizzes and make good coffee?
• Someone who can take initiative, has good communication skills and is enthusiastic and open to approach and meet new people from different backgrounds?
• Enthusiastic to make personal contacts with the other team members and de Voorkamer team so that you can create a place where you and other people from different backgrounds can meet each other in an easy and fun way?

We are offering:

• A place where you can develop your leadership skills by leading the organisation and planning of the Straffe Coffee team and events.
• A place where you can meet many people from different cultures and backgrounds.
• A place to learn, share knowledge and stories and experience multiculturalism.

Involvement: Ideally, there should be a (bi-)weekly event in De Voorkamer. Approximately 2-4 hours a week, depending on whether you are hosting the event or in the planning process and what the programme for the evening is.