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Loneliness is one of the top mental health issues in cities—but Serve the City Maastricht is fighting it through the Noah Friendship Platform. Whether you love cats or sword fighting, there is [...]

There's a line in every city that separates... and in Mitrovica, Kosovo, that line is a bridge. Serbs stay on one side and ethnic Albanians on the other... unless they just happen to be [...]

A Big Volunteer Day gives the chance to spread love around a city! Every month, Serve the City Peninsula does multiple projects in a disadvantaged community.

Combat compassion fatigue! On the 2nd anniversary of the Ukraine war, two refugees in Krakow recount their stories—and how kindness became contagious for them.

Safi Ebrahim and Peter DeWitt of STC Paris lay out for us how compassion can change the trajectory of the life of an immigrant. And Safi should know, as he himself came to Paris as a refugee from [...]

Season 2, Episode 4 In Krakow, Poland, as in many other big cities around the world, respectable people pretend the homeless person they pass on the street is invisible. There are, the [...]

Season 2, Episode 3 It’s pretty easy to volunteer when you feel like the task you are doing is big and important. But when the job seems mundane and messy—maybe even smelly—some volunteers might [...]

Season 2, Episode 2 Turns out: Randy Newman had it wrong. Short people have lots of good reasons to live! In this episode, focused on volunteering with Humility, we ask: Do you have to be big to [...]

Season 2, Episode 1 Humility “Small people doing small things together can make a big difference.” Meet Lucy, the 11 year old daughter of the Serve the City Baltimore director, Erin. [...]