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Welcome to our blog page where stories come together and voices are heard. We share inspiring interviews with both internal team members and the partners who support our mission. Through compelling stories, we would love to take you into the world of the organisations and individuals who receive our support.
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Bellevue Izegem Campus: Where commitment makes all the difference!
A school surrounded by greenery and tranquillity, where the teaching staff really get to know their pupils. Where laptops help an entire family get ahead, and where the school itself opens the door to a
“Here, children learn that they matter.” Onze Jeugd Roeselare: a school that feels like a village.
A site in Roeselare where pupils renovate old garages, look after animals and make gifts for their teachers. Where small scale is not a limitation, but a conscious choice. Our Youth shows
Sabine and Lode of CKS elektrotechniek: “Don't wait for the perfect moment. Just start! Because children in vulnerable situations can't wait.”
CKS: entrepreneurship with a heart for every child. An electrical engineering company that switches for equal opportunities. A driver that asks not what it earns, but what it can contribute.
“Because they are, because the school is like that.” Pontoon43: a school with plenty of oxygen and light.
A school where young people grow vegetables, make soup and work wood with professional machines. Where advancement is not an end in itself, but the result of real opportunity and real commitment.
A visit to BuBaO Balans in Ghent
Not for the first time, I land on a school's website and lose track of time there. When I realise what time it is, I have to
Campus De Hazelaar: More than a school - a warm home in the middle of the city
A primary school buzzing with life after school. A headmaster who knows every pupil by name. A team that leaves every day with one intention: to make something beautiful out of it.
Stefaan from Brussels Airport: “Our laptops are given a second life and we make children happy, a real win-win situation.”
Stefaan Wouters is Service Manager Digital Workplace & Service Desk at Brussels Airport Company. A major player, but above all a warm organisation that has already donated more than 230 computers for
David Bruyninckx, director Ponton43: “The most important thing for us? Giving our pupils the same opportunities as all other young people”
Ponton43 is a school for special secondary education in Bierbeek. Thanks to the support of Entrepreneurs For a Warm Belgium, pupils there receive hot meals, a laptop and can participate
Ann Claes, CEO of JBC: "You are happier as a person when you give something back to someone else"
JBC is not just another Belgian clothing chain. It is a warm family business actively working for a better world for children. For instance, they have been a partner of
Yannick Derudder: "I see my role as building bridges and connecting hearts for a higher purpose."
Have you known Yannick yet? A regular, warm force at OVWB - Entrepreneurs For a Warm Belgium. You can read exactly what his role entails and what drives him here. More
Patrick from TD Synnex: "Meanwhile, I know that behind every laptop to be refurbished will be a warm story"
Patrick Steenssens heads TD Synnex's Benelux Region and Logistics Europe. A warm IT distribution company where they like to use their specialisation to contribute to
Hilde and Evi from Saigo Star Forest: "You learn at school, but you learn so much more by going out"
Hilde Verboven is headmaster at Saigo Sterrenbos. A warm school for special education in Mol, where Evi Sannen also works as a speech therapist and is responsible for the GOK policy (policy for
Charlotte D'halewin, operations manager at OVWB: "By collaborating with other organisations, our initiatives have lasting impact on the children"
Charlotte D'halewin has been operations manager at Entrepreneurs For a Warm Belgium since February 2022. Her role? To tackle, coordinate and strengthen projects that tackle disadvantaged poverty. Whence the passion to combat disadvantaged poverty
Birgit from IDEA Sustainability: "OVWB has a warm network in which we are happy to play a guiding and inspiring role"
IDEA Consult is a warm consultancy firm that assists our partners in the field of sustainability. So they can continue to donate and help eliminate underprivileged poverty. SDG Coordinator Birgit Verspeek
Leo and Edwy of Onthaalgroep Grimbergen: "Children should never be the victims of poverty"
For some 30 years, the Warm Reception Group Grimbergen has been committed to helping refugees in their region. In doing so, they can use any kind of support. At OVWB, thanks to