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Updates, stories, and insights from Cuba and our work
It is with deep sorrow that we say goodbye to Vanessa
With deep sorrow we bid farewell to Vanessa. With great sadness we have learned of the passing of Vanessa. Three-year-old Vanessa passed away today, around 16:00 Cuban time, in the hospital in Holguín, Cuba. This message touches us...
The Amistad con Cuba Foundation officially recognised as a Public Benefit Organisation
We are proud to share an important milestone within our foundation: Stichting Amistad con Cuba has officially been recognized as an ANBI (Association for the Public Benefit). This recognition by the Dutch Tax Authority is an important step in the further growth and...
Shop for Cuba: Give no money, give groceries, dignity and hope!
At Stichting Amistad con Cuba, we believe that real help should be tangible. Instantly. Transparently. Humanely. That’s why we are proud to launch our latest international service: Shop for Cuba With Shop for Cuba, people from anywhere in the world – from the comfort of their own home...
A bridge of love from Canada 🇨🇦
Today is a day of great gratitude for our foundation. Not just gratitude, but the gratitude that arises when a true story touches hearts… even thousands of kilometers away. Following our case of Marcial, something very special happened...
“Voices of Cuba” – A New Language Learning Project from the Stichting Amistad con Cuba
A new educational project by the Amistad Foundation with Cuba is currently working on a new project: Voices of Cuba. With this project, we want to offer English classes in the future to children and young people in Cuba who have little access...
Need help in Cuba?
Sometimes people need help. For example with medicines, hygiene products, food or other basic necessities. Do you know someone in Cuba who needs help? Or do you yourself need help? Amistad con Cuba listens, thinks along and looks for ways to provide help. Everyone...
Interviews: What do people in the Netherlands actually know about Cuba?
Before launching Stichting Amistad con Cuba, we went out into the street with a simple question: What do Dutch people actually know about Cuba? No long discussions. No complicated debates. Just short, honest responses from the people we encountered — straight from the heart...
In Pueblo Nuevo the sun shines just like everywhere else, but the street feels heavier.
The steps of the old woman who drags her worn-out slippers forward, knowing that her pension of 1543 pesos isn’t even enough for a bottle of oil in which the hope of a full meal is cooked. Heavy are the hands of the single...
A start. Small perhaps. But real.
On Saturday, April 25th, we are launching Stichting Amistad con Cubain at the Academiehuis De Grote Kerk in Zwolle. A special moment, where the Cuban ambassadoress Eva Yelina Silva Walker will also be present. What began as a journey became an encounter with people. With...
What we do (and what we don't do)
Stichting Amistad con Cuba was founded with one goal: to help people who are in difficulty. Not for political reasons. Not for ideological reasons. But out of humanity. What we do We offer direct and controlled help to people in Cuba. That means that we...