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About Us

Stichting Vital Aid Foundation

Stichting Vital Aid Foundation (VAF) empowers migrants and vulnerable groups to participate fully in society and build healthy, independent lives. We support women, children, elderly migrants, and others in need through community‑based social and mental‑health services.

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What we do?

Our Current Programme

Mental health support for vulnerable groups

Icare.com project

Supporting Migrant Families on Their Path to Healing

Vital Aid Foundation (VAF) supports migrants and vulnerable groups on their path to healing and integration. Many individuals face war trauma, displacement, family separation, discrimination, and social isolation experiences that deeply affect mental well‑being. Our programmes help families rebuild stability, resilience, and hope.

Step-Up project

Empowering Status Holders Toward Integration, Work & Well Being

Step-Up Project supports status holders in the Netherlands with personalised guidance, skills development, and employment pathways, helping them integrate confidently, participate in society, and build secure, independent futures in their new communities.

What we do

EUROPEAN UNION
FUNDED PROJECTS

Uncovering Colonial Legacies in Today’s Cities

EUrban DECO exposes how Europe’s colonial past remains visible in today’s urban symbols, narratives, and place names. By engaging communities, migrants, and public authorities, the project fosters dialogue, co‑creates inclusive memories, and raises awareness of colonial influence in city spaces, promoting more conscious, equitable, and historically aware European cities.

Empowering Volunteers to Support New Mothers

HUGS is a 16‑month Erasmus+ project that develops European guidelines and training tools for volunteer support workers assisting new mothers, especially migrant women. Through a partnership between Italy and the Netherlands, the project shares best practicesto create a unified training manual and prepare for future large‑scale cooperation.

Creating Pathways to Employment and Entrepreneurship

ENFEM was an AMIF‑funded project supporting the integration of female third‑country nationals through employability and entrepreneurship. Across 10 partner countries, it built local multi‑stakeholder networks, provided training in language, labour rights, and entrepreneurship, and raised awareness of the benefits of including migrant women in the labour market. The project aligned with the EU Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021–2027.

Empowering Migrant Mothers to Build Their Future

MUMS at WORK project is to promote social and economic integration among groups of migrant mothers (aged 25-45) in the following countries: Cyprus, Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Netherlands, by enhancing their today and tomorrow employability.

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Volunteering with Vital Aid

If you would like to share your skills, gain valuable experience, and help people with physical disabilities or the elderly in the comfort of their home environment.

It is important you are a good listener, compassionate, and non-judgmental.

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