NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2025

GAM ANNUAL DINNER 2025
The GAM 2025 Annual Dinner, held on 8 November, attracted numerous benefactors, volunteers and friends of GAM asbl. This edition surpassed previous ones, returning to the good figures of a few years ago. It was a nice  evening, during which we enjoyed a delicious paella prepared by our group of kitchen volunteers, who had been working hard since early in the morning to get everything ready. During the dinner, an evaluation of GAM's projects in 2025 was carried out and the projects for 2026, recently approved by the association's Administration Board, were presented. Those who participated in the 9th GAM Humanitarian Trip (Cambodia) in August shared their experiences and impressions about their visit to the GAM project and their contact with the beneficiaries and the people who make it possible. For them, it was an intense and unique experience, and they wanted to give a beautiful testimony to GAM benefactors and volunteers. In short, it was an evening full of emotions and hope. Thank you to everyone who made it possible! 

MONTH OF SOLIDARITY 2025
​On 9 November, GAM asbl organised an activity as part of Solidarity Month 2025, consisting of a presentation of the association and its projects, a workshop for children and teenagers on health, the central theme of this edition, and a stand displaying the work done by the youngest members. Solidarity Month is an initiative organised and co-financed by the Commune of Etterbeek to showcase the solidarity work carried out by associations of Etterbeek to support the most disadvantaged.

FZO MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT RENEWED (2026 - 2030)
GAM asbl has renewed its membership agreement with FZO for the period 2026 - 2030. The FZO, Federation of Autonomous Organisations, is a socio-cultural association covering different areas and promoting the integration, emancipation and participation of the different communities in Flanders. The FZO is a national association (federation) recognised and subsidised by the Flemish Community, with different members, nuclei and sections. Since 1 July 2007, the FZO has also been recognised as a federation by the Flemish Community Commission in Brussels. It differs from other federations in its multicultural composition: its members come from all corners of the world, thus creating a community of “global village dwellers”.

VISIT BY SAMBURU WOMEN TO NAIROBI
In November, Samburu women from the Lodoung'Okwe communities, beneficiaries of the GAM 2025 literacy and training programme, made a five-day visit to Nairobi as part of the project's activities. For some of them, it was the first time they had left home. In Nairobi, the women attended several training sessions, which they combined with excursions and cultural visits. All of these women, who came from three villages in Lodoung'Okwe, greatly enjoyed the experience and thanked GAM for its support and for the opportunity to make this trip, which was an extremely enriching experience for all of them.

GAM VOLUNTEERS' CHRISTMAS DINNER
​The GAM volunteer group met once again at the end of November to organise a Christmas dinner together and review the great work they had all done again in 2025. These meetings with volunteers are an important moment for GAM, where we take the opportunity to thank them for their work and support, which are essential for the development and success of GAM's projects, which help thousands of disadvantaged people year after year. To all our volunteers, thank you very much for being there, for your support, your time, your solidarity and your affection!