Rachida el Kaid (38) lives with her son Chakir (8) in Buitenveldert. She has been a voluntary language coach at 4People Foundation, where she has conversations with non-Dutch speakers to practice their Dutch. She does this no less than three days a week. “I like to make myself useful.”
Eiman is from Sudan and really wants to speak good Dutch. She finds Dutch a difficult language, but picks it up quickly. She is doing an integration course and gets help from Sandra. Sandra is a volunteer at the Amsterdam Neighborhood Contact, she is a language coach. As a language coach at the ABC, she helps non-native women with language lessons at home.