On Friday May 16th and Saturday May 17th, 2025, Be The Change Foundation in cooperation with the Oranje Fonds are proud to bring to you the eleventh edition of SXM DOET: the largest volunteer event on Sint Maarten, and in the Kingdom. With the momentum coming off of the Carnival Season, we're setting up to transition from "Parading to Progress for a Brighter St. Maarten" as we are looking forward to an edition with lots of energized, exciting and fun-filled activities.
SXM DOET: Sint Maarten's national volunteer event
The DOET initiative started within the Kingdom over 18 years ago, firstly in the Netherlands, with the Dutch Caribbean islands joining in shortly thereafter. Today there is NLDoet (The Netherlands), ARUBA DOET (Aruba), BON DOET (Bonaire), CURA DOET (Curaçao), STATIA DOET (St. Eustatius), Saba DOET (Saba) and SXM DOET (Sint Maarten). These initiatives highlight volunteering as well as volunteers themselves, while encouraging every one to roll up their sleeves for (part of) a day, giving everyone a fulllfilling and gratifying feeling of a day well spent, ensuring that community serving organizations get the help they need and deserve.
Heart and Soul
Volunteers are the heart and soul of community organizations and SXM DOET and the Oranje Fonds are emphasizing the importance for our community to have actively engaged citizens helping to make a difference as one whole unit. What’s more is that SXM DOET is on a mission to help improve the general idea of volunteering and community service by showing how fun and creative it can really be.
The Oranje Fonds & Be The Change Foundation
The Oranje Fonds is the biggest national fund in the arena of social well-being and showcases the best the Kingdom has to offer. Around €30 million euros is spent each year supporting organizations and initiatives that strengthen social cohesion in The Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima are the official patrons of the Fund, as the organization was gifted to them on their wedding day in 2002. For more information visit www.oranjefonds.nl
Be The Change Foundation (BTC) is non-profit organization that supports the financing of programs and projects of various organizations and also engages in beautification projects for the betterment of our communities. BTC also encourages volunteerism, “volun-tourism”, and philanthropy in the Sint Maarten community. Each year, the organization hands out academic scholarships through its Erika Cannegieter-Smith Dream Big Scholarship Program. Visit www.bethechangesxm.com for more information.
Contact us today
We are here to assist social organizations and volunteers with any questions and/or additional information. Please feel free to e-mail us at info.sxmdoet@gmail.com
Achieving More Together! Take part in SXM DOET