{"id":37178,"date":"2016-12-21T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repaircafe.meodemo.nl\/en\/a-surprisingly-festive-repair-cafe-year\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T10:47:40","slug":"a-surprisingly-festive-repair-cafe-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/a-surprisingly-festive-repair-cafe-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A surprisingly festive Repair Caf\u00e9 year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever placed a repaired present under the Christmas tree? In 2015, Mascha from the Netherlands gave her brother a headphone. Unfortunately the cord snagged and once again headphones are on the wish-list. Mascha didn\u2019t go to the shops but to the Repair Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 we discover once again that there are more people like Mascha all over the world. People who say: <em>Toss it? No way!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And so, at the end of November, the questions came pouring in from America:<br \/>\n\u201cIs there a Repair Caf\u00e9 in Baltimore?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cMy husband loves repairing. Can he also open a Repair Caf\u00e9?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI live in Pittsburgh, where can I sign-up as volunteer?\u201d<br \/>\nIt turns out that an American media company made a wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ATTNVideo\/videos\/1626807070957581\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> about the Repair Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25306 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Taart-RC-jarig-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"taart-rc-jarig\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25306 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Taart-RC-jarig-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"taart-rc-jarig\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/its-repair-cafes-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Repair Caf\u00e9 Week<\/a> in October already generated a lot of enthusiastic reactions. That week we celebrated our seven-year anniversary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Repair Caf\u00e9 keeps growing<\/strong><br \/>\nSeven years the number of Repair Caf\u00e9 locations has kept growing. At the beginning of the year there were 900 Repair Caf\u00e9s in 22 countries. Now there are already 1,180 caf\u00e9s in 30 countries! One of the newcomers is the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/sub-saharan-africa-discovers-repair-cafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Repair Caf\u00e9 in Sub-Sahara Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The number of partners of Stichting Repair Caf\u00e9 International is also growing. Our newest partner is eSpares. As a result of this partnership, Repair Caf\u00e9 organisers in all English, French, German and Spanish speaking countries will receive a 10 percent discount on all products purchased with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/espares-is-new-repair-cafe-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eSpares<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In short, it was another\u00a0surprisingly festive year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A repaired present<\/strong><br \/>\nWould you like to give a Repair Caf\u00e9 gift, just like Mascha? Then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repair something<\/a> that is broken. Would you like to give Repair Caf\u00e9 gifts all year round? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Start<\/a> your own Repair Caf\u00e9, become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/become-a-volunteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">volunteer<\/a> or make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We wish you happy holidays and a toolbox full of repair fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever placed a repaired present under the Christmas tree? In 2015, Mascha from the Netherlands gave her brother a headphone. Unfortunately the cord snagged and once again headphones are on the wish-list. 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