Serious Request is a yearly fundraising event for "The Forgotten Child", hosted by radio station 3FM in the week before Christmas.
During the Dutch 3FM Serious Request, three radio DJs of the national channel (NPO) 3FM are locked up for six days in a small temporary radio studio (the "Glass House").
It is placed in a main square in a different city each year. They aren't allowed to eat anything; instead, they drank water, juice, and other liquids to stay energized.
The DJs make an interactive, themed broadcast around the clock, while regular programming on the station is suspended.
Instead, 3FM and its website are completely dedicated to the event, which is also transmitted as a continuous audio and video live-stream.
Funds are raised in a few different ways. DJs play songs requested by listeners and visitors, in return for their donations.
Celebrities and artists also donate personal possessions or offer unique opportunities to meet them, which are auctioned off.
Straightforward donations are made into the project's bank account, and by physical visitors depositing cash and cheques into the house's letterbox.
This years edition was in my hometown, Amersfoort. Note to myself, next time bring a polarizing filter
Nikon Z6 + Z 24-70mm f4 S
Z6_DSC2197 by
Luc de Schepper, on Flickr
