Donations towards Plan Nederland From 9-20 November I’ll be cycling over 600 kilometres through Zambia with Plan Nederland, a national chapter of the global children’s charity Plan. It is active in Zambia to fight against child marriages and to help girls have an extended education, allowing them a more prosperous and healthier future. Please help me more »
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A first hurdle
‘She is having a cold.’ Over and over I repeat this sentence in my mind. The truth is: I am disappointed and slightly hurt. For the first time, I shared my plan with the person whose opinion I value most in the world: oma, my grandmother, mother of my mother. She reacted with suspicion: whether more »
My first donation
Today has been a successful day. Not only did I convince my grandmother that my plan is sound, but I also received my first donation – in the form of spray paint from my dad. Mr. Lion did indeed no longer reside in Dordrecht. I spoke with my dad about my King’s Day fundraising idea: more »
Creating opportunities
I am a product of my time. I am incredibly lucky, wealthy, highly educated. I was offered many opportunities to make myself into a success, and I took no chance: I did it all. I took a year off after secondary school to go to France, I went to university to pursue the subject I more »
Guilt
The road to Zambia is long. It is about challenges and overcoming obstacles, about new vistas and new points of view, challenging the world of every day and embracing new perspectives; in order to do so, I first need to scrutinise my own motivation and opinions. I always questioned the sense of aid work. I more »
The Lion’s Roar
I woke up at 5am. ‘Is this lion head still at my dad’s?’ I contemplated the question for a while. Probably not, most likely not. It had nearly been 20 years since my mum and I created this mask in the form of a lion’s head in the first place: a papier-mâché head, to be more »