When life gives you lemons
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There is a well-known saying when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. In other words, you work with what you have then. And even though the pandemic has been…
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My dream is becoming a reality.
If you dream it, you can do it, has been my motto for a long while now. Starting off as a wish to help Dominica after the devastation of Hurricane…
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I miss working with the children so much.
I miss working with the children so much. There I said it; I miss working with the children so much. When our last group graduated in June this year, summer…
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When your suitcase is too full.
The invisible suitcase. I recently watched a short video about an invisible suitcase that everybody gets at birth. The idea spoke to me relating to an incident we had during…
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Graduation is bittersweet.
It is that time of the year! As some of you may have seen on our social media, the children of our 3rd program graduated on 23 June. Graduation is…
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Creativity to express your emotions works.
Getting positive feedback. From my own experience, I know that using creativity to express your emotions works. In a highly challenging time in my life, it was my only outlet,…
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The story of our first shipment of donations.
How it all started. When my family dropped off 11 boxes of donations at Rotterdam harbor on 4 January 2021, I never expected what happened next. Murphy’s Law states, “Everything…
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Running our program is going with the flow.
Bullying is never ok. Even though I like to include the same themes in every program we run, I also go with the flow. So, if something unexpected pops up,…
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Small gestures have a big impact.
Arts and crafts are a hit. We do a lot of arts and crafts in our “Tell your stories” program. And, of course, we are looking forward to engaging in…
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