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Tree of life
I grew up in a garden with a large Chestnut tree and it is to me a special that this tree saw me, my mother and now a new generation grow up while growing taller and taller. It is a comforting idea to be part of this larger scheme of things and that there are many […]
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Connecting farmers
In 2014 two dairy enthousiasts met and their joined passion for sustainable dairy farming and quality products sparked smart | dairy. Sharing their views on business development and being a dairy enthousiast myself, I joined them early 2015. smart | dairy connects small scale farmers around the world. Together these farmers form a distributed macro-farm considerate […]
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Go the extra mile, it is never crowded!
A new year, new options and who knows; new years resolutions! A motto I personally like for this year is ‘go the extra mile’. It is freely taken from Wayne Dyers quote ‘ it is never crowded along the extra mile’. What inspires me in this is that it stands for more than ambition. It […]
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New ways of fundraising + general marketing strategy
The African Network for Protection and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN) is renowned and highly respected in Uganda for her casework for children who are neglected or abused. International donors mainly fund prevention programs and not the professional assistance needed after reports of neglect and/or abuse. Private fundraising and public support within Uganda […]
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Strive to be happy
Strive to be happy is a prose poem written by Max Ehrman in 1927. It was long unknown and the road towards it’s current fame is fun to read. This poem was given to me by a dear friend and I have kept it close ever since.
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“The foundation she laid helped us restructure the organization”
I have known Baukje Kleinbekman when she worked with me in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We were both working at a local media-based NGO called Ethiopian Volunteer Media Professionals against AIDS – her as marketing and development advisor and also as the only Fundraiser for our organizations, and me as the Chief Editor of the youth […]