Tag: Creative development
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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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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 […]