Outcomes of the Sustainable Tourism Challenge
From our Challenge Coordinator Geertje Lavrijssen One of the Participatory Action Research projects – The sustainable tourism challenge in Zambia – was led by Geertje Lavrijssen. The main objective was to co-create and implement together with local stakeholders ideas/projects on community development through tourism with keeping in mind cultural norms, values and traditions. Tourism in […]
Meet Participatory Action Researcher Wilma
Door: Margit van Boheemen De burger centraal“De oplossing zoeken tussen de financiële kaders, in de samenwerking” Wilma van der Vlegel (52) is er stellig over: oplossingen voor zorg en welzijn beginnen niet in een ziekenhuis, maar in de wijk. “Juist dáár kun je mensen in beweging brengen om samen tot antwoorden en toepassingen te komen […]
Meet Action Researcher Wilma
Door: Margit van Boheemen De burger centraal “De oplossing zoeken tussen de financiële kaders, in de samenwerking” Wilma van der Vlegel (52) is er stellig over: oplossingen voor zorg en welzijn beginnen niet in een ziekenhuis, maar in de wijk. “Juist dáár kun je mensen in beweging brengen om samen tot antwoorden en toepassingen te […]
Meet Action Researcher Alice
Door Margit van Boheemen “Looking for solutions together with the community. Just the right balance between science and practice!” Alice Grasveld is what you call a centipede. She is an independent dental hygienist, medical anthropologist and teacher. She combines all this with various oral care projects in developing countries. The PAR method of SevenSenses is […]
My decennium in a nutshell…
We’ve just ended a decennium… Thinking about it, I see myself back at the beginning of the ‘10’s’ in Cameroon, where I coordinated a few projects for a Dutch ngo. One of those was a water project, installing a waterpump in a small village that lacked running water. People walked about half an hour to […]
My action research in Lesvos
By Julia Ertl, May 10th 2019 My last week of action research here in Lesvos, Greece started today! My action research focuses on the question: How can refugees visiting and working in the community center ‘One Happy Family’ feel more included and comfortable at the center? After spending the first couple of months exploring the […]
Evaluating the outcome of the Street Angels Challenge: the Street Angels Slum Festival!
I jumped on Asuman’s ‘boda boda’ as if the last time I sat on such Ugandan motorbike was just yesterday. He brought me straight to the hectic center of Kampala, where I was going to meet Dan Sentamu to evaluate the outcome of the Street Angels Challenge: the Street Angels Slum Festival. As one of […]
Over but not done: The last event and our final goodbye
By Carine Rozema and Laetitia Simorangkir It has been a while, but even though we are back in the Netherlands for four weeks already, we are still thinking about our adventure on a daily base. In this blog a description of the last event and our final goodbye as team Father-Involvement. By the end of […]
The Sustainable Tourism Challenge in Action!
By Geertje Lavrijssen, Coordinator of the Sustainable Tourism Challenge Getting started week 1 & 2: I thought it is time to give you all an update on how the Sustainable Tourism Challenge has been going so far! Time is flying by and we are already halfway down the Challenge programme in Zambia. Arrival I , […]
These are the brave ones: About the skills of high school learners in the community
By Carine Rozema For me personally, adolescents are the people that I love working with the most. These young individuals are the future. The ones that will rise up and take their place in society within the next couple of years, the upcoming decade. The ones with ideas and aspirations, enthusiasm and energy. Sometimes maybe […]