newspaper article

Told you a few weeks ago we did a 'tasting' with a group of mentaly challenged young people. It was great. Lots of Fun.

At some point during the break, two of the guys came to me and asked me to come with them. They are the kind of 'mentaly challenged' you just fall in love with from the start! They took me to the toilet (sorry...) and showed me that the toilet wasn't flushing! HAHA! If I could fix the 'problem'! Glad i got it figured out pretty fast :)

One of these guys gave every coffee we gave him a 10! The other started with giving an 9 for the first cup, but ended up increasing the point to 70, 80 and even 90 (on a scale from 1-10!)

Al together, an afternoon of great fun!

Coffee to go!

Went to Schiphol this morning - not to fly this time (OH HOW I WISH!) but to install our new coffee corner at the airport supermarket. Next time you fly through Schiphol, make sure you take a coffee to go at Food Village.

ahh- Paris love ... mon cheri!

Always looking on the Google blog, making sure I don't miss the latest big thing... (i learned my lesson after having to realize Facebook was already on for a few years before I joined!)

I came accross this blog post, and realized how lucky I am to be married to Tatiana - for sure the most amazing woman from Paris alive!

je t'aime Tani!

Official Google Blog: Cool. Even Batman uses Google.

Tjeko article in Park World

(Read full article!)

With great amazement did we read an article in Park World, a magazine for the Amusement Park Industry. Ralph Owen, the director of the magazine has done an amazing job writing this article! Many thanks for his input and his excitement for our project.

Enjoy reading!

Related Links:

www.tjeko.info

www.parkworld-online.com

Uganda thoughts

So - back at my desk in Holland. 48 hours of Uganda experiences. Crazy how fast that went by. But hey - what did I expect!
It was great to be surrounded by the children of 1moreChild for a little bit! Very exciting things are happening in Uganda.

Harry and Hen Ferdinando have been living in Jinja Uganda for 18+ months and have strengtened our 1moreChild team with a COMPLETE NEW DIMENTION to our program! As Bosco and I were always focussing on children that can still live with extended family, Harry and Hen are providing shelter for those boys that have NOTHING at all! 12 boys live together with a great mom, and a great 'older brother' in a home in Jinja. Close to school. Close to a soccer field :)

These boys get 3 meals a day, a bed, running water, a family.

We keep simple standards - nothing to draw attention to our home.

With the new project we took on, we now have 12 boys living in our 1mC home, and 50 boys and girls living in the Jinja District.

Our new direction also asks us to make some changes to the sponsor-program, but these changes will be good. They will allow us to support our orphans even on a much more personal level. Our next post will explain to you how things will run with the sponsorship program. We would love to add you as a sponsor too!

Some pics from Uganda

In Uganda on the 'quick visit'! And even a chance to have internet!!!

Here are a few quick pictures of the boys-house 1moreChild has started in September!













These boys are all street boys that dont have any family they could be staying with, so Harry and Hen (the newest members of 1moreChild) have started this house just a couple of months ago! The total of children that 1moreCHild sponsors is now of 62. And 12 of them live in this house, where they can experience a bit of a normal family structure. 1 mentor and 1 'mother' live with them - and honnestly - the boys seem to completely love it! They are now all in school, have all inproved their accademic performance, and are all motivated to give their best. Last night Harry and I met until 1am to discuss HOW we could get more people involved, and how we could communicate better what is happening with 1moreChild. I have been saying it for a while, but you will see a brand new website soon, where you can find everything you need to know about those amazing boys and girls we're able to help.

A toothbrush missing

Well we have a toothbrush missing in our bathroom not because we lost it but simply because Ferdi is in Uganda for the week-end.
A friend of us is a stewardess and somehow Ferdi was able to go along with her to Uganda... Not only did he got a really good price on his ticket but he was also traveling Business class... Pretty nice right! :-P
He has a full schedule ahead of him with some key few people to meet
Please keep him in your prayers

We surely do miss him around though...
Today "SinterKlaas" (St Nicholas) is arriving in Holland so Maelle and I are buzy... watching TV lol
May you all have a great week-end

trying for that perfect shot :)

So here are some pics we took to get that 'perfect family picture'.
How do people do that?! It took us 1,5 hours! Haha! Gotta love taking pictures with a 2 year old!
Thanks Els for your great work! It was fun!