Tag: Rights

The children of Christmas

The children of Christmas

Let us stand still and think about what we are going to give to others. Gifts as we call them, for our loved ones. Phones, diamonds, golden rings, chocolates, sweaters, and more we actually do not need but fancy. I fancy the people behind it. […]

Cambodia #2 – Not fun but needs to be done

Cambodia #2 – Not fun but needs to be done

When life is unpredictable, it is sometimes scary as well. For a lot of people, especially children, it is a scary path they walk. Lying in the nightbus with Koh Kong as my destination, I am thinking about my last days here in Siem Reap. […]

Amazon Indians and rainforest under attack

Amazon Indians and rainforest under attack

The beautiful Amazon rainforest. Everybody knows this majestic place and maybe some of you have been there once. It is threatened. And ofcourse it has been threatened for a while now, except now it is going downhill fast just so we can have a piece […]

Working in a pop-up sweatshop in Den Haag -NL

Working in a pop-up sweatshop in Den Haag -NL

In Den Haag daar woont een graaf, en zijn zoon heet Jantje. En Jantje wilde heel graag kleding, maar wel uit Bangladesh want dat is lekker goedkoop! Een sweatshop. Mensen in landen als Bangladesh werken hier dagelijks meer dan 12 uur lang. Mishandeld en sexueel […]

Lion

Lion

Tears. Sadness and anger. My jaws clenched and my body weakened but strengthened. Lion, a movie about a child from India that gets adopted by people in Australia. All the terrible things this child is in the middle of, all the horrors others kids experience […]

Say no to Palmoil

Say no to Palmoil

“The industry is linked to major issues such as deforestation, habitat degradation, climate change, animal cruelty and indigenous rights abuses in the countries where it is produced, as the land and forests must be cleared for the development of the oil palm plantations. According to […]