Join us for our second peace webinar with the speaker Eugenia Valenzuela, the Legal Officer OTP from the International Criminal Court. The theme for the session is “OTP’s preliminary examination on the situation in Colombia”. When? Thursday June 17, 2021What time? 7 PM CETWhere? On your computer/mobile screen Register for the webinar using the following […]
Do you know, 70% of Earth’s surface is covered by Oceans? Or that Ocean’s produce more than 50% of the planet’s oxygen with marine plants, algae and whales playing the important role in creating the oxygen as well as capturing more than 30% of the carbon dioxide produced by humans. Even though all its benefits, […]
June 5 is celebrated every year as the World Environment Day, engaging governments, businesses and citizens in an effort to address pressing environmental issues. This World Environment Day will kick off the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global mission to revive billions of hectares, from forests to farmlands, from the top of mountains to […]
On 29th of May, members of our club took part together with members of Rotary Scheveningen in the fundraiser organized by Schappelijk. The Social Shop Schappelijk offers extra help for the residents of Scheveningen, who find themselves in a delicate financial situation. Therefore, people who have insufficient income for meeting the basic needs and who […]
During April and May our club have been visiting children’s community centre “De Kroko Kinderclub”, located in one of the remote neighborhoods of the Hague. Bi-weekly this centre welcomes children from different backgrounds to have access to creative and sport activities. Together with the kids we, for example, drew and wrote postcards to King Willem-Alexander […]
On May 20th, members of our club and guests attended in the first of our Peace series webinars, which was devoted to the topic “Iran Nuclear Deal: Past, Present, Future”. This webinar featured a high-level speaker, Joakim Vaverka, who serves as the Deputy Director of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Before joining SIPRI in […]
Biodiversity in simple words means the enormous variety of life on Earth. Biodiversity refers to every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans. Scientists have estimated that there are around 8.7 million species of plants and animals in existence. However, only around 2.16 million species have been identified and described so far, most of […]
On May 1st, our club went to reburfish a local city farm in the Hague, Stadsboerderij Molenweide. By planting some bushes, making a walkway under branches and adding a small wooden kitchen, we made a nice outdoor area for children to play. Of course, there was also time to pet the farm animals!
On 19th April, we organized a burn-out awareness webinar, with the stress and burn-out coach Daniel Smit as a speaker. We learned, for example, how important it is to recognize the exhaustion on an early stage. The longer time one is overloaded, the more severe the burn-out will be, and the longer time it will […]
On April 3rd, the day before Easter, our club members were invited to one of The Hague elderly houses. Sammersbrug has a department for patients with dementia. Our members were happy to help and brighten up the day of the residents with cheerful drawings on their common room windows. Since the Easter was around the […]
