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Last weekend, our club Rotaract Scheveningen visited a local city farm in the Hague! We helped with various activities at the Stadsboerderij Schildershoeve: gardening, painting, and of course, petting and taking pictures of the lovely animals in the farm! Want to join us in having …
On September 12, Rotaract Scheveningen, together with Rotary Scheveningen and Rotary residentie, gathered food for a local food bank in Scheveningen! Our team of club members and volunteers joined efforts in helping Schappelijk Sociale Winkel to provide food to those in need. The initial goal …
On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations, Rotaract Scheveningen will be having a webinar, which is part of our Peace & Justice theme. We will be joined by wonderful guests:
– Ella van den Heuvel – Defence staff
– Liselot van Egmond – Dutch Permanent Representative at the UN.Our Moderator is:
Nora Stehouwer-van Lersel.
Please register via the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CD–1Aua5cVFnGPtwCiysIJwiLDEIFe-kku3Iuwdej8/
Join us for our first beach clean up of the new Rotaract year! When? Saturday, 19th of September. Where? Scheveningen Strand. What time? 12:00 pm-15:00 pm. Let’s join efforts and contribute to a good cause (while keeping the social distance, of course). See you there!
Our club Rotaract Scheveningen stands together in support of our fellow Lebanese Rotaracters and their families following the massive explosion that took place at Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020. The explosion led to the devastating destruction in multiple neighbourhoods, where hundreds lost their lives …
Last week, our club Rotaract Scheveningen organised its second webinar, this time on environmental issues! During the webinar, we discussed the current state of the environment and how we, as a community, can contribute to a more sustainable future.
We would like to thank our guest speakers for their wonderful presentations! Giovanni Cappa from Sea Shepherd shared his experience as a medical officer. We also had the opportunity to learn more about the meaning behind Rotaract for the Oceans initiative! Giovanni is part of Rotaract Club Pavia, District 2050.
Our second speaker, Lloyd Edwards from WWF, has built up and leads a team of more than 100 volunteers. Lloyd shared his knowledge and experience on maintaining a sustainable lifestyle. We learned how to calculate and reduce our environmental footprint among other things!
Finally, Gert-Jan van Dommelen spoke about the idea behind the End Plastic Soup initiative. He explained the importance of Rotary and Rotaract in action to end plastic soup worldwide.
Last but not least, thank you to our amazing moderator Johanna Helsing! Her contribution to having a fruitful discussion was invaluable.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and we look forward to many more interesting webinars to come!
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Join Rotaract Scheveningen for another webinar! Where? Zoom! When? Tuesday, 9 June 2020 from 20:30 pm! This time we will be talking about Environmental issues during Covid 19. Hope to see you there! Below you can find more information about our guest speakers! Our moderator …
Rotaract Scheveningen, 5 May 2020 On Tuesday 5 May 2020, day marking 75 years of peace since the end of the Second World War in The Netherlands, the Rotaract Scheveningen organised its first webinar on Peace. Forty Rotaract members and guests gathered virtually to discuss …
Joins us for our special webinar on the importance of peace in today’s globalized world! On the 5th of May, we will have a conversation with some incredible guest speakers who have personally experienced the significance of the word ‘peace’ and who are working in the field of peace and justice.
What do we mean when we talk about peace? How can we achieve peace? Surprisingly or not, art is usually one of the answers.
Find more information about our guest speakers below.
We will kick off the event with an introduction to the topic of peace by our moderator Nora Stehouwer-van Iersel. Nora will talk about the importance of celebrating 75 years of freedom and peace which will be discussed in the context of the Balkan Wars and the conflict over the Palestinian territories. Both events serve as evidence for the human suffering of war and the need for peace.
Leila Prnjavorac is a freedom ambassador. She will tell us her personal story about the war in the Balkans, her flight to the Netherlands, and why the international tribunals are so important today.
Nenad Golcevski will tell us about her work at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the functioning of the Mechanism. Nenad will tell us more about the creation of the court, what did it do – in short- and why is the voice of victims so important. Did the court manage to bring peace in the area? Join us to find out.
Ingrid Rollema works for the Hope Foundation and will tell us more about her project in the Palestinian areas.
Want to make use of your free time spent at home and learn more about important issues from different areas around the world? Let’s stay together in these times and learn more about peace!
See you there!
Hey everyone! We hope you are staying safe and healthy! Just because you have to stay at home doesn’t mean you can’t make a positive difference! Need some inspiration? Join our #EndPlasticChallenge now! Our club is organizing #DoItAtHome initiative where you can share your contribution …