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Successful Fundraiser

Successful Fundraiser

On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, Avila Beach Hotel hosted its first a Coral Happy Hour. The sold-out and highly successful fundraising event focused on Coral Restoration and Coral Education, with the proceeds from the fundraising being split equally between the Branch Coral Foundation and the GreenKidz Foundation.

read more
GreenKidz Supported by Rotary Bus Project

GreenKidz Supported by Rotary Bus Project

In 2024, GreenKidz entered into a fruitful and sustainable collaboration with the Rotary Club Curacao (RCC). As part of this collaboration, RCC supports various GreenKidz lessons throughout the year by providing and organizing transportation. This is facilitated through the Rotary bus project, which transports students in a beautiful tourist bus to their GreenKidz activity.

read more
Sustainable Collaboration with Avila Beach Hotel

Sustainable Collaboration with Avila Beach Hotel

On January 17, 2024, GreenKidz organized a vibrant Coral Heroes Event at Avila Beach Hotel, a sustainable sponsor of GreenKidz. The Coral Heroes program was conducted for 30 students from the Divi Divi LOM School, a special education school in the ‘Emmastad’ district, who thoroughly enjoyed this educational, creative, and interactive workshop.

read more
Time for a GreenKidz magazine

Time for a GreenKidz magazine

“In 2015, the GreenKidz Foundation launched its inaugural educational program on waste, litter, plastic, and recycling. A dedicated and passionate team subsequently engaged thousands of children and hundreds of teachers across Curaçao with interactive, multilingual guest lessons on nature and environmental care. Now, Maya Mathias, the GreenKidz coordinator, is ready to pursue the dream that started it all: a Kids Magazine for the entire Kingdom. Is the time finally right?

read more
GreenKidz Launches Christmas Crafting Workshop

GreenKidz Launches Christmas Crafting Workshop

On November 22, 2023, guest lecturer Remyson Caldera from GreenKidz conducted two new GreenKidz Christmas crafting workshops for the students of classes 4a and 4b at Margaretha College. Fifty-eight children aged 7 and 8 participated in various interactive and educational activities where they learned more about litter, waste, plastic, and recycling.

read more
GreenKidz Supports Kliko Challenge Project

GreenKidz Supports Kliko Challenge Project

In November 2023, in collaboration with Selikor and the GreenKidz Foundation, Passionistas organized the Kliko Challenge for AGO schools. Through this challenge, the foundation aims to stimulate the creativity of students and bring attention to the themes of nature and sustainability. Under the guidance of an artist, students paint a design on garbage bins (klikos) as part of this project. This gives the schools and students a chance to win great prizes.

read more
GreenKidz Starts Fundraising for Special Education

GreenKidz Starts Fundraising for Special Education

On November 1 st , 2023, the GreenKidz Foundation launched its annual fundraising for Special Needs Education. Maya Mathias, GreenKidz coordinator: We are an inclusive foundation and have maintained warm ties with all Special Needs schools in Curacao for years. Every year, we give away 1,000 educational booklets to special needs students. This year we have developed a new Caribbean coloringbook with illustrations and beautiful coloring pages about Curacaos nature and the environment.

read more
GreenKidz receives 700 books about trash from Biblionef

GreenKidz receives 700 books about trash from Biblionef

On October 9, 2023, GreenKidz coordinator Maya Mathias received 700 booklets titled “Weg met afval!” from the Biblionef foundation. Ineke van Riemsdijk, the representative of Biblionef in Curaçao, personally delivered them, hoping that these beautiful and cheerful workbooks will complement and support the guest lectures on waste, litter, plastic, and recycling that GreenKidz offers to schools.

read more
GreenKidz active on Day of play

GreenKidz active on Day of play

Last Saturday, GreenKidz participated in the Curaçao Children’s Museum’s play fair, celebrating its annual Day of Play with a range of playful and educational activities. Alongside other local youth organizations, GreenKidz was invited to set up their own booth in the museum’s beautiful tree garden, offering engaging green activities for children and their parents.

read more
GreenKidz mosquito program for special needs schools

GreenKidz mosquito program for special needs schools

On September 21, 2023, GreenKidz provided an interactive teaching program “Don’t Give Mosquitoes a Chance” at Blenchi School. This school for special education students had invited GreenKidz to tell the students more about how to detect mosquito breeding sites and prevent mosquito-related infectious diseases

read more
GreenKidz wins two awards!

GreenKidz wins two awards!

On May 16 th , the GreenKidz Foundation won a first prize in the island-wide Butterfly Effect competition organized by the company I AM Recruitement, Training and HR support. On May 30 th an official letter from the Representation of the Netherlands in Willemstad (VNW) followed, stating that GreenKidz had once again won an award. This time from the Prinsjesdag Scholierenproject in Curaçao. Maya Mathias, GreenKidz coordinator, reacted delightedly. This is a great boost for our team!

read more
GreenKidz books sold at pharmacies!

GreenKidz books sold at pharmacies!

We are thrilled that different pharmacies (Botika’s) and general practices on Curacao are offering us a helping hand by displaying, funding, selling and giving away our GreenKidz Mosquito activity prevention book.

read more
GreenKidz recycle lessons for toddlers

GreenKidz recycle lessons for toddlers

Today we visited the ASFO, a primary school in salinja and taught a whole bunch of 4 and 5 year olds how to recycle, using a miniature recycle unit, whole brain training and lots of interactive activities.

read more
GreenKidz meets mosquito control team at the ministry of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN)

GreenKidz meets mosquito control team at the ministry of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN)

On November 25th, GreenKidz was invited to give a small presentation to the Curacao’s mosquito control team at the Ministry of Health, Environment & Nature (GMN). We want to thank Gisette Seferina, head of the team, for the opportunity to give this presentation where we presented our educational mosquito prevention materials and discussed how we could join forces in the future to create more awareness.

read more
GreenKidz meets mosquito hunters

GreenKidz meets mosquito hunters

The GreenKidz Foundation was exited and happy that it got the chance to meet the Dutch Research Team last week. This research team is doing in dept mosquito research on Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, the in 70 years, to see which kinds of mosquito’s can now be found in the Dutch Caribbean.

read more
GreenKidz Christmas Fundraising has started!

GreenKidz Christmas Fundraising has started!

GreenKidz feels that it’s important to teach children about mosquito prevention from a young age, especially now that mosquito’s our plaguing the Caribbean islands in vast numbers as the climate changes.

read more
Free GreenKidz Lesson Pack for the Dutch Caribbean

Free GreenKidz Lesson Pack for the Dutch Caribbean

On August 20th the world celebrates ‘World Mosquito Day’ and how far it has come in preventing the deadly diseases that mosquitos spread. From this day on, all primary and special needs schools in Curacao can pick up a free Papiamentu or Dutch Lesson pack at Mensing’s Caminada bookstore.

read more
GreenKidz participates in the book week, at Mensings Caminada.

GreenKidz participates in the book week, at Mensings Caminada.

This year GreenKidz joined forces with Mensing’s Caminada in its yearly celebration of Book Week as the theme of this year’s book week was the environment. Mensing’s’ Caminada is the largest local bookstore on Curacao, and we are happy that they are willing to partner with us and sell our GreenKidz activity books in their store.

read more
GreenKidz visits afterschool program

GreenKidz visits afterschool program

On July 13th the GreenKidz team was invited by K’alegria Vakantieplan to execute their new mosquito prevention program. The youth leaders of this vacation program for children in de Bonam area of Curacao were thrilled to actively participate in the program and assist the GreenKidz teaching team.

read more
GreenKidz visits special needs school

GreenKidz visits special needs school

On June 29th GreenKidz team visited the Blenchi School to execute their new mosquito prevention program. The Blenchi school is a special needs school in the Otrobanda neighborhood of Curacao that has invited GreenKidz many times before.

They were accompanied by Erwin Arkenbout, the representative of the Netherlands in the Dutch Caribbean and his wife Mariette van Soesbergen who actively took part in the program and praised the greenKidz teachers for their enthusiasm and teaching abilities.

read more
Working with Rotary in the wider Caribbean

Working with Rotary in the wider Caribbean

After 3 wonderful and hugely successful GreenKidz Caribbean projects funded by Rotary Club of Curacao we were visited by two Rotary district govenors this week representing more than 25 caribbean countries.

read more
GreenKidz Newspaper Coverage

GreenKidz Newspaper Coverage

What’s buzzing in the Dutch Caribbean? Last week we launched our hybrid and bilingual mosquito awareness and prevention program at the Schotborg School in Curaçao.

read more
GreenKidz guest at Telecuraçao

GreenKidz guest at Telecuraçao

Recently GreenKidz guest teacher Remyson Caldera was a guest in TeleCuraçao’s well-known TV programme Trai Merdia. There he told presenter Sally Hooi about the Kòrsou Limpi project.

read more
First GreenKidz E learn in the making

First GreenKidz E learn in the making

With funds from the Rotary Club of Curaçao, GreenKidz is currently working on an interactive elearn about mosquito prevention for the youth of Curaçao. The E learn contains beautiful photos and illustrations and is packed with interactive assignments and quizzes. It will be launched in the spring of 2022, together with a teaching programme and a colourful mosquito prevention book.

read more
1,000 GreenKidz booklets hot off the press

1,000 GreenKidz booklets hot off the press

January 2022 On January 14, 2022 the printing presses of Tramm Imaging produced no less than 1,000 colourful Papiamentu-language Korsou Limpi booklets intended for special education. The booklets about waste and litter are personally delivered to all 10 SO schools on Curaçao and could be printed thanks to the donations of over 100 local and Dutch donors!

read more
GreenKidz 3x in the newspaper

GreenKidz 3x in the newspaper

This month, GreenKidz was in the newspaper no less than 3 times. The Extra, the Amigoe and the Antilliaans Dagblad all reported on the successful GreenKidz Christmas fundraising of 2021. With donations from over 100 contributors on Curaçao and in the Netherlands, GreenKidz gave away 1,000 Kòrsou Limpi activity books to special education. These books will all be personally delivered to the 10 SO schools of Curaçao in the month of January.

read more
One thousand GreenKidz books for Special Education

One thousand GreenKidz books for Special Education

Last month the GreenKidz Foundation concluded a successful Christmas campaign. Thanks to donations from companies and individuals, GreenKidz gave away 1,000 Kòrsou Limpi Playbooks to pupils in special education. Maya Mathias, GreenKidz Coordinator: ‘Even in these difficult COVID-times we could count on over 100 donors with a heart for environment and education! We are grateful for that.

read more
Flying start for GreenKidz and KLM

Flying start for GreenKidz and KLM

At the beginning of December 2021, an inspiring introductory meeting took place between GreenKidz and KLM. GreenKidz Coordinator Maya Mathias spoke with Dirk Buitelaar, the new Air France/KLM manager for the Caribbean, and with Dulce Matos, who is in charge of communications and PR.

read more
Cooperation between GreenKidz and Stinapa Bonaire

Cooperation between GreenKidz and Stinapa Bonaire

In December 2021, Monique Grol from Stinapa Bonaire visited GreenKidz on Curaçao to exchange information and to see how Stinapa and GreenKidz could join forces in the future to realise nature and environment projects together for the Caribbean youth.

read more
Message from Curaçao: ‘Big clean-up’

Message from Curaçao: ‘Big clean-up’

In the Sunday Relay column on the site of Dossier Koninkrijksrelaties, Raquel Weisz takes turns reporting on Curaçao, this time with the subject of ‘Big Cleaning’. And Greenkidz is mentioned and praised.

read more
GreenKidz christmasfundraising is up and running

GreenKidz christmasfundraising is up and running

Recently, the annual GreenKidz Christmas fundraising started again. Every year, GreenKidz gives away teaching materials to local schools with the help of local sponsors and donors. This year, the foundation wants to give away no less than 1,000 Korsou Limpi books to pupils in special education.

read more
GreenKidz visiting VNW

GreenKidz visiting VNW

Recently, GreenKidz visited the Representation of the Netherlands in Willemstad. There, we spoke extensively with the representative ‘Erwin Arkenbout’ about our annual Christmas fundraising and the teaching materials we developed for the youth of Curacao in the past 6 years.

read more
GreenKidz infomercial in the making

GreenKidz infomercial in the making

Recently, the CTB film crew visited the GreenKidz office at Scharloo. There they filmed GreenKidz guest teachers Cristina Serrano and Remyson Caldera who told about the history of the foundation and its future plans.

read more
GreenKidz on TV

GreenKidz on TV

Thanks to CTB, the young GreenKidz guest teachers Remyson Caldera and Cristina Serrano have been featured in a short cheerful TV spot and a longer infomercial, telling how the GreenKidz foundation contributes to a cleaner Curaçao.

read more
UoC students visit GreenKidz

UoC students visit GreenKidz

MEDIABOX At the end of October, several students from the Social and Economic Faculty (SEF) of the University of Curacao (UoC) visited GreenKidz. This happened in the framework of a research assignment into the familiarity of local youth with the term 'Plastic Soup'...

read more
GreenKidz projects on Aruba

GreenKidz projects on Aruba

In the past few months, GreenKidz coordinator Maya Mathias spoke several times with Egidio Bundel to investigate whether GreenKidz could offer support for a possible future curriculum and textbook on the Circular Economy, which Aruba wants to move towards.

read more
GreenKidz thanks green partners

GreenKidz thanks green partners

Recently, GreenKidz welcomed a number of green partners on the beautiful outdoor terrace of Hofi Cas Cora. While enjoying a delicious drink and snack, everyone who had contributed to the Korsou Limpi book could see the end result.

read more
GreenKidz on Bonaire

GreenKidz on Bonaire

Last month, GreenKidz renewed its contacts with the waste management company Selibon on Bonaire. Together with policy officer Shunelca and PR officer Melinda, we investigated whether the Korsou Limpi textbook and accompanying Korsou Limpi activity book, in an adapted form, could also be interesting for Bonaire, especially for Bonairean children in primary education.

read more
Minister receives GreenKidz book

Minister receives GreenKidz book

MEDIABOX At the launch of the successful CTB campaign Tene Korsou Limpi Camapgne, GreenKidz guest teacher Remyson Caldera presented the GreenKidz Korsou Limpi book to the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment. The book will be made available in print to all FO...

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Teachers happy hour big success

Teachers happy hour big success

On 21 August 2021 GreenKidz and Carmabi organised a joint Happy Teachers Hour at the Marine Education Center at Piscadera Bay. During this happy hour teachers from all 70 FO and SO schools on Curacao could pick up free lesson packages for their school and enjoy a snack and a drink on the beach.

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Successful Fundraiser

Successful Fundraiser

On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, Avila Beach Hotel hosted its first a Coral Happy Hour. The sold-out and highly successful fundraising event focused on Coral Restoration and Coral Education, with the proceeds from the fundraising being split equally between the Branch Coral Foundation and the GreenKidz Foundation.

read more
GreenKidz Supported by Rotary Bus Project

GreenKidz Supported by Rotary Bus Project

In 2024, GreenKidz entered into a fruitful and sustainable collaboration with the Rotary Club Curacao (RCC). As part of this collaboration, RCC supports various GreenKidz lessons throughout the year by providing and organizing transportation. This is facilitated through the Rotary bus project, which transports students in a beautiful tourist bus to their GreenKidz activity.

read more
Sustainable Collaboration with Avila Beach Hotel

Sustainable Collaboration with Avila Beach Hotel

On January 17, 2024, GreenKidz organized a vibrant Coral Heroes Event at Avila Beach Hotel, a sustainable sponsor of GreenKidz. The Coral Heroes program was conducted for 30 students from the Divi Divi LOM School, a special education school in the ‘Emmastad’ district, who thoroughly enjoyed this educational, creative, and interactive workshop.

read more
Time for a GreenKidz magazine

Time for a GreenKidz magazine

“In 2015, the GreenKidz Foundation launched its inaugural educational program on waste, litter, plastic, and recycling. A dedicated and passionate team subsequently engaged thousands of children and hundreds of teachers across Curaçao with interactive, multilingual guest lessons on nature and environmental care. Now, Maya Mathias, the GreenKidz coordinator, is ready to pursue the dream that started it all: a Kids Magazine for the entire Kingdom. Is the time finally right?

read more
Time for a GreenKidz magazine

GreenKidz Launches Christmas Crafting Workshop

On November 22, 2023, guest lecturer Remyson Caldera from GreenKidz conducted two new GreenKidz Christmas crafting workshops for the students of classes 4a and 4b at Margaretha College. Fifty-eight children aged 7 and 8 participated in various interactive and educational activities where they learned more about litter, waste, plastic, and recycling.

read more
GreenKidz Supports Kliko Challenge Project

GreenKidz Supports Kliko Challenge Project

In November 2023, in collaboration with Selikor and the GreenKidz Foundation, Passionistas organized the Kliko Challenge for AGO schools. Through this challenge, the foundation aims to stimulate the creativity of students and bring attention to the themes of nature and sustainability. Under the guidance of an artist, students paint a design on garbage bins (klikos) as part of this project. This gives the schools and students a chance to win great prizes.

read more
GreenKidz Starts Fundraising for Special Education

GreenKidz Starts Fundraising for Special Education

On November 1 st , 2023, the GreenKidz Foundation launched its annual fundraising for Special Needs Education. Maya Mathias, GreenKidz coordinator: We are an inclusive foundation and have maintained warm ties with all Special Needs schools in Curacao for years. Every year, we give away 1,000 educational booklets to special needs students. This year we have developed a new Caribbean coloringbook with illustrations and beautiful coloring pages about Curacaos nature and the environment.

read more
GreenKidz receives 700 books about trash from Biblionef

GreenKidz receives 700 books about trash from Biblionef

On October 9, 2023, GreenKidz coordinator Maya Mathias received 700 booklets titled “Weg met afval!” from the Biblionef foundation. Ineke van Riemsdijk, the representative of Biblionef in Curaçao, personally delivered them, hoping that these beautiful and cheerful workbooks will complement and support the guest lectures on waste, litter, plastic, and recycling that GreenKidz offers to schools.

read more
GreenKidz active on Day of play

GreenKidz active on Day of play

Last Saturday, GreenKidz participated in the Curaçao Children’s Museum’s play fair, celebrating its annual Day of Play with a range of playful and educational activities. Alongside other local youth organizations, GreenKidz was invited to set up their own booth in the museum’s beautiful tree garden, offering engaging green activities for children and their parents.

read more
GreenKidz mosquito program for special needs schools

GreenKidz mosquito program for special needs schools

On September 21, 2023, GreenKidz provided an interactive teaching program “Don’t Give Mosquitoes a Chance” at Blenchi School. This school for special education students had invited GreenKidz to tell the students more about how to detect mosquito breeding sites and prevent mosquito-related infectious diseases

read more
GreenKidz wins two awards!

GreenKidz wins two awards!

On May 16 th , the GreenKidz Foundation won a first prize in the island-wide Butterfly Effect competition organized by the company I AM Recruitement, Training and HR support. On May 30 th an official letter from the Representation of the Netherlands in Willemstad (VNW) followed, stating that GreenKidz had once again won an award. This time from the Prinsjesdag Scholierenproject in Curaçao. Maya Mathias, GreenKidz coordinator, reacted delightedly. This is a great boost for our team!

read more
GreenKidz books sold at pharmacies!

GreenKidz books sold at pharmacies!

We are thrilled that different pharmacies (Botika’s) and general practices on Curacao are offering us a helping hand by displaying, funding, selling and giving away our GreenKidz Mosquito activity prevention book.

read more
GreenKidz recycle lessons for toddlers

GreenKidz recycle lessons for toddlers

Today we visited the ASFO, a primary school in salinja and taught a whole bunch of 4 and 5 year olds how to recycle, using a miniature recycle unit, whole brain training and lots of interactive activities.

read more
GreenKidz meets mosquito control team at the ministry of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN)

GreenKidz meets mosquito control team at the ministry of Health, Environment and Nature (GMN)

On November 25th, GreenKidz was invited to give a small presentation to the Curacao’s mosquito control team at the Ministry of Health, Environment & Nature (GMN). We want to thank Gisette Seferina, head of the team, for the opportunity to give this presentation where we presented our educational mosquito prevention materials and discussed how we could join forces in the future to create more awareness.

read more
GreenKidz meets mosquito hunters

GreenKidz meets mosquito hunters

The GreenKidz Foundation was exited and happy that it got the chance to meet the Dutch Research Team last week. This research team is doing in dept mosquito research on Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, the in 70 years, to see which kinds of mosquito’s can now be found in the Dutch Caribbean.

read more
GreenKidz Christmas Fundraising has started!

GreenKidz Christmas Fundraising has started!

GreenKidz feels that it’s important to teach children about mosquito prevention from a young age, especially now that mosquito’s our plaguing the Caribbean islands in vast numbers as the climate changes.

read more
Free GreenKidz Lesson Pack for the Dutch Caribbean

Free GreenKidz Lesson Pack for the Dutch Caribbean

On August 20th the world celebrates ‘World Mosquito Day’ and how far it has come in preventing the deadly diseases that mosquitos spread. From this day on, all primary and special needs schools in Curacao can pick up a free Papiamentu or Dutch Lesson pack at Mensing’s Caminada bookstore.

read more
GreenKidz participates in the book week, at Mensings Caminada.

GreenKidz participates in the book week, at Mensings Caminada.

This year GreenKidz joined forces with Mensing’s Caminada in its yearly celebration of Book Week as the theme of this year’s book week was the environment. Mensing’s’ Caminada is the largest local bookstore on Curacao, and we are happy that they are willing to partner with us and sell our GreenKidz activity books in their store.

read more
GreenKidz visits afterschool program

GreenKidz visits afterschool program

On July 13th the GreenKidz team was invited by K’alegria Vakantieplan to execute their new mosquito prevention program. The youth leaders of this vacation program for children in de Bonam area of Curacao were thrilled to actively participate in the program and assist the GreenKidz teaching team.

read more
GreenKidz visits special needs school

GreenKidz visits special needs school

On June 29th GreenKidz team visited the Blenchi School to execute their new mosquito prevention program. The Blenchi school is a special needs school in the Otrobanda neighborhood of Curacao that has invited GreenKidz many times before.

They were accompanied by Erwin Arkenbout, the representative of the Netherlands in the Dutch Caribbean and his wife Mariette van Soesbergen who actively took part in the program and praised the greenKidz teachers for their enthusiasm and teaching abilities.

read more
Working with Rotary in the wider Caribbean

Working with Rotary in the wider Caribbean

After 3 wonderful and hugely successful GreenKidz Caribbean projects funded by Rotary Club of Curacao we were visited by two Rotary district govenors this week representing more than 25 caribbean countries.

read more
GreenKidz Newspaper Coverage

GreenKidz Newspaper Coverage

What’s buzzing in the Dutch Caribbean? Last week we launched our hybrid and bilingual mosquito awareness and prevention program at the Schotborg School in Curaçao.

read more
GreenKidz guest at Telecuraçao

GreenKidz guest at Telecuraçao

Recently GreenKidz guest teacher Remyson Caldera was a guest in TeleCuraçao’s well-known TV programme Trai Merdia. There he told presenter Sally Hooi about the Kòrsou Limpi project.

read more
First GreenKidz E learn in the making

First GreenKidz E learn in the making

With funds from the Rotary Club of Curaçao, GreenKidz is currently working on an interactive elearn about mosquito prevention for the youth of Curaçao. The E learn contains beautiful photos and illustrations and is packed with interactive assignments and quizzes. It will be launched in the spring of 2022, together with a teaching programme and a colourful mosquito prevention book.

read more
1,000 GreenKidz booklets hot off the press

1,000 GreenKidz booklets hot off the press

January 2022 On January 14, 2022 the printing presses of Tramm Imaging produced no less than 1,000 colourful Papiamentu-language Korsou Limpi booklets intended for special education. The booklets about waste and litter are personally delivered to all 10 SO schools on Curaçao and could be printed thanks to the donations of over 100 local and Dutch donors!

read more
GreenKidz 3x in the newspaper

GreenKidz 3x in the newspaper

This month, GreenKidz was in the newspaper no less than 3 times. The Extra, the Amigoe and the Antilliaans Dagblad all reported on the successful GreenKidz Christmas fundraising of 2021. With donations from over 100 contributors on Curaçao and in the Netherlands, GreenKidz gave away 1,000 Kòrsou Limpi activity books to special education. These books will all be personally delivered to the 10 SO schools of Curaçao in the month of January.

read more
One thousand GreenKidz books for Special Education

One thousand GreenKidz books for Special Education

Last month the GreenKidz Foundation concluded a successful Christmas campaign. Thanks to donations from companies and individuals, GreenKidz gave away 1,000 Kòrsou Limpi Playbooks to pupils in special education. Maya Mathias, GreenKidz Coordinator: ‘Even in these difficult COVID-times we could count on over 100 donors with a heart for environment and education! We are grateful for that.

read more
Flying start for GreenKidz and KLM

Flying start for GreenKidz and KLM

At the beginning of December 2021, an inspiring introductory meeting took place between GreenKidz and KLM. GreenKidz Coordinator Maya Mathias spoke with Dirk Buitelaar, the new Air France/KLM manager for the Caribbean, and with Dulce Matos, who is in charge of communications and PR.

read more
Cooperation between GreenKidz and Stinapa Bonaire

Cooperation between GreenKidz and Stinapa Bonaire

In December 2021, Monique Grol from Stinapa Bonaire visited GreenKidz on Curaçao to exchange information and to see how Stinapa and GreenKidz could join forces in the future to realise nature and environment projects together for the Caribbean youth.

read more
Message from Curaçao: ‘Big clean-up’

Message from Curaçao: ‘Big clean-up’

In the Sunday Relay column on the site of Dossier Koninkrijksrelaties, Raquel Weisz takes turns reporting on Curaçao, this time with the subject of ‘Big Cleaning’. And Greenkidz is mentioned and praised.

read more
GreenKidz christmasfundraising is up and running

GreenKidz christmasfundraising is up and running

Recently, the annual GreenKidz Christmas fundraising started again. Every year, GreenKidz gives away teaching materials to local schools with the help of local sponsors and donors. This year, the foundation wants to give away no less than 1,000 Korsou Limpi books to pupils in special education.

read more
GreenKidz visiting VNW

GreenKidz visiting VNW

Recently, GreenKidz visited the Representation of the Netherlands in Willemstad. There, we spoke extensively with the representative ‘Erwin Arkenbout’ about our annual Christmas fundraising and the teaching materials we developed for the youth of Curacao in the past 6 years.

read more
GreenKidz infomercial in the making

GreenKidz infomercial in the making

Recently, the CTB film crew visited the GreenKidz office at Scharloo. There they filmed GreenKidz guest teachers Cristina Serrano and Remyson Caldera who told about the history of the foundation and its future plans.

read more
GreenKidz on TV

GreenKidz on TV

Thanks to CTB, the young GreenKidz guest teachers Remyson Caldera and Cristina Serrano have been featured in a short cheerful TV spot and a longer infomercial, telling how the GreenKidz foundation contributes to a cleaner Curaçao.

read more
UoC students visit GreenKidz

UoC students visit GreenKidz

MEDIABOX At the end of October, several students from the Social and Economic Faculty (SEF) of the University of Curacao (UoC) visited GreenKidz. This happened in the framework of a research assignment into the familiarity of local youth with the term 'Plastic Soup'...

read more
GreenKidz projects on Aruba

GreenKidz projects on Aruba

In the past few months, GreenKidz coordinator Maya Mathias spoke several times with Egidio Bundel to investigate whether GreenKidz could offer support for a possible future curriculum and textbook on the Circular Economy, which Aruba wants to move towards.

read more
GreenKidz thanks green partners

GreenKidz thanks green partners

Recently, GreenKidz welcomed a number of green partners on the beautiful outdoor terrace of Hofi Cas Cora. While enjoying a delicious drink and snack, everyone who had contributed to the Korsou Limpi book could see the end result.

read more
Kòrsou Limpi donation Lions Dive

Kòrsou Limpi donation Lions Dive

MEDIABOX Last month Lions Dive & Beach Hotel donated through GreenKidz no less than 65 Kòrsou Limpi Do Books and 4 Kòrsou Limpi textbooks to the Schotborg school that actively participates in the World Clean Up Day. The colourful books were received...

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Sustainable sponsorship by Lions Dive

Sustainable sponsorship by Lions Dive

Lions Dive, a loyal GreenKidz sponsor, is launching a fun new campaign this autumn to support GreenKidz in a sustainable way. GreenKidz collection boxes will be placed in the hotel. Tourists who leave their remaining change in these boxes at the end of their stay will receive a GreenKidz colouring book to take home.

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GreenKidz commercials on TV

GreenKidz commercials on TV

In order to create more awareness in the Curaçao community about the problems surrounding waste and litter, the Curaçao Tourism Board is launching several commercials during the September Clean Up Month. The aim of these commercials is to combat Trash Blindness and to call on citizens to participate in the annual World Clean Up Day.

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GreenKidz on Bonaire

GreenKidz on Bonaire

Last month, GreenKidz renewed its contacts with the waste management company Selibon on Bonaire. Together with policy officer Shunelca and PR officer Melinda, we investigated whether the Korsou Limpi textbook and accompanying Korsou Limpi activity book, in an adapted form, could also be interesting for Bonaire, especially for Bonairean children in primary education.

read more
Minister receives GreenKidz book

Minister receives GreenKidz book

MEDIABOX At the launch of the successful CTB campaign Tene Korsou Limpi Camapgne, GreenKidz guest teacher Remyson Caldera presented the GreenKidz Korsou Limpi book to the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment. The book will be made available in print to all FO...

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Teachers happy hour big success

Teachers happy hour big success

On 21 August 2021 GreenKidz and Carmabi organised a joint Happy Teachers Hour at the Marine Education Center at Piscadera Bay. During this happy hour teachers from all 70 FO and SO schools on Curacao could pick up free lesson packages for their school and enjoy a snack and a drink on the beach.

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GreenKidz on Saba

GreenKidz on Saba

At the end of July GreenKidz visited various green and educational organisations on Saba to explore opportunities for cooperation. GreenKidz talked among others with the head of the Saba Comprehensive School and the education coordinator of the Saba Conservation Foundation.

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Opening Kòrsou Limpi Exhibition

Opening Kòrsou Limpi Exhibition

On 8 July 2021 the children’s exhibition Korsou Limpi in the Savonet Museum of the Christoffelpark was festively opened by Rotary Club of Curacao, Prince Bernard Culture Fund Caribbean and the Foundation Curacao Clean Up This permanent, interactive exhibition stimulates children to think about waste and litter and to become environmentally conscious waste and litter clean-up heroes by applying the principles of Reuse, Reduce, Recycle & Refuse in their daily lives

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Choral students MC Piar School

Choral students MC Piar School

On 16 June 2021, the pupils of the MC PIAR School in special education followed the coral teaching programme of GreenKidz and Carmabi. This took place at a beautiful location at the Brakkeput Water Sports Centre Foundation at the Spanish Water of Curacao. This water sports centre functions as a water sports club for the defence personnel on Curacao, who among other things work in the navy and the coast guard.

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Coral Heroes teaching package for all schools on Curacao

Coral Heroes teaching package for all schools on Curacao

On World Ocean Day, 8 June next, GreenKidz and Carmabi are launching their Coral Heroes teaching programme about Curaçao’s coral reef. This program will be made available free of charge to all FO and SO schools on Curaçao and fits seamlessly into the curriculum of the subject Mens, Natuur & Techniek (MNT).

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Educational 3D tours

Educational 3D tours

To introduce students and teachers on Curacao to the unique possibilities of 3D tours, Balance Blended Learning is making a 3D tour of the Marine Education Center (MEC) on Piscaderabaai on a voluntary and free basis. This 3D tour will be recorded on 31 May 2021 and launched on 8 June 2021.

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Cooperation with UNESCO and CTB

Cooperation with UNESCO and CTB

In recent weeks, the GreenKidz Foundation was approached by UNESCO and CTB. Both organisations asked if GreenKidz could provide and develop ideas, information materials and teaching materials tailored to various awareness projects for the youth and the population of Curaçao. GreenKidz is happy to help other organizations and is now investigating how it can support both organizations in the short term.

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Kòrsou Limpi textbook and activity book

Kòrsou Limpi textbook and activity book

The past few months, GreenKidz coordinator Maya Mathias and GreenKidz designer Ivonne Zegveld worked hard on the textbook Kòrsou Limpi, which will be launched together with a creative activity book The development of this book, which will be distributed to all FO and SO schools of Curaçao, was financed by Rotary Club Curaçao.

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GreenKidz in Savonet Museum

GreenKidz in Savonet Museum

Together with Carmabi Education, the GreenKidz Foundation is currently working on a unique environmental project in Christoffel Park. There, a colourful Kòrsou Limpi corner is set up in the Savonet Museum, which is visited by thousands of local schoolchildren every year. This project will be launched in July 2021 together with a colourful Kòrsou Limpi textbook and activity book.

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Successful Coral Heroes Pilot

Successful Coral Heroes Pilot

On 26 February 2021, the GreenKidz Carmabi team conducted the first Coral Heroes Pilot lesson at the primary school ‘De Meander’. This lesson, which took the whole morning, was evaluated very positively by the 20 pupils and their teacher.

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Cooperation with the Loyd Meza Foundation

Cooperation with the Loyd Meza Foundation

In January 2021, GreenKidz and Carmabi completed a very successful Christmas campaign, raising money among companies and individuals for their Coral Heroes project. This project raises coral awareness and encourages local school children to enjoy the coral reef responsibly.

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Donate now! Help with our Christmas action!

Donate now! Help with our Christmas action!

Inspire our local schools and create more Coral Reef Awareness on Curacao! With your help, we can give every school in Curacao our unique, educational coral teaching package with our colourful poster and coral comic book in two languages (PAP/NED) for free

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New Corals Lesson Pack

New Corals Lesson Pack

In these difficult COVID times, GreenKidz very successfully joined forces with Carmabi Educatie. Together they developed a modern and interactive teaching package of four coherent lessons about Curacao’s reef, including a colourful A1 poster and an exciting comic book in two languages (NED/PAP).

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Environmental lesson at Meander

Environmental lesson at Meander

At the end of October, GreenKidz guest teacher Remyson Caldera gave an interactive lesson about plastic and recycling to the Meander preschoolers. In the open air, the preschoolers learned playfully how to recycle plastic bottles with the help of the miniature recycling unit of GreenKidz.

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New website

New website

In the week of the World Clean Up Day, on 19 September, the renewed website of the GreenKidz Foundation went live. This website, sponsored by the Rotary Club Curaçao, contains a large number of colourful and bilingual teaching materials that can be downloaded free of charge and easily by anyone.

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Successful Award Party

Successful Award Party

On Friday, August 21, 2020, the GreenKidz Foundation concluded its three-year GreenTeachers Caribbean project. While enjoying green champagne and tasty snacks, the GreenTeachers award was presented for the third and final time at Parke Leyba in Scharloo.

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Textbook Kòrsou Limpi

Textbook Kòrsou Limpi

At this moment GreenKidz creators Maya Mathias and Ivonne Zegveld are working on a unique textbook ‘Kòrsou Limpi’ that will be released at Christmas. The book, with beautiful drawings by Sander van Beusekom, stimulates children to clean up litter and to be aware of how to deal with waste.

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New main sponsor

New main sponsor

With a very generous donation of ANG 75,000, Rotary Club Curacao became the main sponsor of the GreenKidz Foundation starting in 2020. The donation was raised during the May 2019 Curacao Challenge Fundraiser and will be spent on 3 projects, namely:

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Succesfull pilot

Succesfull pilot

Last Saturday, GreenKidz, Carmabi and Children’s Museum Curaçao carried out the pilot project ‘Experience our nature’ on location at Carmabi Together, the three organisations want to further enrich regular education on Curacao with modern, bilingual nature education that focuses on our island and its unique nature. With this successful pilot, the first step has been taken.

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GreenKidz Workshop Luna Kresiente

GreenKidz Workshop Luna Kresiente

Last summer, GreenKidz guest teacher Claudio conducted a lively workshop within Luna Kresiente’s holiday plan With all kinds of fun interactive and creative assignments, the children learned all about plastics and recycling and how to take care of the environment and waste.

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Green cooperation

Green cooperation

This summer GreenKidz organises active holiday activities together with green partners. With Seaquarium and Green Phenix we offer activities on the World Ocean Day and with Carmabi and the Curacaos Children’s Museum we provide nature workshops.

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Stay safe

Stay safe

At the end of April 2020, the GreenKidz Foundation launched its first digital Stay Safe newsletter on productive, healthy and safe working at home during the Corona crisis.
With this free newsletter, we want to support our network with homeworking tips.

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A thousand colouring books

A thousand colouring books

At the end of December 2019, with the help of a large number of donors, we donated over 1,000 Educational Christmas Colouring Books to special education students. These colouring books were distributed during the Christmas celebration and received with open arms.

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Press releases

GreenKidz and the Branch Coral Foundation host an sold out Coral Happy Hour!, 2024

GreenKidz and the Branch Coral Foundation organiseren een uitverkochte Coral Happy Hour!, 2024

GreenKidz supports Kliko Challenge for AGO schools, 2023

GreenKidz ondersteunt Kliko Challenge voor AGO scholen, 2023

GreenKidz launches fundraising for Special Needs Education, 2023

Greenkidz start fundraising voor speciaal onderwijs, 2023

GreenKidz ta inisiá kampaña pa rekoudá fondo pa Skol Spesial, 2023

GreenKidz wins two awards in the spring of 2023

GreenKidz wint twee prijzen in het voorjaar van 2023

Maya Mathias invited to a royal lunch with king Willem Alexander, 2023

Maya Mathias te gast bij koning Willem Alexander, 2023

GreenKidz launches Hofi Mango project for schools on Bandabou, 2023

GreenKidz ta lansa projekto Hofi Mango pa skolnan di Banda Bou, 2023

GreenKidz lanceert Hofi Mango project voor scholen op Banda Bou, 2023

A Thousand GreenKidz mosquito prevention books for special education, 2023

Duizend GreenKidz muggenpreventie-boeken voor speciaal onderwijs, 2023

Free GreenKidz lesson pack for the Dutch Caribbean, 2022

Pakete di edukashon grátis di Greenkidz pa tur skol na Kòrsou, 2022

Gratis GreenKidz lespakket voor alle scholen op Curaçao, 2022

GreenKidz launches new educational Mosquito prevention program, 2022

GreenKidz ta lansa programa edukativo nobo ‘Prevenshon di Sangura’, 2022

GreenKidz launches new educational program ‘Mosquito prevention’, 2022

One thousand GreenKidz books for Special Education, 2022

Opening Korsou Limpi Exhibition Savonet Museum, 2021

Apertura di eksposishon pa mucha ‘Kòrsou Limpi’ den museo Savonet, 2021

Coral Heroes curriculum for all schools on Curaçao, 2021

Launch of new GreenKidz website, 2020

Revealing GreenKidz recycling wall, 2019

Launch of GreenKidz native tree project, 2019

Coca Cola donation ceremony for GreenTeens project, 2018

GreenTeachers Award Ceremony, 2018

GreenKidz Kooyman Earth Day Activity Day, April 2018

GreenKidz World Without Waste Workshop for Curacao Youth Parliament, December 2018

EWT launch ‘Everyone a hand-washing champion’, October 2017

GreenKidz Award ceremony time Rapfest, June 2017

Presentation GreenKidz annual report to Prime Minister Eugene Ruggenaath, May 2017

Tooby film screening; a local bilingual animated film about tidying up litter, April 2016

Launch Plastic & Recycling Education Package for Curacao Elementary School, November 2015

Video’s

GreenKidz Fundraising 2022

GreenKidz Infomercial Kòrsou ta dushi!

Kòrsou Limpi trial lesson at development school Meander, November 2021

Green Kidz Fundraising: Kopera awor!

Kòrsou Limpi Doe boek

Infomercial Greenkidz

Coral Heroes Program for Special Needs Schools

Free educational materials for all primary schools on Curaçao

Interviews with pupils of Piar School

Coral Heroes lesson at the Piar School

Coral Heroes lesson at Meander School

GreenKidz on TV

Meeting the Prime Minister!

Trees Matter!

Recycle art rocks!

Kids for a Cleaner Curacao!

Celebrating Earth Day!

Inspiring our next generation teachers!

Let’s Reduce-Reuse-Recycle!

Joining forces!

Radiointerviews

Interview with Maya Mathias, GreenKidz creator founder

Interview with Myrthe Verhulst, committee member World Clean Up Day

Interview with Remyson Caldera, GreenKidz Guest Lecturer

Interview with Tarun Leetz, GreenKidz volunteer

Interview with Sidd Mathias, GreenKidz volunteer

Annual reports

Collages

Documents

The GreenKidz Foundation was established in 2015 with the goal of ‘Changing the mindset of generations’. In recent years we have reached thousands of students and hundreds of teachers with modern, multilingual environmental education. In the coming years we will focus on young people throughout the Dutch Caribbean with innovative nature and environmental education and (digital) learning programs.

Download here our mission-document
Download here our vision-document
Download here our annual report
Download here our team-document
Download here our media releases

GreenKidz Foundation | Kaya Abrahamsz 21 | MCB nr.: 27502502 | +5999 528-0445 | maya@greenkidz.org