On May 10, 2025, GreenKidz, together with the Curaçao Children’s Museum and the Antillean Youth Care Federation (FAJ), organized a unique children’s party for no fewer than 120 vulnerable children from boarding schools, foster families, and poorer neighborhoods.

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Maya Mathias, GreenKidz Coordinator, looks back with great satisfaction: “For our tenth anniversary, we wanted to give children with complex home situations a wonderful, carefree, and active children’s party in a beautiful location. We succeeded, and it definitely leaves us wanting more”.

More events and after-school programs for vulnerable children

Over the past 10 years, GreenKidz has reached thousands of children with green guest lessons in primary, special, and secondary education.

In the future, the foundation wants to focus not only on schools, but also on boarding schools, shelters, community centers, and children who are struggling, for example because they are in crisis care, are dealing with mental or physical challenges, or come from families with very limited financial resources.

Mathias: “These kids in particular benefit from wonderful, long-term educational programs in which they can develop themselves in a playful and creative way, gain self-confidence, work together, and learn about nature and the environment. We work from the empowerment philosophy of ‘Be proud of yourself! Be proud of your school! Be proud of your island!’ And these kids in particular can really use that extra support and attention!

In the coming years, GreenKidz wants to work with the FAJ and the Kindermuseum to organize more events and after-school programs for vulnerable children with complex home situations. Mathias: “In our first decade from 2015 to 2025, we received so much support from donors, service clubs, funds, and companies. We hope we can count on their support again in the future!”