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GreenKidz gifts thousand Caribbean Coloring Books to SO schools
Last week, the GreenKidz Foundation concluded its annual fundraising for Special Needs Schools ..
Thanks to donations from companies and individuals, GreenKidz was able to gift one thousand
Caribbean coloring books to special needs students in Curaçao.
Kliko Challenge Award Ceremony
On March 8th, 2024, GreenKidz took part in the Kliko Challenge award ceremony at Selikor, finalizing the hugely successful Kliko Challenge project. During this ceromony, attended by more than 100 guests, 3 secondary AGO/ VSBO schools were awarded public and jury prizes for the Kliko’s (garbage bins) they had painted under guidance of local artists.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
Maya Mathias invited to a royal lunch
On 26 April 2023, GreenKidz founder Maya Mathias, along with 99 other invited guests, took part in a royal lunch at the Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague.
GreenKidz launches Hofi Mango project for schools on Banda Bou
The new GreenKidz project ‘Trees are important and special’ kicked off on April 16th, 2023.
GreenKidz fundraising a great success
January is a happy and inspiring GreenKidz month as we get to visit all 10 special needs schools in Curacao and gift them a thousand activity books!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Greenkidz bids farewell to talented volunteer
For the past 3 months Julia Marti worked for the GreenKidz foundation, doing a tremendous job as a European Solidarity Corps volunteer. She was placed at our foundation through the F.E.L.I.S Curacao Foundation.
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.
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.
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.
GreenKidz wins international award
We are proud, thankful and humble to receive such an important award! 🎖️
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.
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.
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.
GreenKidz launches new educational Mosquito prevention program
Recently, the GreenKidz Foundation launched a new educational program at the Schotborg School in Koraal Specht.
Unique Mosquito Puppets for new curriculum
Right now, the GreenKidz team is putting the finishing touches on the last colourful teaching materials for their GreenKidz Mosquito Programme “Don’t give mosquitoes a chance”.
Farewell GreenKidz member
Recently, GreenKidz said goodbye to Loes Wille, a highly valued team member.
Mosquito E-learns at Rotary Club of Curacao
On 21 April GreenKidz presented its newest digital learning tool to the members of Rotary Club of Curacao, main sponsor of this project.
New teaching materials launched
This spring, GreenKidz is launching a new teaching programme entitled ‘Give mosquitoes no chance’.
Special Education happy with GreenKidz
Early in February, the GreenKidz team gave away no less than 1,000 Kòrsou Limpi textbooks to special schools on Curaçao.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
GreenKidz gifts thousand Caribbean Coloring Books to SO schools
Last week, the GreenKidz Foundation concluded its annual fundraising for Special Needs Schools ..
Thanks to donations from companies and individuals, GreenKidz was able to gift one thousand
Caribbean coloring books to special needs students in Curaçao.
Kliko Challenge Award Ceremony
On March 8th, 2024, GreenKidz took part in the Kliko Challenge award ceremony at Selikor, finalizing the hugely successful Kliko Challenge project. During this ceromony, attended by more than 100 guests, 3 secondary AGO/ VSBO schools were awarded public and jury prizes for the Kliko’s (garbage bins) they had painted under guidance of local artists.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
Maya Mathias invited to a royal lunch
On 26 April 2023, GreenKidz founder Maya Mathias, along with 99 other invited guests, took part in a royal lunch at the Huis ten Bosch palace in The Hague.
GreenKidz launches Hofi Mango project for schools on Banda Bou
The new GreenKidz project ‘Trees are important and special’ kicked off on April 16th, 2023.
GreenKidz fundraising a great success
January is a happy and inspiring GreenKidz month as we get to visit all 10 special needs schools in Curacao and gift them a thousand activity books!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Greenkidz bids farewell to talented volunteer
For the past 3 months Julia Marti worked for the GreenKidz foundation, doing a tremendous job as a European Solidarity Corps volunteer. She was placed at our foundation through the F.E.L.I.S Curacao Foundation.
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.
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.
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.
GreenKidz wins international award
We are proud, thankful and humble to receive such an important award! 🎖️
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.
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.
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.
GreenKidz launches new educational Mosquito prevention program
Recently, the GreenKidz Foundation launched a new educational program at the Schotborg School in Koraal Specht.
Unique Mosquito Puppets for new curriculum
Right now, the GreenKidz team is putting the finishing touches on the last colourful teaching materials for their GreenKidz Mosquito Programme “Don’t give mosquitoes a chance”.
Farewell GreenKidz member
Recently, GreenKidz said goodbye to Loes Wille, a highly valued team member.
Mosquito E-learns at Rotary Club of Curacao
On 21 April GreenKidz presented its newest digital learning tool to the members of Rotary Club of Curacao, main sponsor of this project.
New teaching materials launched
This spring, GreenKidz is launching a new teaching programme entitled ‘Give mosquitoes no chance’.
Special Education happy with GreenKidz
Early in February, the GreenKidz team gave away no less than 1,000 Kòrsou Limpi textbooks to special schools on Curaçao.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In 2015 werd de GreenKidz Foundation opgericht met als doel ‘Changing the mindset of generations’. In de afgelopen jaren bereikten wij duizenden leerlingen en honderden leerkrachten met modern, meertalig milieu-onderwijs. De komende jaren richten wij ons op jongeren in de hele Dutch Caribbean met vernieuwend natuur- en milieuonderwijs en (digitale) leertrajecten.
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