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Thursday 30 January 2020

Experitours supports Happy

Community Initiative

“If you have a soul as a
company you should do

this, giving feels good”

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Great goal
HCI’s goal is very good in his opinion as nowadays most
people have to work more than one job so parents many
times cannot stay at home with their child. “In the past
this was solved by leaving the kids with grandma how-
ever nowadays even grandparents continue to work to
make ends meet. There are programs where the teens
can get after school care, not only in the sense of educa-
tion, but also the play part to learn their social skills grow.
It is a much needed and noble cause.” He sees it very
worthwhile to invest in the youngsters and making sure
that they do not go on a bad path which is very easy with
all going on in social media. “They are the future of Aruba.
We need to invest in our children but also in trained adults
to guide them where parents can’t. With HCI you do all of
that. It has as short term affect because the kids are not
negatively on the streets but it has also a long term affect
as they will be a key part of our community in the future.”
If we want to continue to have a good base of locals and
not losing our values, it is very important to invest in the
next generation at an early stage, Mark concludes.

His advice to business owners would be to realize that
guests are more and more focusing on the values of the
company they choose for to organize their vacation ac-
tivities. “Is this a family company or is this a sustainable
company or is this a company supporting charities and
so on. To choose a sustainable goal is important and it
is beneficial to your company. We selected HCI which is
a great and easy to manage initiative also backed up
by CEDE which has a strong credibility in the community.
There is nothing to lose, it only shows that you are caring. If
you have a soul as a company you should do this. Giving
feels good.” q