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Together One Kingdom:

Actor and comedian in action for the islands of the Dutch Kingdom

HILVERSUM, THE NETHER- are separate constituent
LANDS — Actor and come- countries within the King-
dian Jandino Asporaat is dom, whereas Bonaire,
reaching out to everyone Sint Eustatius, and Saba
to come in action during his are part of the constituent
live benefit show TODAY. country of the Netherlands.
The show’s goal is to sup- The show is set up to aid the
port the growing poverty separate constituent coun-
on the islands of Curacao, tries Curacao, Aruba and
Aruba and St. Maarten. St. Maarten.
still. Poverty and hunger of and therefore we need to tion on the three islands.
Six Dutch Caribbean islands As a result of the lockdown the people are the results. reach out and help.” The show is called Together
are all part of the Kingdom the tourism industry, which “Within the Kingdom of One Kingdom and will be
of the Netherlands. Aruba, is the main economic pil- the Netherlands a disaster Food aid filled with live performanc-
Curacao and Sint Maarten lar, has fallen completely is taking place. A normal Asporaat was born in Cu- es by Dutch and interna-
meal is for many families no racao where he lived until tional celebrities. It will be a
Aruba national Park reality at this moment,” says the age of 11. He is very show of laughter and tears
Asporaat. “As a child I lived much involved with the where at the end the total
introduces policy for in poverty and I know very people on the islands and collected amount of mon-
well how it feels to go to decided to initiate this ey will be announced. For
motorized vehicles bed on an empty stomach. project where he collects more information please
This is something I do not funding to prepare food check sameneenkoninkrijk.
wish for nobody to happen packages for the popula- nl. q

ST. CRUZ — Fundacion The national park Arikok
Parke Nacional Aruba’s is managed by the FNPA
(FPNA) mission is to con- and comprises almost 18
serve Aruba’s natural and % of the island. Its rugged
cultural heritage for future terrain, desert-like hills filled
generations while inspir- with tall cacti, breathtaking
ing and engaging the local coastline and protected
community and visitors to local flora and fauna wel-
do the same. To align the come you to be explored
current operations with the in an eco-friendly way.
mission of FPNA a Policy Read more: https://bit.
Document on Managing ly/3be9sbR q
Nature Conservation and
High Impact Motorized
Traffic will be introduced as
of June 1st, 2020.

FPNA foresees that with
these sets of policies it will
not only curb the unregu-
lated mass/adventure
tourism but it will foster sus-
tainable recreation inside
the protected areas.