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LOCAL A15
Saturday 26 September
HRH Princess Laurentien Speaks About the Strength of Children
TANJA FRAAI Kids Counsel: The prin- HRH Princess Laurentien delivers the keynote during an international trade mission of InterExpo in
AT Contributing Writer cess spoke about the Kids Amsterdam Wednesday, September 23, 2015.
ORANJESTAD/AMSTERDAM Counsel as an innovative
- HRH Princess Laurentien initiative that puts equality, (Photo by Nataly Linzey)
delivered the keynote dur- innovation and entrepre-
ing an international trade neurship into practice. As of the Kingdom were be- result. Thus, education and theme at the international
mission of InterExpo in Am- a consequence, children ing auctioned with a good youth were an important trade mission.q
sterdam Wednesday, Sep- will structurally have a say
tember 23rd. and will be visible in the de-
She addressed the Inter- cision-making process. By
Expo dinner as founder working together everyone
and Director of the Miss- benefits – children learn to
ing Chapter Foundation help think about the world
(MCF), initiator of the Kids around them, decision-
Counsel (Raad van Kin- makers are offered unex-
deren). She was the guest pected solutions and per-
of WeConnect Foundation, spectives and teachers are
which focuses on educa- inspired by the creative in-
tion within the Kingdom. tellect of their students. The
Together with UNICEF, MCF Kids Counsel’s mission is to
works with companies and develop the Kids Counsel
schools to facilitate and into a norm in the manage-
implement the Kids Coun- ment of Dutch organiza-
sel. Some 10 companies in tions. Auction WeConnect:
Aruba and Curacao have During the dinner, Dutch
installed a Kids Counsel. Bo- politician Alexander Pech-
naire and St. Maarten have told presented an auction
also expressed an interest for WeConnect Founda-
to follow suit. In the Nether- tion. Lots of items such as
lands, over 30 companies paintings of Caribbean
have already installed a artists, cd’s and historical
Kids Counsel. treasures of different parts
