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local Friday 21 april 2023

The Bethany Chapel Foundation Minister Wever presented at

and Youth Clergy Aruba celebrates the Economics of Mutuality

King’s Day next week work shop

(Oranjestad)—Recently, in 1986. This is less than the
Minister Geoffrey Wever economy growth.
(Economic Relations) had
the honor to open the Eco- In terms of the real value
nomics of Mutuality work of the economy, of the
shop at the University of average quality of life, this
Aruba, with the participa- was 2.5 times bigger in
tion of merchants. Compa- 2019 compared to 1986—
nies have been under pres- so there are huge differ-
sure to incorporate sustain- ences. This shows that even
able practices. “To create though the economy of
value” has to be based on Aruba is growing, the av-
benefits to create solutions erage quality of life for our
for human being and the citizen is still low. Since 2000,
environment, and not just the development of the
for financial benefits. true Gross Domestic Prod-
(Oranjestad)—The Bethany Chapel Foun- “You Believe”. In 1986, he changes the uct per capita or the qual-
dation and Youth Clergy Aruba are col- name to “World Youth Day” in Rome and The Business Leaders Shape ity of life remains stagnant.
laborating to organize activities for the in 1987, the church held their first World Society Now and in the Fu-
celebration of King’s Day on April 27th. Youth Day service in Brazil. ture work shop forms part In light of the need and
With these activities, they hope to collect of a program dedicated urgency for a sustainable
funding for Youth Clergy Aruba, so that From that day too, Aruba has been send- to Economics of Mutuality. economic model, Minister
they could participate at the global con- ing delegations of young people to the Economics of Mutuality is Geoffrey Wever provided
ference of Pope Francis in Portugal this service. This year, they are preparing to an innovation in the field of information to the partici-
coming June. participate in this event from July 21st to management and invest- pants who have made a
August 8th in Portugal. It is for this reason ing to guide organizations “National Action Plan 2023-
Suzette Kelly-Boekhoudt, who volunteers that the youth clergy of Aruba has been in their transition to create a 2025 Aruba's Transition to a
at the Bethany Chapel Foundation, ex- collecting funds since last year: “We are bigger value for human be- Sustainable and Inclusive
plained in a press conference yesterday talking about a huge sum of money; al- ings and the environment, Economic Model”. Recent-
that for King’s Day, they are organizing most 5,500 florins per person. The total and even more profit. This ly, this has been approved
their “family fair”, which opens at 10am sum adds up to approximately 176,000 is a “win-win” situation for by the Minister Council and
and closes at 4pm. This fair is also related florins. This is why we wanted to ask the everyone; a mutual benefit has been presented in Par-
to the 65th anniversary celebration of the community of Aruba for their help,” Wink- for all stakeholders. liament on March 30th of
Imeldahof Convent building and the 65th laar explained. this year. This has also been
consecration of the Bethany Chapel. In 2019, Aruba’s economy published to the public.
Youth Clergy Aruba, which consist of a Sidney Tromp from the Youth Clergy of was 8.3 times bigger than
group of young boys and girls who are the Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Dakota the economy back in 1986, It is important to bring the
currently working very hard to achieve said that they will be joining Youth Clergy based on measurements discussion that we can-
their dream of traveling to Portugal and Aruba at the conference. He state that of nominal value. However, not keep developing our
to represent Aruba at the international the members of the youth clergy of the if we look at the nominal economy in the same way
conference of Pope Francis. parish will be the Bethany Chapel on April value of the economy di- we have been doing for
Coordinator of Youth Clergy Aruba, Regi- 27th due to the fact that they have two vided between each citi- the last 32 years of the of-
nald Winklaar, expressed their happiness activities planned for this day. zen—Gross Domestic Prod- ficial figures show that the
to be able to organize this fair with the uct per capita, this was 4.5 quality of life of our citizens
Bethany Chapel Foundation for collect- The first activity is a walk-a-thon in the times bigger in 2019 than is negatively affectedq
ing funds for their trip to the European Noord neighborhood, starting from 7am
continent. This conference summons all with Zumba. The walk-a-thon begins and
young people of the world to meet with ends at the Bethany Chapel. Afterwards,
Pope Francis: “It is the biggest event of the the family fair takes place on the chapel
Catholic Church,” Winklaar expressed. grounds, where the young boys and girls
Furthermore, he told a bit of history, say- of the delegation will be entertaining the
ing that in 1983, Pope John Paul held a children of the Aruban community: “All
big service in Rome and was surprised to families all welcome.”
see so many young people participating. On this day, the members of the delega-
From that day on, the idea for a service tion will be selling 10-florin tickets that in-
for young people came into fruition, and clude traditional games, food and drinks.
in 1984, the first service took place, called Entrance is free.q