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Tuesday 11 december 2018

Space and Nature Foundation Aruba officially established

ORANJESTAD — On No-
vember 20 of 2018 the
th
Space and Nature Aruba
Foundation (SNAF) has
been officially inaugurated
with a symbolic act and a
presentation of a lecture
given by Professor Sandra
Faber at the University of
Aruba.

The Governor of Aruba
Alfonso Boekhoudt, was
the honorary guests of the edge and experiences Mr. Darryl Everon, Secre-
night. The Governor pushed with the entire community. tary, he is a systems engi-
the button and initiated a Their passion for it is what neer and he is the techni-
video produced by SNAF urged them to buy their cian of the telescopes.
and with the symbolic act own telescopes and they Mrs. Silveika Maduro-Wil-
the foundation was estab- have been organizing sev- lems, is the treasurer and a
lished. Also present at the eral activities throughout teacher.
ceremony was the Minis- the years, in which people Mrs. Aischell Hidalgo is the
ter of Education Armando can observe the stars and second treasurer; she is an
Lampe. the planets and also doing “assistant auditor”.
After the symbolic act the some nature walks. They These 2 ladies are respon-
president of the Space and also gave workshops and sible for all the activities.
Nature Aruba Foundation lectures. Mr. Lisandro Arends is a
explained how the idea The board of directors is member of the board and
came to life for the foun- people of different back- is a weather observer. He
dation. He said that since grounds yet each and ev- gives advice regarding the
he was young he took part ery one of them contributes weather and is an ‘Earth
in a science club and con- in a unique way. The board Science’ specialist. they have been doing and follow them on Facebook-
tinued with this as a hobby. members are as follows; Mr. Francisco Croes is also together with Center for spaceandnaturearuba-
In the long run, he came Mr. Jairo Vrolijk, Vice Presi- a member of the board Lifelong Learning they’ve foundation to stay updat-
across others with the same dent, is an electrical engi- and general advisor. Croes created this platform. ed of all their activities.q
ideals as him. They decid- neer. He is the specialist of is a retired physics teacher. SNAF would like to thank Pictures are courtesy of Jean-
ed to share all their knowl- astrophotography. Mr. Jeremio Maduro, everyone that was part of Carlos Maduro and Francisco
president, he is a science this special night. Don’t for- Croes, members di SNAF
teacher in charge of the get to like and share and
educational material for
the foundation.
No Plastic,
The foundation is honored No Foam,
to have Professor Sandra No Oxybenzone,
Faber giving the first lecture
during its launch. Faber Choose Zero!
is an astronomer. She is a
professor at the University
of California and member
of the Lick Observatory. Her
lecture was about ‘Astro-
imaging: past, present and
future. The Government of Aruba officially
The dean of ‘Faculty of Arts announces that the import, production
& Science’ at the University and selling of plastic, oxybenzone and
of Aruba Tim Croes gave styrofoam are forbidden per January
also a small lecture and 1st, 2019. Sanctions will apply from
showed his gratitude to- January 1st, 2020.
wards the foundation for all