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A14 LOCAL
Thursday 14 March 2019
Making a difference

ORANJESTAD — Recently, a group of tourists from Cana-
da decided to do an act of kindness by giving a donation
to the Ambiente Feliz foundation. The group has visited
the island for over 20 years and decided that on this trip
they would take one day out of their vacation “to make
a difference”.

It all started when an intern from Ambiente Feliz who stud-
ies at the University of Aruba, and who also works as a
front desk agent at a hotel, told one of the guests about
her internship and the need for donation boxes. Ambi-
ente Feliz, a family replacement home for people with a
mental impairment, seeks actively for donations. As in this
case for a new kitchen. In urgent need for 15.000 AWG to
finish the kitchen project, the foundation thought it would
help to place a few donation boxes to raise extra funds.
One guest told another and before they knew it Ambien-
te Feliz had received 10 donation boxes. As a thank you
the director of Ambiente Feliz, Ms. Lukee Croes, invited
the tourists for a visit on the 7th of March.
The group was very interested in the clients and the work
Ambiente Feliz does on a daily basis. They were amazed
to see how much can be done with so little funds. Expe-
riences were shared and memories were made. During
their visit Ambiente Feliz received another 700$ to invest
in a new kitchen. Thanks to the kind donation of strang-
ers Ambiente Feliz is now a step closer to a new kitchen
where their clients can apply their daily chores.
Ambiente Feliz invites others who want to contribute to
their new kitchen to contact Ambiente Feliz at 5858738 or
make a kind donation at Caribbean Mercantile Bank, ac-
count 20906501, under the name of Stichting Ambiente
Feliz.
For more information concerning the foundation and the
services they provide you can visit www.stichtingambi-
entefeliz.com or find their page on Facebook for more
weekly activities and announcements. q

linda.reijnders@cspnv.com