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Hope for All, Green for Health

by HopeAruba Movement pact Business, Goshen Sustainable
NOORD — Aruba is a nation of Development Corporation VBA
hopeful individuals, who want the and HopeAruba’s first Social Im-
best for their island. It is a fact that pact Vehicle under the HopeAru-
the Social challenges facing our ba Fundacion Restauracion ban-
island affect us all in one way or ner Cas Speransa Nobo.
another. Whether it is child abuse
or neglect, domestic violence, life- We started small…one seed at a
controlling addictions, the high rate time…and we GREW!
of high-school drop outs, increas- We developed the Goshen
ing poverty, etc. etc., when one is Smoothie and we started to devel-
affected, we are all affected. op an Agri-Tourism niche “Farm to
Table” experience, a unique expe-
While we understand that it is the rience for our visitors …a true “taste
role of government to be the pri- of Aruba. Coming in 2019, we will
mary catalyst in providing the open:
framework, platform and financing - Goshen Villas - A Bed & Breakfast
for addressing these social chal- concept and Momentous Café
lenges, we also understand that at Goshen at Alto Vista 52, as we
the government is not necessarily grow our business to provide entre-
the only agent to heal these issues. preneurial solutions to social chal-
Understanding both our respon- lenges. And of course, Goshen’s
sibility and privilege as citizens, main purpose is to support vehicles
whether individual or corporate, to for social change as we engage
play an active part in creating the in business with a purpose, we can
future we want to see, is critical if be an instrument for national trans-
we are to heal our nation. formation!

We must understand the severe rectly or indirectly. Government fi- do? A group of citizens decided… More information is to be found at
consequences of the long-term nancial aid for social organizations we will start by taking responsibility! Facebook HopeAruba Movement
mismanagement of Public Financ- has dropped by more than 50% in This prompted the birth of HopeA- and goshen sustainable develop-
es and how this affects us all, di- the past years. So what are we to ruba Movement’s first Social Im- ment corporation vba.q