Sunday, July 18th we handed out the awards of our special World Cup Pool. It took place in Amsterdam Westerpark accommodated by a picnic, sun, music and salsa dancing!
There were two winners:
• Arnaud, with the most points the deserved winner of the first prize. Congratulations!
• In addition, Niños and Contacto, also won as a part of the deposit for the pool went to the foundation.
It was a very nice and busy afternoon. All participants and other friends, thanks!
On Saturday July 17th Niños en Contacto was present again at the festival ‘Colombia Cultural’. It was a fun day with old friends but also many new faces. In the early afternoon there were not too many people but when the music started and the visitors started to dance it became busier and busier. Many people showed their interest in our foundation and supported us with their donations. They also liked the souvenirs from Colombia.
On Sunday, June 20th, Tatiana, Arjen And Roy on behalf of Niños en Contacto had a stand at the Millenniumplein at the Houtfestival in Haarlem. Together with the Hirda Foundation from Amsterdam, we represented the United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 2: Achieve universal primary education.
There was a lot of interest in the MDGs, and our stand was well attended. Apart from giving information, we organized a face painting competition for children. The kids were very creative and painted faces in the World Cup theme. We were happy to announce the winners of the three award-rounds.
It was a fun and enjoyable day, despite temperatures that could not be called summery yet.
Thanks to all visitors and to the winners of the face painting competition once again: congratulations!
On Queensday Tatiana, Emma, Arjen and Angelique started selling the second hand items donated to the foundation. We found a good spot on the Westerstraat and put up our banner “Niños en Contacto”. The weather was a bit disappointing, it was cold and it was raining a little bit. We had to put on some extra sweaters to stay warm. Of course we told the Orange dressed visitors that with their buy they would support our educational centre for children in Colombia. This helped to raise some extra money. After lunch the sun came out and we managed to have some fun in between the orange dressed people. Our objective was to raise 450 euro, that we unfortunately did not achieve but we did raise 290 euro. We will do better again next year!
On Queensday Niños en Contacto will be present with a stand in the Jordaan. Please come by our stand to learn about our foundation and to give your support. We will reward donations with gifts!
The celebration of Niños en Contacto’s 2nd anniversary was very fun. We celebrated with cake to look back at what we have achieved and how the foundation has grown in the past two years. But most importantly we look to the future with a positive thoughts and aspirations.
Thanks to all the friends who joined us, we really appreciate your support!!
The Board
We organized the marathon together with gym Palestra in Amsterdam West and salsa school Extremos.
Despite the freshly fallen snow a lot of motivated people showed up. We stepped, zumbad and dansed to latin american music. The tropical Salsa and Zumba moves made us forget the cold in Holland for a moment.
A big thanks to our participants and friends that helped us organize the Zumba marathon:
Mounir Laga
Eva van Driel (Palestra)
Fitness instructors Heidy, Diana and Jessica
Jennifer and Zayaad (salsa school Extremos)
Kia and Floortje (Projectjes.com)
Come and PARTICIPATE for Niños en Contacto!!
This Friday the 22nd of January you can find Niños en Contacto at the UZ event in Utrecht. On this day individuals and organisations come together to participate in workshops designed to contribute to development projects.
Would you also like to help us with our project in Colombia but you don’t really know how. Then come to this event, activate your creative mind and help us simply by sharing your ideas.
Meet us at UZ event and help us fulfil the task for this day.
Meet us at UZ
Friday, the 22nd of January
1.30 pm till 5 pm
Seats2Meet Utrecht (Close to Central Station)
For more info visit www.jijbent.uz
Your ideas are greatly appreciated!
Foundation Niños en Contacto based in Amsterdam is looking for a Secretary with a passion for Latin America!
NIÑOS EN CONTACTO is a Dutch NGO, founded in February 2008 and has its seat in Amsterdam. The goal of the foundation is to promote education in computer literacy and English language in Latin America among disadvantaged children. To achieve this, the foundation supports local NGOs in setting up computer classes with lessons in computer literacy and English language. The foundation raises funds and provides information about the projects in the Netherlands.
The current project is taking place in Barranquilla, one of the biggest cities of Colombia.
• An opportunity to be a part of the change that computer literacy and knowledge of the English language offer to disadvantaged youth in shanty towns of Latin America;
• Experience in project management with an international foundation;
• Space for personal initiative and creativity;
• International, driven team of practical idealists;
• Dynamic environment and possibility to build a big network in public and non profit sector
If interested, please send your motivation and cv to info@ninos-en-contacto.org. More information about the foundation can be found on our website www.ninos-en-contacto.org.
