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24-02-2013 - ScanCovery Trial 24 February and 3 March on Dutch TV

Early January Erik Brink and Marcel Boere have participated in the ScanCovery trial, a rally to the North Cape. A journey in their American Dodge, of more than 7500 km! Arjan Wieringa brought them in contact with Hanukkah and we are very proud that... [ Lees verder ]

20-02-2013 - Welcoming a new baby: Gladys

This morning the Social Welfare brought a small baby girl named Gladys. She is three days old. She was warmly welcomed by the mamas and everybody wanted to hold her. Welcome dear Gladys to the Hanukkah family. [ Lees verder ]

18-02-2013 - Hanukkah from the air

Try to find Hanukkah in Sunyani through Google Earth and Bing Maps and get a great view. It is beautiful to see what we have been able to establish so far. [ Lees verder ]

18-02-2013 - Mary goes back to her family

Mary has gone back to her family today. She was brought to Hanukkah when she was just a few days old. Due to illness, her mother was not able to take care of her. Mary is now three years old and can now be reintegrated in her own family. She will... [ Lees verder ]

17-02-2013 - Winner Photo Contest: Marja Boeters-Hoogland

We are happy to announce the winner of the volunteer photo contest: This great picture has been taken by Marja Boeters-Hoogland. A beautiful photo, signifying our eyes on the horizon. These three children are watching the construction of our school,... [ Lees verder ]

12-02-2013 - Sad news about Vincent

Vincent was admitted in Hanukkah in December 2012 because his mother had died during delivery. Vincent had been born approximately two months too early. He was doing very well until last week, when he fell ill. The medicines he was given seemed to... [ Lees verder ]

06-02-2013 - Watch the clip about the Hanukkah school made by Annabelle de Groot

Annabelle de Groot has made an amazing clip about the Hanukkah School. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uyzKtBKZlqY Thank you so much Annabelle for your commitment! [ Lees verder ]

06-02-2013 - Welcoming a new Hanukkah member: Akwua

Hanukkah welcomed another small girl today named Akwua. Akwua was born 12 weeks before the due date. She is now one month old. She was in the hospital until today. Welcome Akwua! [ Lees verder ]

06-02-2013 - Twents Carmel College gives Symbolic Check

Mariëtte has received the symbolic check of €9920,29 from the Twents Carmel College Denekamp today. This is an important step towards the €35,000 that we need to raise for the school this year. It is important that we get to this... [ Lees verder ]

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04-06-2012 - Adjoa en Kofi

Last Saturday, Hanukkah welcomed two new kids. While Mariëtte and some volunteers were at a wedding, the Social Welfare called them to ask if they could come to the market in Sunyani to pick up Adjoa (two years old) and her baby brother Kofi... [ Lees verder ]

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18-04-2012 - Easter in Hanukkah

Easter was a very cheerful celebration in Hanukkah. The volunteers received a surprise Easter breakfast, organized by Mariette. This was followed by a wonderful church service by Moses, to which all the kids listened attentively, dressed up in their... [ Lees verder ]

11-04-2012 - Joseph might go back to his family

Hanukkah will forever remain some children’s home. However, we are happy to see that more and more children are able to go back to their families after some time. This is now the case for Joseph.Joseph was brought to Hanukkah when he was just a... [ Lees verder ]

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12-03-2012 - Who can help Barbara?

Hanukkah’s support extends beyond the children’s home. We want all the children in and around Sunyani to have access to good food, clothing, medical care and education. However, we often encounter parents who face such difficult... [ Lees verder ]

11-03-2012 - Esther leaves Hanukkah

Esther and her daughter Ellen were two of the first children that Hanukkah took in. Both are doing great. Ellen is attending school and Ester is mature enough to start her own life outside of Hanukkah.Esther, Mariëtte and Moses had already... [ Lees verder ]

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03-02-2012 - Selma van Dijk visits Ghana

The time had finally come! On the 20th of January we (Jeroen, secretary of the foundation, his friend Philip and me) boarded the plane to Ghana. After a seven-hour flight, we arrived in a world that was totally different from ours. The temperature... [ Lees verder ]

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09-01-2012 - Donations from Ghana

From the beginning of Hanukkah, we cannot do without sponsors from Holland, but we are also very happy to see that the support from Ghana itself increases every year. The weeks before Christmas are always a time in which a lot of people come to... [ Lees verder ]

03-01-2012 - Christmas and New Year’s in Hanukkah

On behalf of all the children and workers of Hanukkah, we wish you a happy 2012. Hanukkah has welcomed the New Year with joy. Christmas has also been one big party.An announcement from Marjolein, one of the volunteers, on facebook, had resulted in a... [ Lees verder ]

03-01-2012 - Vera Adwoa adopted; update from her new parents

Hello! This is a small messge from the new parents of Vera: Paul and Moniek from Eindhoven, Holland. After an adoption procedure in Holland that has taken several years, we got a call from Ghana, halfway November 2011. We were told that the Social... [ Lees verder ]

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03-12-2011 - St Antoniusschool in Kortenhoef supports MCC

The Dutch tv-host and Mariette’s Child Care ambassador Selma van Dijk has done a presentation at the Sint Antoniusschool in Kortenhoef, the Netherlands, about the work of Hanukkah Children’s Home in Ghana. She did this together with four... [ Lees verder ]

30-11-2011 - Twents Carmel College is going to raise funds for Hanukkah again

How happy we are again with the efforts of all the students and staff of the Twents Carmel College. For several years, they have been donating the proceeds of their sponsor marathon to Mariëtte’s Child Care. This year too, they will... [ Lees verder ]

28-11-2011 - Report on the start of the construction of the school, by Charles Boogers

It was the fifth time that my wife (Wilma) and I (Charles Boogers) went to Hanukkah in Ghana. What we aimed to do this time was building a wall around the parcel that is meant for the new school. After a hospitable and... [ Lees verder ]

07-11-2011 - Lucas, Joseph and Joshua Are Going To School!

Since this month, three of our boys are going to kindergarten. Lucas, Joseph and Joshua are attending the private school Golden Intellectuals, just like Simon and Ellen. For all three of them, this is of course a great achievement, but it is yet a... [ Lees verder ]

06-11-2011 - Two New Babies

Two new, very young members of the Hanukkah family have been welcomed: Kwame Bedu and Mac. Both boys were brought in by the Social Welfare in Sunyani, but both come from elsewhere. Kwame Bedu Kwame’s mother had been wandering for some... [ Lees verder ]

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17-08-2011 - Changes

Sometimes the number of children living in Hanukkah stays the same for months. The past few weeks, however, are an example of the opposite; busy times. Five children have found a new home outside of Hanukkah. For four others, Hanukkah has come to... [ Lees verder ]

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04-08-2011 - Summer holidays

For the children in Ghana, summer holidays have also commenced. Today the students of the private school (Gideon, Ebenezer, Anita, Afia, Leticia, Jennifer, Rose and Yaw) received their report cards and all children have passed! Apart from their... [ Lees verder ]

04-08-2011 - Moses

Wednesday 27 July, a new member has been added to the Hanukkah family; The Social Welfare brought a boy that was found in a town not far from Sunyani. While a group of people was praying in a classroom, the boy was left behind there. The people found... [ Lees verder ]

03-08-2011 - Adwoa has left Hanukkah

For five years, Adwoa has lived in Hanukkah, but since last week, she is living in her own room, not far from Hanukkah. Since one and a half year, Adwoa doesn’t go to school anymore, but works as an apprentice in a beauty saloon. She is very... [ Lees verder ]

24-06-2011 - Lucas will be going to school

When Lucas was three weeks old, Hanukkah started taking care of him. Lucas was born with spina bifida and ‘ water on the brain’, but got adequate surgery when he was two months old. The surgery was successful and Lucas is now performing... [ Lees verder ]

22-06-2011 - Akwia and Gilberta

Last week two new members were added to the Hanukkah family. The Social Welfare brought Akwia, a 17 year old girl and her 8 month old daughter, Gilberta. Akwia told that she was abandoned by her family because she got pregnant. Now, she no longer... [ Lees verder ]

21-06-2011 - Selma

The Social Welfare is responsible for the placement of children in the homes. One of their duties is to find out if the situation at their homes is well enough for them to stay. However, all the offices in the region together have only one car for... [ Lees verder ]

21-06-2011 - Adwoa

The goal of Hanukkah is to make sure that, when they leave Hanukkah, all the children will be independent people who are capable of building their own future. It has now been five years since the first children came to live in Hanukkah and the time... [ Lees verder ]

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06-05-2011 - Container reached Hanukkah

Because we have already sent two containers before, we know that there is a lot of paperwork involved in shipping a container, but this time it was worse than ever before. After a long trip, the third and last container has finally reached... [ Lees verder ]

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21-04-2011 - New Girl in Hanukkah: Vera

Hanukkah is not the only Children’s Home in the area of Sunyani. There are more Homes that all fall under the authority of the Social Welfare. They keep track of how the children in the homes are doing. On 20 April the Social Welfare decided... [ Lees verder ]

14-04-2011 - Message of Mariëtte: I am home again

On Sunday 20 March 2011, the time had finally come. I could go back to Ghana!After six months of being sick in Holland, the neurologist allowed me to go back to Ghana for a coupleof weeks. Actually, I didn’t leave her a choice because for... [ Lees verder ]

14-04-2011 - Moses back to his family

The best environment for a child to grow up in is a family. That is why the Social Welfare and Hanukkah try to maintain the contact between a child that’s in Hanukkah and its family. In some case, children only stay in the Children’s Home... [ Lees verder ]

11-04-2011 - Sumaila

Two and a half years ago, we got into contact with Issaka, a fourteen year old boy from a very poor family. He was in hospital because he was very sick and lean. He died not long after we found him. The only thing we were able to do for him was to... [ Lees verder ]

10-04-2011 - Marïette is back in Ghana!

Early September 2010 Mariëtte decided to come to back to the Netherlands for a while, because of health issues. She never thought that that was going to turn out to be a seven-month stay. In the first months of her stay, she only started to feel... [ Lees verder ]

06-04-2011 - Sandy Hof- Teeuwen's initiative!

Sandy Hof – Teeuwen is a good friend of Mariëtte Asagbo. She keeps the newsitems on this website up to date. In her beauty salon, PRANA Beauty & Health (www.natuurlijkprana.nl) she has now taken the fantastic initiative of motivating... [ Lees verder ]

05-04-2011 - €1 of every CarryEco bag to Hanukkah

The CarryEco bag is a very sizable and tough reusable bag also looks good. The price of the CarryEco bag is €9,95. €1,- of this amount will be donated to Hanukkah Children’s Home.The CarryEco bag is obtainable through CarryEco Bag,... [ Lees verder ]

04-04-2011 - School in Ghana

Marieke Dijkers is the author of ‘Obruni, Obruni’, a Dutch book for youth, about a girl who moves from Holland to Ghana. Marieke is now volunteering in Hanukkah for the third time. We would like to share with you an excerpt from the... [ Lees verder ]

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06-03-2011 - Annabelle

In the first week of February, the Social Welfare has brought a girl of approximately five years old. Because we don’t know anything about her background, we called her Annabelle for now. She was found on the Wednesday market in Sunyani and... [ Lees verder ]

06-03-2011 - Jeroen Boekel and Hanukkah on Dutch TV

Jeroen Boekel, secretary of Mariette’s Child Care, has participated in the Dutch TV-program ‘Komen Eten’. The five episodes that he is in are broadcasted this week. In this program, five completely different Dutch people are... [ Lees verder ]

03-03-2011 - The container has arrived in Ghana!

It has taken a while, but the time has come; the container is in Ghana! For over a year, Marjo and Gerrit, Mariette’s parents, have been collecting goods that had to go to Hanukkah. Hanukkah has been hankering after the beds for the small... [ Lees verder ]

31-01-2011 - Number of hospital visits decresed drastically

Going to the hospital used to be a weekly event for Hanukkah volunteers. However, the number of hospital visits has decreased drastically because of the nurses that are working in the Hanukkah clinic since October 2010. This affects not only the... [ Lees verder ]

14-01-2011 - Amadu's funeral

After Amadu passed away, last Saturday, it was uncertain how, when and where Amadu would be buried. It was a complex issue because in Ghana it is not common to organize a funeral for a child that has died. Generally, they are buried by a... [ Lees verder ]

12-01-2011 - A bathroom for the South Ridge Model School

Five of the Hanukkah children go to the government school that is close to the children’s home. The education and the facilities there, are of a considerably lower quality than the ones at the private school. That is why Hanukkah is trying to... [ Lees verder ]

12-01-2011 - Edmond and Kwaku

On the first day of the new year, Hanukkah already welcomed its first two new family members. Late in the night, four policemen arrived. They said they had been made aware of two children that had been staying in a hotel in Sunyani for four... [ Lees verder ]

10-01-2011 - Amadu passed away

Having so many children in Hanukkah accounts for a lot of happy moments that are enjoyed together, but it also brings about sadness. Last Saturday was one example of that. For the first time in Hanukkah’s history, one of the children has passed... [ Lees verder ]

10-01-2011 - Help in the villages

On 9 January, Moses went to the villages adjacent to Sunyuani, together with a few volunteers. The Social Welfare had made him aware of a family living there, that was in great need of help. The family lives in a village that is about half an... [ Lees verder ]

05-01-2011 - Let's introduce: Dorien Venhoeven, ambassador of MCC 2011

Dear everyone, I have the honor to be the ambassador of Mariëtte’s Child Care for 2011. I would hereby like to introduce myself to all of those who don’t know me yet. I am Dorien Venhoeven and got in touch with... [ Lees verder ]

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20-12-2010 - Fijne kerstdagen en een gelukkig 2013

Wij wensen iedereen hele gezellige feestdagen toe en veel geluk en liefde in 2013.Hartelijk dank voor alle betrokkenheid in welke vorm dan ook. Mariette, Moses, Sam en NoahMarjo en Gerrit en natuurlijk alle kinderen in Hanukkah [ Lees verder ]

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06-12-2010 - Hanukkah Day 2010

This Sunday (28th November) the Hanukkah Day was held. Once again, Cees Zonneveld put his café at our disposal, to welcome the entire Hanukkah family there. About a fifty volunteers, sponsors and other friends had come to Amsterdam to meet... [ Lees verder ]

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24-11-2010 - New therapeutic and playing area

The new therapeutic room for the disabled children is under construction! Especially Daniel and Afia Pomaa need a space where other children will not constantly take away the toys Daniel and Afia are playing with. There will be less visual and... [ Lees verder ]

24-11-2010 - Clinic

Hanukkah has engaged two nurses to work in the clinic. Because both of them work part-time, the clinic will now be operating several hours a day. The nurses work preventively as well as curatively. We are happy to notice that, after just a few... [ Lees verder ]

24-11-2010 - Blessing visis goverment school

In October, we told Blessing that she was going to go to the government school. She was delighted to hear this and has not let go of her breadbin ever since. All the children who go to school have such a breadbin and now she wanted to show... [ Lees verder ]

24-11-2010 - A new sanitary unit for South Ridge Model School

The objective of Hanukkah is to not only to improve the standard of living of the children who live in Hanukkah permanently, but also those of the people in the community. The sanitary facilities on the public school were appalling, which is why... [ Lees verder ]

04-11-2010 - Invitation Hanukkah day 28-11-2010

We would like to invite you to the Hanukkah day on Sunday 28 November 2010. Mariette, Moses, Sam and Noah will be present that afternoon! Date: 28 November 2010 Time: 2 pm – 6 pm Venue: tt. Melaniaweg 6, 1033 ST Amsterdam (Reijnders... [ Lees verder ]

04-11-2010 - Jeroen Boekel wins trip to New York

As you might have read on this website, Jeroen Boekel, secretary of Mariette’s Child Care, was participating in a contest, organized by the Dutch radio 538 and Falke. With his story of last year’s adventure he hoped to win a trip to... [ Lees verder ]

25-10-2010 - Vote for Jeroen Boekel

The secretary of the Mariette’s Child Care Foundation, Jeroen Boekel, ran the marathon of New York last year. He raised €77.000 with this marvelous project! At this moment, telling his story can bring him to New York again. Do you want... [ Lees verder ]

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11-10-2010 - Juan Hofland best student of the year 2010

At Friday night 8 October 2010, Juan Hofland (studying Sports and Movement coordination at the ROC Nova College) won the title of National Ambassador of Vocational training 2010. In these finals he competed against 50 other nominated students. ... [ Lees verder ]

05-10-2010 - Watch the clip of Adwoa and her new prosthesis

We have tried to keep you up to date about Adwoa and the process of getting her new leg while she was in the Netherlands. At the Hanukkah-day this summer, we made a clip of Adwoa, walking with her new leg and explaining something about it. Click... [ Lees verder ]

30-07-2010 - Adwoa's first appointment at Livit orthopedics

Last Tuesday, Adwoa had her first appointment at Livit orthopedics in Leiden. She was very excited, woke up very early that morning and was even more quiet than before, for the rest of the day. At Livit, she, Mariette and Dorien were welcomed by... [ Lees verder ]

18-07-2010 - Adjoa gets prosthesis in Holland

From july until august 2010 Mariette, Sam, Noah and Adjoa will be in Holland. In these four weeks, Adjoa will get a new artificial leg. This is a unique chance for her. She already got a prosthesis in Ghana, but unfortunately, this one keeps on... [ Lees verder ]

18-07-2010 - Invitation Hanukkah-day 8 August 2010

INVITATION On Sunday 8 August 2010 (13.00-18.00 hrs) another Hanukkah-day will be organised. Mariette, Sam and Noah will be there. Friends, family, old and new volunteers and all other people who are interested are very welcome again. Keeop... [ Lees verder ]

15-07-2010 - Instructions for playing Steffies ‘Lean on me’ videoclip

A number of people have let us know that Steffie’s videoclip can not be watched from the cd. This might be the case because not every pc or laptop is able to read the mp4 file. To read it, you need a mp4 code for windows media player. This... [ Lees verder ]

15-07-2010 - Adwoa in Holland

For some months already, Adwoa knew that she would go to Holland to get a new prosthetis. She looked forward to it very much and had secretly made presents for Marjo and Gerrit and Mariette and Moses. During church at 11 July the children, workers... [ Lees verder ]

10-07-2010 - Next Ghanaian Dinner at 14 August 4 pm

As you might have read on this website before, Dorien Venhoeven, who has done volunteer work in Hanukkah fors even months, organised Ghanaian dinners at 4 and 5 july with a presentation on her stay in Ghana beforehand. They welcomed thirty to... [ Lees verder ]

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21-06-2010 - Statistic information of the past week

The Mariette’s Child Care Foundation receives an overview of the number of visitors of the website, every week. This includes the unique visitors as well as the ones that keep on checking it. We would like to share this with you. The number... [ Lees verder ]

20-06-2010 - Clips of the Single-Release

Single-release Lean on me7 June 2010Watch the clip at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9QagbI-JZE See how Mariette comes in, totally unexpectedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGGoSaDm74 And the live performance of... [ Lees verder ]

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20-06-2010 - News about Afia Pomaa

Afia Pomaa was brought to Hanukkah when she was seven months old. When she was one, the Social Welfare decided that she and her sister Mabenaa had to go back home. There, Afia got malaria and because it was not treated in time, she went into a... [ Lees verder ]

17-06-2010 - Life goes on…

It has not been less than half a year that a new container has been waiting to be shipped, standing in Beverwijk. The main reason for sending another one (after the two that are already in Sunyani) are the twenty beds that were donated by the... [ Lees verder ]

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28-05-2010 - Popstars winner Steffie visits Hanukkah

For a long time, everyone in Hanukkah has been looking forward to Steffie’s visit. Steffie is the winner of the Dutch TV programme ‘Popstars’ in 2008 (see www.steffiemusic.nl) and will record a song and a videoclip for Hanukkah. 16... [ Lees verder ]

25-05-2010 - The Hanukkah Library

Since two weeks, Hanukkah has its own library!In the past time, volunteers have already brought many books. This collection has now been sorted out and expanded with many new ones. By now, the children can choose from 400 different stories, varying... [ Lees verder ]

25-05-2010 - About Sophia

A few weeks ago, Mariette picked four children from a family in Sunyani. The oldest three, Lily, Simon en Megan had to get used to all the attention at Hanukkah but they are now starting to enjoy it. All three are doing well. Megan still is very... [ Lees verder ]

25-05-2010 - About Edward

week a new boy was brought to Hanukkah. His name is Edward and he is seven years old. Edward and his mother lived on the street and the Social Welfare wanted him to be taken in by Hanukkah for some time already. However, it was difficult to trace... [ Lees verder ]

17-05-2010 - Toys for the paediatric ward of the Regional Hospital, Sunyani

With thirty four children, Mariette often needs to see a doctor in the Sunyani hospital. The children admitted there are in bed for the entire day and are not distracted from their sickness in any way. The mothers of the children sleep next to... [ Lees verder ]

17-05-2010 - Mosquito nets for the village of Adwoa and Rose

Last Tuesday, Mariette, Moses and a number of volunteers went to the village of Adwoa and Rose, about 45 minutes away from Hanukkah Children’s Home, to share mosquito nets there. For the inhabitants of the smaller and poorer villages in... [ Lees verder ]

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26-04-2010 - Kwaku en Aishetu have gone back

Last week, we said goodbye to two children: Kwaku and Aishetu. The Social Welfare decided that it is better for them to move to a different home.Aishetu’s mother seems to be able to take good care of her daughter. The Social Welfare therefore... [ Lees verder ]

11-04-2010 - Hanukkah sponsors library at South Ridge Model School

Some of the Hanukkah children attend South Ridge Model School, a public school, not far from Hanukkah. The others have sponsors who enable them to go to a private school, Solomon Benett Memorial School. When comparing the two, the level of... [ Lees verder ]

08-04-2010 - Kwaku, Aisha, Nana and Yamama

Not all the children that are admitted in Hanukkah stay for good. Now and then there are those who stay only for the night or for a couple of nights. In the past few weeks a lot of new children have come. Up until now we are not sure if all of them... [ Lees verder ]

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16-03-2010 - New member of the Hanukkah family: Amadu

In the first week of March, the baby clothes had to be taken from the container again because the Hanukkah family was being expanded with a new member: Amadu Baba. The Social Welfare called Mariette to tell her that they wanted to admit a one week... [ Lees verder ]

16-03-2010 - Toilets for inhabitants of village Bolgatanga-Soe

This weekend was very special for Mariette, Moses and the volunteers but even more for the inhabitants of Bolgatanga – Soe, a village in the North of Ghana. For a few months, they have been working on the construction of four toilets in... [ Lees verder ]

15-03-2010 - Update how Maa Afia is doing now (6 years old)

The past few months we have been very busy with Maa Afia. Hereby an update about how this girl is doing now.At the end of last year Maa Afia (six years old) was admitted in Hanukkah for observation. Her belly was swelling every once in a while... [ Lees verder ]

15-03-2010 - The medical post is ready!

After a long time of construction, the medical post was finished just before Mariette and Moses came back from Holland. They discovered some mistakes here and there, which were quickly solved by the carpenter and the painter. Last week the medical... [ Lees verder ]

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Jeroen Boekel ran the marathon of New York successfully in 3 hours and 53 minutes at 1 November 2009.Jeroen Boekel, friend and secretary of the Mariette’s Child Care Foundation ran the Marathon of New York for the children of Hanukkah.More than... [ Lees verder ]

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Four weeks ago, Moses and Mariëtte had already heard that there was a baby, named Gladys Antwi, that would possibly be sent to Hanukkah. The family was not able to take care of him and he was ill and admitted in hospital.Initially, it was some... [ Lees verder ]

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