Do you know that feeling? You start at A and then you realize it would be wise to do B and C as well. We wrote in an earlier blog that we had our roof nails replaced with roof screws … Lees verder →

Monday evening, we arrived safely back home in Republiek. We look back on a very special week. Last Tuesday afternoon, we landed in Apetina. Then it was a matter of making the house livable again as quickly as possible before … Lees verder →

We are overwhelmed by the positive responses to our blog in the Netherlands about scythes. We sent out this appeal while we were in the middle of an introductory training course for Foundations for Farming in Trinidad. That same evening, … Lees verder →

The Director of Operations/Chief Pilot of MAF in Suriname has asked us, via Foundations for Farming Suriname, to come and teach scything to people in the interior. Airstrips are regularly ‘closed’ because the grass has grown too long and there … Lees verder →

We have been back in Suriname for six weeks now. This was the rainy season here. During these weeks, we learned a few things. Most important was that during heavy rain showers, water leaks through the roof and onto the … Lees verder →

In the past few weeks, Marjolein has been able to visit quite a few people in the Netherlands. Marco was visiting Peru at the time on behalf of Foundations for Farming. Together with Josue, our local trainer, we visited several … Lees verder →

On Thursday, March 6 we arrived in Apetina with Jon and Ria Dam. Jon is the secretary of the Board of Foundations for Farming in the Netherlands. As we flew over the river, we hoped to see rocks in the … Lees verder →

We thought to sleep later in the evening of December 31 from 2024 to 2025. We didn’t think about our neighbors. At midnight we all woke up with a ‘pagara’ that went off. A ‘pagara’ is several meters of firecrackers … Lees verder →

We enjoyed our weeks in Lawa. It was very nice to meet the people again and hear their stories. In the past 12 1/2 years that we have been living here, we have never seen the river this low due … Lees verder →

After 7 wonderful weeks in the Netherlands and surrounding areas, we landed safely in Suriname last week. It was very nice to meet a lot of people and see how they are doing. On Friday, November 8, during our fundraising … Lees verder →