2012-2013

Larisa Leeuwe

v.2.06_22-09-2013

Research shows that kids’ concentration and focus improves with having had breakfast and the group spearheaded by the Horacio Oduber hospital workers, set up a foundation designed to feed those kids under the name: “Ban Uni Man Pa Cria Nos Muchanan” (Let's Join Hands to Raise our Children). They started with just about 138 elementary school children, and today 763 local school children at 50 island-wide schools enjoy a sandwich each morning, courtesy of this grass-root organization! The goal of the organization is to provide breakfast for children from 70 different schools.

The “Ban Uni Man Pa Cria Nos Muchanan” foundation was founded by Mr. John Fun in 2002 with the goal of identifying school kids who for various social or economic reasons do not have any breakfast and are sent to school in the morning. The idea was to provide them with a sandwich and a drink via a network of volunteers.

I feel so lucky to be able to say that I have had the honor to help out the “Ban Uni Man Foundation” by making breakfast for children that are sent to school in the morning without being provided with breakfast and personally delivering the breakfast to the children of many different local schools in Aruba. Aside from treating the kids to a breakfast they deserve, seeing their faces light up and knowing that they will have a brighter future, has brought me great joy and much encouragement!