The Stedenband Haarlem-Mutare foundation has been connecting two worlds for more than 25 years: the Western European world of the Netherlands and the African world of Zimbabwe, building sustainable social and cultural relations between the two cities. Our basis Reciprocity and equality Transfer of knowledge and experience Education and… Lees verder
On Monday 17 April an inspiration meeting was held in the Pletterij, Haarlem, as part of the Healthy Rivers initiative. The focus of the well-attended meeting was keeping waterways clean in sister cities Haarlem and Mutare. Haarlem and the Zimbabwean city of Mutare have had a twinning relationship for more… Lees verder
Sister cities Haarlem and Mutare keeping their rivers clean Healthy Rivers Campaign 17 April 2023 from 20.00 – 21.30 in De Pletterij In recent months a number of organisations in Haarlem and its sister city Mutare (Zimbabwe) have been working to make our respective rivers, the Spaarne and Sakubva, cleaner… Lees verder
The Scheepmakersdijk district in Haarlem will soon be a hotspot richer. A street-art mural is being painted on both sides of the bicycle tunnel under the Gedempte Oostersingelgracht railway line. The project is part of a larger plan to transform the Gedempte Oostersingelgracht into a ‘Green Singel’, with a green… Lees verder
On Saturday March 18, 2023, we celebrated deNational Cleanup Day in the Netherlands. As we had announced in Haarlem, we picked up the waste in the Spaarne river. We did this together with IVN, Trekvogels canoe association, Kontiki scout group, SUPmision Haarlem, De Penguin, City Link Haarlem Mutare, Bermbende and… Lees verder
March 18th is National Cleanup Day in the Netherlands. The Haarlem scout group Kontiki, IVN and the canoe association of Trekvogels will clean up the Spaarne on Saturday 18 March together with SUPmision, De Pinguïn Haarlem and Stedenband Haarlem-Mutare. On the same day, in our sister city of Mutare, Zimbabwe,… Lees verder
A MAN IS WHAT A MAN DOES HAARLEM- Zimbabwe means “stone houses” in shona. His name is Gift Sanyanga (Coordinator Mutare Stedenband). He was born in the city of Mutasa in Zimbabwe on May 28th, 1974. He has been diligently engaged in ‘Zimsurf’ program since the year of 2002. This… Lees verder
This Friday, January 27, several tenants of the apartment where the City Link Haarlem-Mutare and Pletterij work will celebrate the new Year 2023. “The event, which is a tradition, has not been celebrated for three years due to the Covid-19 crisis. It is therefore a pleasure to celebrate it again…. Lees verder
Dear readers, Best wishes for the year 2023. We thank you for being faithful to our publications in Dutch or in English. This is one of the forms of support for our activities. And new with our Web, from this new year 2023, we will offer to the amateurs of… Lees verder
We are going to talk about the increasing suppression of press, catoonists and others. Although more and more seems to be happening, it is becoming increasingly difficult for cartoonists to get it is becoming increasingly difficult for cartoonists to get their story out in many parts of the world. Pedro… Lees verder
Why this exhibition In December 2019, the organizations Cartooning for Peace and Coerrier International published a report on the increasing pressure facing political cartoonists throughout the world. Five years after the attack on the editors of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, the world seems to have forgotten how important… Lees verder
