The Stedenband Haarlem-Mutare foundation has been connecting two worlds for more than 33 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
Five members of the Haarlem-Mutare City Partnership paid an inspiring working visit to Zimbabwe, where they reached hundreds of children with educational water games. After eighteen intensive days, Els, Marjolein, and Dik Bol have returned to Haarlem. Former teachers Kitty and Hans will remain for a few more weeks to… Lees verder
Last week we worked hard to promote our Connect Healthy Rivers project. Our ‘sustainable development’ goals fit in well with the goals of the municipality of Mutare, but also with the VEI. The municipality’s ambitions are great for the coming years. We have had discussions with various partners: with the… Lees verder
Last Sunday, internationally renowned Dutch cartoonist Maarten Wolterink gave a cartoon drawing workshop for more than 30 people at the Haarlem Comic Days. He creates cartoons for the magazine Vrij Nederland and the opinion website Joop. His cartoons have also been published in the Washington Post and Le Monde. This… Lees verder
On May 20, Dik Bol gave a presentation in The Hague about the Connect Healthy Rivers project at the conference The Impact of YOU(th) on Global Challenges at the International Institute for Social Studies of Erasmus University. It was organized with the NICC Foundation (Netherlands International Cooperation Collection), a volunteer… Lees verder
Haarlem Model United Nations is a non-profit organisation run by students of the Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem. HMUN 2025 was a three-day conference that is attended by about 600 students from all over the world and its twenty-eight annual session will take place at the Stedelijk Gymnasium in Haarlem from the… Lees verder
On Monday, February 10, 2025, Foundation Leren voor Morgen and Teachers for Climate, together with ROC Nijmegen, organized a sustainable games evening for teachers and game developers. During this evening, the participants were introduced to various sustainable development games by playing them themselves. This way you discover which game suits… Lees verder
On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, the Stedenband Haarlem-Mutare participated in the GameDidaktiek conference in Utrecht for the fifth time. On that day, teachers, pedagogical experts and other education professionals came together for an inspiring program of keynotes, workshops and the games market during the ninth edition of this Game Didactics… Lees verder
Drinkable Rivers engages people to experience their rivers, and empowers local organisations to strengthen their specific mission by also monitoring the health of their river by inviting their communities to engage in citizen science. Since autumn 2024 a small group of members of Stedenband Haarlem Mutare joined Citizen Science Programme… Lees verder
Last Thursday, November 14, the Haarlem-Mutare twinning was present at the Sustainable Teachers Dinner in the Coornhert Lyceum in Haarlem. We presented our teaching methods with an emphasis on our Games for Goals game Aqua Heroes. It was a well-attended evening with 50 teachers and a number of sustainable entrepreneurs…. Lees verder
