Insights

Germany, Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg March 2019 Not a minute is lost, life is taken seriously here. During the last 45 years, I have been in Berlin frequently and have seen it change. The broody atmosphere...

Scotland UK, Edinburgh, December 2019 A tale of two cities Christmas market in Edinburgh lights up the Princess Street Gardens. It is noisy and busy. All seems well in Scotland’s capital but 1 in 5 (23%) lives...

Pakistan, Lahore september 2019 What is normal? This question has been swirling in my mind for the two weeks I had the privilege to spend in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Confronted with a different society with different...

Ukraine Donbass February 2019 Slovjansk, Kurakhove, Avdivka, Mariupol. Video available below article, scroll down In the forgotten trenches of Europe, war is grinding into its sixth year.  I am in Kurakhove, east Ukraine. In the distance,...

February 2019 Lviv Ukraine Remember your years as a student? The best years of your life they say. A little spartan here and there but overall one big adventure. Here's the story of Tatjana, she...

Israel Tel Aviv Jerusalem februari 2019 Who does not want to see Jerusalem just once in his life? It is curiosity that brought me here. Would Israel be like what I imagined based on the...

Ukraine Ternopil November 2018 Years of exercise, discipline and lessons preceded this moment. In only a few minutes your name will resound and all eyes and ears will be focussed on you. How you sing...

The Netherlands IJmuiden October 2018 Aid Part 1: Dogs like human feces “Twelve years ago I visited Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, for the first time. I walked in a park and bumped into an elderly lady...

Moldova, Cobani October 2018 Aid Part 2: The final destination Buckwheat and red beetroot The elderly couple lives in just one room. The rectangular structure of concrete blocks measures eight by four meters. It is all they...

Estonia July 2018 In your own house, in your own bed: in the morning you wake up and suddenly you are in a different country. This experience seems impossible but it happened to many.. The dissolution...