The online volunteering website http://www.nabuur.com (initiated in The Netherlands) and Studentsforhumanity are cooperating in an exciting cultural exchange (through online media) project. Pelle from Nabuur reports about the first Dutch student meeting (which unfortunately wasn’t so successful):

Despite the beautiful scenery and the wonderful location in the city of Utrecht, the first Dutch StudentsforHumanity meeting was not very successful.

Due to the snowfall, people were advised not to travel by train. As a result, none of the students made it to the venue for the meeting.

As most of you are enjoying your holidays right now, this should be a good time to get a few things started however. Therefore:

1. Please send in 3 questions that you would like to ask the South African students

2. We’ll have our own blog at studentsforhumanity.com. All we need is a name. Of course we could go by the name Nabuur, but you may have better ideas. BE CREATIVE

3. Next to a name, we could also change our logo. Frerieke told me that the African student on the page can easily be changed with another image. Any ideas?

4. I still think it would be good to meet: to get to know each other, to exchange ideas and to have a flying start. Please indicate:

- if (and when) you are available to meet next week (28 – 31 dec)

- if the meeting is postponed until ‘next year’, which days are usually best

Hope to meet you all soon.

In the meantime: do send in your brilliant ideas, enjoy the pictures and happy holidays!

Pelle