19 January 2026. Den Bosch, Netherlands.

Time flies. This year, we live in even stranger times than the last time I posted here. Your Charity Travelers have laid low, living a rather bourgeois life. This was caused by a lack of energy and frankly, no idea how to make a positive impact in the crazy world we inhabit today.

A word of Peace

Oct 8, 2024. Den Bosch, Netherlands.

Summer is over. We are still living in a small provincial town in the Netherlands. Kamiel seems to regain some of his strength and ambition, but the world is a complex mess. Political polarization appears to be the biggest provider of 'meaning' to too many people, trumping common sense and empathy.

Spoken

Happy New Year 2024

02-02-2024. Den Bosch, Netherlands.

Here is to positivity in the new year.

24-5-2023. Den Bosch, Netherlands.

Time flies. We are still living in the Netherlands, sometimes hosting Couchsurfers and members of Servas. We are artists (writing, drawing, performing) and our daughter Miru visits elementary school here, where she is doing great. We are so proud of her!

Happy 2022

17 January 2022. Den Bosch, Netherlands.

We have been living in an apartment in the southern Dutch town of den Bosch for six months. Miru is happy going to school here, while we keep writing. We wish our readers an inspired new year 2022 full of beautiful friendships and global collaboration.

Children's book

6 April 2021. Udenhout, Netherlands.

We have spent the second part of the covid19-pandemic in the Netherlands with family. Miru and Kamiel wrote a book and are working on a second one!

VOTE!

27-10-2020. Tilburg, Netherlands.

We live in unique times. Your vote could mean the difference between democracy and autocracy, a livable planet and environmental desolation, prolonged culture wars and reconciliation, justice and hypocrisy.

Schooltime

23 September. Udenhout, Netherlands.

Next Pandemic at my place?

15 April 2020. Ao Nang, Thailand.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, we are lucky enough to be stuck in southern Thailand, a well-known vacation paradise. Although travel plans have been nipped in the bud, we remain in good spirits and enjoy the privilege of working from our temporary home.