We strongly believe in equipping others, enabling others to go do the ExTRAORDINARY. Well, last Friday I had the honors to go and introduce Tjeko Fun Fair to the student body of the Navigators in Utrecht. I am trilled to go work with these guys, and so is Tatiana.Christian Zwart, who worked with us in New York has started an amazing project within NSU, called NSU helps. The thoughts behind the inisiative is to mobilize students during their study time to help others. Mostly up-to this point it have been projects with a focus on Utrecht, the city they study in, but this year thats changed!
Our goal is to mobilize a group of students who will organize a huge event to promote the manifesto of Tjeko - AND for them to sent us a team of students to help capture the 'action' in Uganda.
Tatiana has really been driving this project to a level that is challenging and mind-blowing. We are living in a cause-driven generation, and we are convinced that once students can see the impact our actions can have - they realize they have a chance to change the world. We can all scream something out loud- but let us make sure we scream something well worth screaming. Let's laugh and love OUT LOUD.
Here you can see the video NSU helps put together for us.
You can see the full project here: www.nsuhelpt.nl
Business in Development
Over the summer I'd commited myself to 'EXPAND' and refresh the brain.
Much needed when you continually push yourself to 'do more' 'give more''achieve more'.
(found out i was doing way to much of that - but that's an other blog post one day)
One of those investments was a four-week course in Amsterdam, given by the 'Business in Development-network'.
I wanted to share two of the video's they made, that have some TJEKO bits and pieces in it!
OK - it's all in Dutch - and the first video has a poor SOUND quality ...
cheaptickets.com made the right choice - power to the social profit bringers
Congrats to our www.cheaptickets.com contest winner: Brendan Walsh!
Brendan is artistic genius, who we got to know one day in Jinja, Uganda. (I shouted him out before because of his great ONLINE cd 'Letters and Veins'.)
Brendan, in my eyes, is a perfect example of somebody who uses the internet as a WORLD LEADER! Not waiting for his big-shot-breakthrough - he's just putting on the web what he loves to do! You should follow him too. He's gonna get far! And here is the greatest part: Brendan and his friend Jim are in the preps of starting a non-profit that want to make inspirational video's for ... NGO's! They would love to travel to countries like Ugandan (where i got to know him from in the first place) and shoot video's, edit them, and then give them to the NGO's for their causes! Thats empowerment right there. Most NGO's could never afford to 'hire' a team of profs!
Anyway, his story is too funny to me. To do so, he would have to travel a lot. A whole lot.
Travel is expensive. How great would it be if they could fly for free? Or maybe a start-up budget of ... $50,000?
His girlfriend told him about this competition of www.cheaptickets.com about making a TV-ad. Grand price? $50,000 in FREE airline travel!
That night he dreamed about HOW HE SHOULD DO IT, and --- even funnier to me --- in his dream he saw himself go in his dads garage, to get all the props for the video.
Next day - he goes in his dads garage, and him and his friend Jim (who also won the second price in the competition) made the video at the end of this blog.
LONG story short... he got all their friends to vote for him... AND THEY WON!!!
Lesson to learn: Do what you love to do - and tell somebody. Not only will it inspire that person, but one day you'll reap some great rewards. Brendan did - and so can you.
Fishing Season from Brendan Walsh on Vimeo.
Brendan is artistic genius, who we got to know one day in Jinja, Uganda. (I shouted him out before because of his great ONLINE cd 'Letters and Veins'.)
Brendan, in my eyes, is a perfect example of somebody who uses the internet as a WORLD LEADER! Not waiting for his big-shot-breakthrough - he's just putting on the web what he loves to do! You should follow him too. He's gonna get far! And here is the greatest part: Brendan and his friend Jim are in the preps of starting a non-profit that want to make inspirational video's for ... NGO's! They would love to travel to countries like Ugandan (where i got to know him from in the first place) and shoot video's, edit them, and then give them to the NGO's for their causes! Thats empowerment right there. Most NGO's could never afford to 'hire' a team of profs!
Anyway, his story is too funny to me. To do so, he would have to travel a lot. A whole lot.
Travel is expensive. How great would it be if they could fly for free? Or maybe a start-up budget of ... $50,000?
His girlfriend told him about this competition of www.cheaptickets.com about making a TV-ad. Grand price? $50,000 in FREE airline travel!
That night he dreamed about HOW HE SHOULD DO IT, and --- even funnier to me --- in his dream he saw himself go in his dads garage, to get all the props for the video.
Next day - he goes in his dads garage, and him and his friend Jim (who also won the second price in the competition) made the video at the end of this blog.
LONG story short... he got all their friends to vote for him... AND THEY WON!!!
Lesson to learn: Do what you love to do - and tell somebody. Not only will it inspire that person, but one day you'll reap some great rewards. Brendan did - and so can you.
Fishing Season from Brendan Walsh on Vimeo.
are you BOLD
I took a quiz on a website i had forgotten about: Be Bold
How to accomplish social change with BOLD ideas!
I PASSED! This will be recomended test for EVERY Tjeko leader (no volunteers here!)!
MY RESULT:
How to accomplish social change with BOLD ideas!
I PASSED! This will be recomended test for EVERY Tjeko leader (no volunteers here!)!
MY RESULT:
Quiz Results
Cliff diving
You slice the water in a clean motion. The waves part to make way for you. Actually it only seems that way because your commitment, creativity and never-say-die attitude gets incredible results. You have a natural gift for boldness. Keep on growing—you are the change that you want to be in the world.
1. Tjeko allows kids to be kids.
2. Tjeko is an adventure park.
3. Tjeko allows kids to come and play
4. Tjeko is sports
5. Tjeko allows kids a break from everyday life
6. Tjeko stimulates creativity
7. Tjeko brings amusement to children
8. Tjeko combines social projects with Commercial projects
9. Tjeko facilitates anybody working with kids
10. Tjeko creates jobs
11. Tjeko helps schools
12. Tjeko offers ‘play’ curriculum
13. Tjeko is every childs dream place
14. Tjeko is fun to be with
15. Tjeko looks for the best way to build up children
16. Tjeko is self-sustainable
17. Tjeko has his own academy
18. Tjeko has his own food-program
19. Tjeko has fun activities
20. Tjeko has imaginary places
21. Tjeko is a place kids can come and be themselves
22. Tjeko is for children 2-12
23. Tjeko is for families
24. Tjeko does entertainment
25. Tjeko can be copy-paste
26. Tjeko is for all children – rich and poor
27. Tjeko can be accessable, even for families with no money
28. Tjeko works with those who work with children
29. Tjeko is unique in every way
30. Tjeko is a place where under-privalaged can make a carreer
31. Tjeko is also for handicapt kids
32. Tjeko is an African park
33. Tjeko feeds children
34. Tjeko protects nature
35. Tjeko educates
36. Tjeko works with others
37. Tjeko starts small
38. Tjeko duplicates
39. Tjeko is made with local resources
40. Tjeko is a place to share knowledge.
41. Tjeko is Uganda in a whole new way
42. Tjeko is Jinja in a whole new way
43. Tjeko is
44. Tjeko
45+ Tjeko is the most insane project I've ever worked on!
When you're almost loosing sight!
you are really starting out alright. Everybody's cheering! You feel like this is going to be GREAT! Your mind is right - you got the vibe - the crowds are standing on their seats... they are convinced you can do it!
Like the Dutch soccer team in the world cup finals! WHOAOAOAHHHHHHHHHH!
Than it happens - your getting a blow - oh yeah - you knew these where coming - and an other one... and an other one! Oh my goodness! What's going on - the're not aware that you're not feeling that victorious anymore...
Than you catch yourself in a daze - what is it again i'm doing? How is it possible that something that made so much sense now seems to be sooo far! What about 'values'? What about 'personal drive'? You feel they just kicked the living daylight out of your system!
But don't worry - that living daylight is just kicked around the corner. Common - just crawl there... you can make it! And when you do! OH MY! You realize you just got stronger! You realize you have experienced what it means to fight for something! You have entered a realm of the true heroic. Because, unlike many that would stay down, defeated, you got up! And you give it an other try!
Now that's fun!
Learning to stand!
I'm learning some hardcore lessons as we're developing Tjeko. Some are so GREAT, they make you float on air. Some are so RAW, they make you feel you're never gonna be able to shine again.
When I look at Tjeko, and the idea that it will be a complete new way of investing in the development world, I feel like i'm just now learning to walk!
Emeth (our 1 year old) just learned how to walk himself. We're fully aware that he's an early learner. He was cruising the house when he was 10 months old, holding on to the wall, the vacuum cleaner, or whatever he could get his hands on. Countless times he fell - but just as many times he got up again. His failure didn't stop him to keep going :) I guess it's because Ta and I try not to freak out when he falls, he thinks it's just part of learning. (you know those people that just start screaming, and grabbing their heads when their kids fall - so annoying!)
Funny, because I'm NOT like that at all developing Tjeko. I want to do it all perfect the first time, freaking-out when I think I might actually fall as I am trying...
I wish I had a bit more of that Emeth mentality. I will fall, but I will get back up again. I can't constantly fear to fall, because it will delay (or even cancel) my chances for success. Emeth might not realize it, but his determination to succeed in walking has put him ahead of his fellow '1 year olds' by a mile! As he's been so comfortable walking and falling, he's now already taking on climbing! Yesterday he climbed in the WINDOW, and as he turned to see if we were watching, he fell backwards, on the floor, ON HIS HEAD! And do you think it discouraged him from doing it again? No way - just this morning he tried again! This kid is a future rugby player.
In order to succeed, you need to get over your freaking fear to fall. WHO CARES IF YOU DO - at least you learn from your falling. And you can be assured it will put you WAY AHEAD of the rest of the pack.
When I look at Tjeko, and the idea that it will be a complete new way of investing in the development world, I feel like i'm just now learning to walk!
Funny, because I'm NOT like that at all developing Tjeko. I want to do it all perfect the first time, freaking-out when I think I might actually fall as I am trying...
I wish I had a bit more of that Emeth mentality. I will fall, but I will get back up again. I can't constantly fear to fall, because it will delay (or even cancel) my chances for success. Emeth might not realize it, but his determination to succeed in walking has put him ahead of his fellow '1 year olds' by a mile! As he's been so comfortable walking and falling, he's now already taking on climbing! Yesterday he climbed in the WINDOW, and as he turned to see if we were watching, he fell backwards, on the floor, ON HIS HEAD! And do you think it discouraged him from doing it again? No way - just this morning he tried again! This kid is a future rugby player.
In order to succeed, you need to get over your freaking fear to fall. WHO CARES IF YOU DO - at least you learn from your falling. And you can be assured it will put you WAY AHEAD of the rest of the pack.
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