by Abriel | Jul 2, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Those lucky enough to land tickets for the National Day Parade (NDP) and its rehearsal shows are often just as excited to receive the funpacks. But many of the items end up in the bin after the event. In 2014, the organisers said the NDP generated at least 70 tonnes...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Since January this year (2019), staff at Bouillon Youth Hostel in southern Belgium started taking sign language lessons that is rarely practised in the tourism sector. The woman behind the initiative is Dominique Duchatel, director of the youth hostel chain Les...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, No Poverty, What Inspires You?
When Radwa Rostom was a civil engineering student at Cairo’s Ain Shams University, she participated in charity work for underprivileged communities in the city’s informal settlement of Ezbet Abu Qarn. After finishing her studies, Ms Rostom returned with a...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Autistic children can be overwhelming. They suffer because they want to communicate – but nobody understands them. Shouts and crises were common when five-year-old Gioele Merloni wanted to eat only chocolate and chicken McNuggets from the box. His mother Maria...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Gustavo is happy that he has been able to “reset his life.” In 2007, he suffered an outbreak of schizophrenia, followed by severe depression. When he was hospitalised for psychiatric treatment at the Agudo Ávila Regional Centre for Mental Health, in the...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Despite the efforts of the Public Centre for Social Welfare and the Brussels-Capital Region Employment Office, 25-year-old Rozy-Khan Shinwari, a young refugee who arrived in Belgium at the end of 2015, found himself at a loss. It was thanks to Afghan friends that he...
