NEWS BLOG

After 4 years I shall resign as president of the Dutch JUA Foundation and hand the symbolic gavel over to my successor Lisette van der Heijden. It was with pleasure that I was able to support the cautious first steps of JUA and the Rescue Center in Watamu.Luckily I had the best of my two co-directors of the first hour, Lara 't Hart and Guido Bronkhorst. Meanwhile Monique v...

This is Tush our new social worker. Welcome to Jua!

Our social worker Christien will move to another city. She will leave JUA on the first of July. Christien has build a warm bond with the girls and the team. We wish her good luck and we will miss her. On 22 june shall be employed Mwathuma Kombo,short name Tush, in JUA. Tush is 27 years old she worked before in a orphenage. When she did her internship she was guided by ...

Hello world! Welcome to the new website of JUA. In three languages so our (future) friends can find us and follow. This beautiful website is designed by adj-creatives, and we've got it for free. Sean Hodgkinson, made the site possible with financial support. Robert Dekker has adapted the text for the Dutch and English part. adj-creatives, Robert and Sean, thank you very much...

Today Jackline and her son left JUA. We all said goodbye to them both and wished them very well. They are lovingly taken in by an aunt. Good luck to you girl .............. Nelleke & the JUA team

We celebrated Easter with a nice lunch! Joleen the student said goodbye to JUA on April the 7th. The girls went to the beach and in the evening they were treated to chicken and chips. Florence and Elizabeth are finished at JUA. Monday, April 13 they go back home.

VOLUNTEER How to become a volunteer. The JUA-Foundation consciously chose to ask local people to help them. This way the Watamu society is involved with the care of the girls. It is also possible to personally commit yourself to the goals of the JUA Rescue Center, both in the Netherlands and Kenia. In the Netherlands The JUA-Foundation in the Netherlands could use some he...