Sunday October 16th 2016 Week 7 in Bal Ashram, Sothana, Rajasthan, India Research study of the treatments Researcher dr. Arnold van Emmerik and I have been working diligently on validating the translation of the questionnaires in Hindi. There are three questionnaires the kids will have to complete before and after their treatment. However, these questionnaires Read More …

Sunday, October 9, 2016 Week 6 in Bal Ashram, Sothana, Rajasthan, India Interview with Surya Surya a boy of 9 years old, has lived in Bal Ashram since he was 5 years old. He says he has no parents and doens’t remember anything from the time before Bal Ashram. He looks at the floor, fiddling with his Read More …

Sunday, September 25, 2016: Week 4 in Bal Ashram, Rajasthan, India This week I’m already four weeks in Bal Ashram and six weeks in India. I am very attached to my family and friends and start to miss them. There is contact through Whatsapp and Skype, but that’s different from being closeby and, for example, Read More …

September 11, 2016. Week 2 in Bal Ashram, Rajasthan – India My first week in Bal Asham has flown by. Colleagues from the team of Delhi (headquarters BBA) with whom I have built up a friendship have left. I traveled together with them from Delhi to Jaipur and we worked closely together for one week. Read More …

Sunday, September 18, 2016: Week 3 in Bal Ashram, Rajasthan, India Last week I explained the children more about what a psychologist can and can not do. I explained about PTSD* and EMDR * with the help of the childrens book ‘Tim and the EMDR miracle’. The kids seem to understand that unpleasant events can Read More …

September 4th 2016, Bal Ashram (BBA), Jaipur A week ago, I arrived at my destination and purpose of my trip: Bal Ashram in Jaipur. I met the freed child slaves and the team of Bal Ashram. Together with Nirpendra-ji (the manager of the Ashram) we explaned to the children that I work as a psychologist. Read More …

August 28, 2016, New Delhi India Three weeks ago I traveled from the Netherlands to India. After two intensive years with regard to my job, education and our foundation I was ready for some rest before I go back to work. That’s why I traveled to India two weeks earlier than planned, so I could Read More …

Saturday, July 21, 2016 In about three weeks I will finally be traveling to India for the Save by Seva Foundation. It sometimes feels so unreal to me. That seeing a TV show and an email to Kailash Satyarthi led to the set up of the Save by Seva Foundation and implementation of Project Dawn. Read More …