dance4life event 2011

Vandaag, op Wereld Aids Dag, dansten duizenden jongeren in de Heineken Music Hall tijdens het dance4life event 2011. Het event is de afsluiting van schools4life, het scholenproject van dance4life, en was exclusief toegankelijk voor scholieren die zich in de afgelopen maanden hebben ingezet voor een wereld zonder hiv en aids. Zojuist is bekend gemaakt dat de scholieren met hun acties 175.398 euro hebben ingezameld.

Schools4life

Ruim 15.000 leerlingen van circa 30 middelbare scholen in Nederland kwamen de afgelopen maanden in actie tijdens schools4life. Met uiteenlopende acties vroegen zij aandacht voor de wereldwijde aidsproblematiek en zamelden zij in totaal 175.398 euro in voor hiv-preventieprogramma’s van STOP AIDS NOW! specifiek gericht op jongeren in Afrika.

Boekpresentatie Sara Kroos

Sara Kroos ontvangt het eerste exemplaar van haar nieuwe boek “Doorkijk” uit handen van Arthur Japin in de Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam.

Sunday Telegraph – Dutch peacekeepers remember Mladic, the general who humiliated them

In the early morning of June 3 I left for Witharen, the Netherlands. Sunday Telegraph journalist Nick Meo was going to interview former Dutchbat corporal Boudewijn Kok as Mladic appeared in court at the Hague. I came along to make some photo’s. 

Concrete Sneaker photo shoot

Photo shoot with the Concrete Sneaker. Check the serie @ Jeppe Schilder Photography.

English Defence League demonstration Amsterdam

Amsterdam, 30 October 2010. Extremist demonstrators of the English Defence League (EDL) expressed support for Geert Wilders in Amsterdam today. They gathered under the watchful eye of a huge police force. 34 people were arrested.

A small group of extremist demonstrators of the English Defence League (EDL) has expressed their support to the Dutch anti-Islam right-wing politician Geert Wilders.

In remote industrial area in the Western Harbour of Amsterdam EDL supporters gathered under the watchful eye of a huge police force.

Shepherds in Um el Kheir

Qiryat Arba

Settlers from the Qiryat Arba settlement on their way to the Synagogue in hebron on Sabbath.

Playground in Sderot

Sderot is a western Negev city in the Southern District of Israel. The city has been an ongoing target of Qassam rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. Though at first this playground might look normal, it is far from. The caterpillar on the right is in fact a bomb shelter.

Old city of Hebron

The narrow streets in the old city of Hebron. As the shopkeepers are at the ground floor, some settlers live right above them.

Flipping pancakes

Flipping pancakes in the Old City of Hebron after the Ramadan Friday prayer in the Ibrahimi mosque.