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Pressrelease Children's Homes Curacao
02-12-2008

Children’s homes on Curaçao receive about 1 million from AMFO

Willemstad – Six children’s homes in Curaçao will end the year 2008 in a happy mood: on Monday afternoon, each of these received a considerable amount financed by Stichting Antilliaanse Mede Financierings Organisatie (AMFO). These amounts totaling almost one million come in addition to the regular amount of maximum of 9 million Euros that AMFO receives annually of its donor, for the purpose of financing NGO projects. Upon request of the Dutch parliament, the donor, which is the Dutch government, has granted half a million euros, especially designated for children’s homes on the islands of the Netherlands Antilles where there are children’s homes, namely Curaçao, Bonaire and St. Maarten.

Children’s homes

After an extensive needs assessment, AMFO distributed the funds based on the total amount of children’s homes on the Netherlands Antilles and the number of children in these homes. Following the homes that received financing on Curaçao, together with their respective number of children and financed amounts:

Children Homes	Number of children	Amount in ANG
Stichting Huize Hebron	8	50.472
Stichting Rose Pelletier	13	82.017
Stichting Huize Sint Jozef	41	258.667
Stichting Casa Manita	28	176.651
Kas Bruder Pius	10	63.090
Stichting Kinderoorden Brakkeput	50	315.448

These funds, mounting to almost 900 thousand, will directly impact the living circumstances of the children in the various homes. In these homes reside 150 children in total.

AMFO’s objective is to reduce poverty by supporting the NGO’s and their work. In this case the foundations responsible for the children’s homes will receive the provided funds. With this financial support AMFO has managed to reach one of its most important target groups, namely the youth. On St. Maarten the signing of the financing contracts will take place on Wednesday, December 3^rd.

Relocation AMFO office St. Maarten
27-11-2009

Relocation AMFO office St. Maarten

Not only the AMFO office in Bonaire found another location this year, also the AMFO office in St. Maarten is relocated. After six years the location on Pondfill above Blue Point was exchanged for a unit in the Brooks Tower, ahead of town. Telephone and fax number remain the same.

Directors AMFO and USONA pay visit to Prime Minister
02-11-2009

Recenlty, Reginaldo Doran, director of USONA and Reinoudt Karsdorp, director of AMFO, paid a visit to the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, mrs. Emily de Jongh Elhage.

Among other they discussed the future of USONA and AMFO after 2012, since the new countries Curacao and Sint Maarten will then have to take up more responsibility towards these funding agencies. In relation to this, also more cooperation between USONA and AMFO were discussed.

Another item during this meeting was the support of USONA and AMFO for the integral neighborhood approach currently underway in Curacao. Additionaly, also the opportunities of this approach for St. Maarten have been discussed.

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