CURRENT MISSION

Telling the world about Dare To Dream

ABOUT ME

Belgian roots, African soul. My dad calls me "The Why Kid". I love being barefoot, braais, sleeping in a tent and reading. Sometimes all at the same time. I am co-founder of Dare To Dream (www.daretodreamproject.org). We organise events at which inspirational women share their stories with girls from disadvantaged communities to show them that if you can dream it, you can do it.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed & hosted

Interests

Meeting new people, reading, camping, travelling through Africa, my animals (and other people's animals too), great wine, Blue Peter at sunset.

• animals
• books
• festivals
• wine
• reading
• traveling
• music
• camping
• communications
• freelancing
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Shantaram, Still Life with Woodpecker, Life of Pi, My Traitor's Heart, Rumours of Rain, A short history of almost everything, etc etc etc

TV/Film: Game of Thrones, At the top of the lake, Homeland

Music: anyone who plays acoustic guitar around a campfire, Ben Howard, Vance Joy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Driven 7000km from Belgium to Gambia over 26 days in an old jeep.
Camped along the east coast of Australia, on the banks of the orange river in Namibia, danced 2 days non-stop at the Malmo festival (Sweden)

Teach, Learn, Share

Everyone we meet teaches us something. I am grateful for everyone that comes into my life.

I am a professional communication consultant and freelance journalist. I have also spoken at a TEDXWomen event on our Dare to Dream project.

I can offer:
- career & life coaching for young girls & women
- media & presentation training for people who have to face the media or do a public presentation
- Communication advice for start-ups or personal projects

I would love to learn:
About new books, new music, new places, ANYTHING :-)