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Jos van Weeren

I am 20 years old and live in Meppel, a small town near Zwolle in the Netherlands. I work as a Sales co-worker in market place lightning in the Zwolle store. I started working for IKEA when I was 16 and always wanted to go abroad with our company. When I heard about the trip I immediately signed up. I would love to see what kind of impact this programme has on refugees.

How the power of the sun is changing lives

Today, we visited the city of Irbid, next to the border of Syria. In this city, there is a UNHCR registration centre for refugees. Besides that, the IKEA Foundation has...

4 mins September 23, 2018
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“Freedom is just a period between wars”

Freedom is something that is ordinary in our world but when you are out here, it’s completely different. In the past two days we have visited a few families who...

4 mins September 22, 2018
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