Jeroen

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Jeroen, Joanne, Chiel, Ilse and Jiska

Last summer, Jeroen was in Madagascar for four weeks, to work as a volunteer with Peter and Jantine van Buuren. Joanne, his wife, met the Van Buurens in March 2007, when she was for the second time in Madagascar, where she is involved in Bible translation work, with Wycliffe Bible Translators.

Jeroen enjoyed his time spent in Madagascar, and soon it became clear that Peter and Jantine would be glad if he would join the team of HoverAid Madagascar. Jeroen is an experienced mechanic and has worked as a mechanic teacher during the last ten years.

He will become the technical manager, responsible of the maintenance of the hovercrafts and other vehicles, training local mechanics and do some logistics.

Jeroen and Joanne are happy they now can both serve the Malagasy people, each with their own specific skills. They are planning to move to Madagascar in July 2008, together with their three children: Chiel (13), Ilse (10) and Jiska (8).