Happietaria Enschede 2017 has closed already and raised € 21.723.
Happietaria is a pop-up restaurant that is fully run by volunteers, mostly students, and of which the income goes to a charity. This edition is the first Happietaria in Enschede since five years! The restaurant was open from 19th of May until 16th of June. The project we were raising money for is from ZOA and it is set up to give children in Sudan a renewed future perspective. In this turbulent area, ZOA is going to provide good education and other facilities to enable children to go back to school. So supporting a charity while you’re having a nice dinner? Reserve a table and have a great evening!
Organization
Nine Happietarias will be set up this academic year in different student cities country-wide. Coordination for these initiatives comes from foundation Happy Gift. Thousands of volunteers have contributed and millions of euros have been spent on projects spread over the world since the first action in 1993.
With seven persons in the Happietaria Management Team (HMT), seven committees and tens of volunteers we can establish the restaurant where you can enjoy a delicious dinner while you are supporting the project in Sudan.
We would like to introduce the HMT to you:
GertJan Engberts – Chairman & Secretary
Koen Dwarshuis – Treasurer & Legal
Hanneke Maan – Building
Gerko Schaap – Kitchen
Christine Hammink – Sponsorships & Purchasement
Gert Jan Groot Wassink – Staff
Titia van Dam – PR & Charity
Identification Committee
Happietaria is nationally recommended by:
Ruud Lubbers – Minister of State (former Prime Minister)
Jan Pronk – President of the Society for International Development (SID)
Bert de Vries – Prof. Economy Erasmus Univ. (former Minister of Social Affairs)
Herman Wijffels – Economist and prof. Sustainability and societal developments, Utrecht
Lonny Gerungan – TV chief-cook of the TROS programme “de Reistafel”
Bert van Leeuwen – TV host Evangelische Omroep (EO)
Happietaria is regionally recommended by:
Dr. G.O. van Veldhuizen – Mayor of Enschede
Prof. Dr. T.T.M. Palstra – Rector magnificus Universiteit Twente
ChristenUnie Enschede
CDA Enschede
Ds. A. Mol – minister Reformed Church Liberated in Enschede North