BLOG 7

Assignment 7a

Wordlist
Stresses - beklemtoont
In collaboration - in samenwerking
Subsidiary - dochteronderneming
Sustainability - houdbaarheid


Summary

Opening 'Plakkies' factory

Minister Heemskerk opened the 'Plakkies' factory in Durban yesterday. “Plakkies” is South African for flip-flops. Dutch students from Delft University of Technology and the Kids Rights foundation set up this unique factory, which will produce flip-flops using old car tires and provide 70 people with jobs.
DHV is one of the main sponsors and organized the opening with its South African subsidiary.
The factory creates employment opportunities and will train talented students to increase the chance of getting an entrance to university and a scholarship.
Today, the Plakkies will be launched in Amsterdam and will be available in stores later. The colorful patterns are made by orphans, shoe-designer Jan Jansen and students from the University of Delft created the design. The profits go to Kids Rights' projects.

BLOG 9

Student life!

Hi there!
Did you all survive the weekend? I've tried to! Spent my weekend in bed, sneezing and feeling sorry for myself. Yesterday I finally felt a bit better, I can cough without choking, yay!
Now it's time to focus on school, I have a lot of catching up to do! I'm supposed to write a summery about Plakkies, anyone ever heard of them? Irene told me that Plakkies are flipflops made of garbage, I had no idea!
The bright side is that we've got a holiday comming up! That way I can totally recover and work on school as much as I can. Not sure I'm really happy with that though, since I'm not good in concentrating on school after a week off.

Well, I'll just keep calm and carry on!

Take care!

Elske