{"id":3047,"date":"2021-10-06T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T08:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.connect2us.eu\/donate-and-travel-with-us-to-empathy-land\/"},"modified":"2024-09-30T17:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T15:01:45","slug":"donate-and-travel-with-us-to-empathy-land","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect2us.eu\/en\/donate-and-travel-with-us-to-empathy-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Donate and travel with us to Empathy Land!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1250\" src=\"https:\/\/connect2us.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Bord-schuin-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/connect2us.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Bord-schuin-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/connect2us.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Bord-schuin-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>&#8216;We close the divide because we know, to put our future first, <\/em><em>we must first put our differences aside&#8217; <\/em>Amanda Gorman 2021<\/p>\n<p>  In this &#8220;Week of Diversity,&#8221; will you also help engage children in conversation about customs and habits?<br \/>\nDonate now and travel with us to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/doneer\">Empathy Land<\/a>!<\/strong> We live in a society where understanding and respect for each other&#8217;s culture is increasingly important.<br \/>\nThe Connect2Us Foundation has worked with a number of elementary school children and their teachers to develop Empathy Land.<br \/>\nAn exciting and educational board game that promotes understanding of each other.<br \/>\nBy playing Empathy Land, students learn to discuss things respectfully and to stand up for their opinions.<br \/>\nHow is it with your family?<br \/>\nWe are used to it this way and that.<br \/>\nChildren learn to understand and, above all, accept differences.<br \/>\nWe don&#8217;t have to adopt each other&#8217;s customs, but understanding each other creates togetherness and a better world.<br \/>\nMoreover, we see better what unites us.           <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/achtergrond\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/achtergrond\/\">Read more here.<\/a><\/a><\/strong>  In short: children develop empathy, learn to think critically and better recognize unfounded opinions and thus prejudices.<br \/>\nThe game is bilingual, Dutch and English.<br \/>\nWe are very proud of Empathy land!<br \/>\nIf you also think this is a great initiative, please help us reach as many children as possible:     <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>By making a donation with an amount according to slogan<\/strong><strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/bedrag-naar-keuze\/\">Click here to donate<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/doneer-met-spel\/\">With a donation of \u20ac40<\/a>,<\/strong> you will receive a copy of Empathy Land as a thank you so you can play the game with your (grand)children, friends, neighbors and colleagues.<br \/>\nAdults also enjoy playing the game.   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/doneer-met-spel\/\"><strong>Click here to donate.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>By, possibly together with your association or (service) club, donating one or more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/doneer-schoolpakket\/\"><strong>school packages (150,- euro) to donate <\/strong><\/a>to a school.<br \/>\nThe one around the corner, in the community, of your children or grandchildren or the school of the past.<br \/>\n5 games are needed for a class of up to 30 children to make the trip to Empathy Land together. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/doneer-schoolpakket\/\">Click here to donate<\/a>.<\/strong>  <\/li>\n<li>And by <strong>sharing this post<\/strong> with others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  The counter for this project stands at almost 10,500 euros.<br \/>\nThe money will be used to put the games into production and reach the children.<br \/>\nTo make a good start through a large group of schools we are aiming for 50,000 euros.<br \/>\nEvery help is therefore welcome.<br \/>\nYour donation is tax deductible, Foundation Connect2Us is an ANBI institution and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbf.nl\/organisatie\/connect2us\">certified by the CBF<\/a>.<br \/>\nIf you click on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/reis-mee\">this link<\/a> you will find more background information and this is a link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connect2us.eu\/doneer\">donation page<\/a>.<br \/>\nTo stay up to date, please like us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/Connect2Us.eu\/\">facebook page<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/connect2us.eu\/\">Instagram page. <\/a> Thank you for reading (and sharing) this post.<br \/>\nThank you very much, also on behalf of the children and volunteers who make Empathy Land possible, Jan Vincent Meertens President         <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We close the divide because we know, to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside&#8217; Amanda Gorman 2021 In this &#8220;Week of Diversity,&#8221; will you also help engage children in conversation about customs and habits? 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