About us

Dr. David Dunham is Associate Professor in Development Geography at the Institute of Social Studies where he teaches on social provisioning, welfare and poverty issues.

is a manager and senior consultant at Ordina, a fast growing company in ICT and management consultancy services.

Evelijne studied developmental sociology and medical anthropology. After her studies she worked for years as micro-credit advisor for SNV in Vietnam, and after that as PR manager at SNV in The Hague. Besides that she worked as a freelance journalist and writer.Since three years Evelijne is chief editor of Vice Versa, Dutch journal for developmental aid. She also regularly works as discussion leader and day chairperson. And she was active as advisor for UNDP and as chief editor of Capacity.org. Evelijne is also a board member of the Dick Scherpenzeel Stichting and the Stichting International Development Publications.

Joan studied Pedagogy. After that she became coordinator of a care institute for young Maroccan girls. She also has teached Transcultural Pedagogy at the University of Amsterdam. Since 1998 she is director of E-Quality, the Dutch Institute for gender and Ethnicity. Joan was furthermore boardmember of, amongst others, NCDO (Dutch Commision for International Cooperation and Development).

Arthur (from 1943) has a life long experience in the banking world. Till 2001 he was director of the VSB fund, one of the bigger charitable funds in The Netherlands. Arthur is member of many boards, for example the cooperating foundations Buiten Spelen ("Outdoor Play") and Green Wish. Besides this Arthur has recently embarked on a new career as children's books writer.