Anna Chojnacka is one of the funders of The 1%Club. The 1%Club is a non-profit organization which uses an online platform to connect people with ideas in developing countries with people, money and knowledge around the world. The basic idea is that people or organizations can offer 1% of their time, knowledge and income directly to a development project of their own choice. These projects need to be sustainable projects that stimulate the self-reliance of individuals anywhere in the world and improve their standard of living.
Anna Chojnacka began as youth representative on the General Meeting at the United Nations in 2003. She also worked as campaign leader at Fair Trade Original. Besides that Anna is a member of the Worldconnectors think taAnna Chojnacka is one of the funders of The 1%Club. The 1%Club is a non-profit organization which uses an online platform to connect people with ideas in developing countries with people, money and knowledge around the world. The basic idea is that people or organizations can offer 1% of their time, knowledge and income directly to a development project of their own choice. These projects need to be sustainable projects that stimulate the self-reliance of individuals anywhere in the world and improve their standard of living.
Anna Chojnacka began as youth representative on the General Meeting at the United Nations in 2003. She also worked as campaign leader at Fair Trade Original. Besides that Anna is a member of the Worldconnectors think tank, a think tank for international cooperation. She specialized in applying Web 2.0 in order to increase participation, democracy and empowerment of disadvantaged groups worldwide.
De Poolster is Anna's first novel. Polish Ida moves with her mother to The Netherlands at the age of ten. Europe is changing because of the fall of the Berlin wall and Ida's new home country holds many challenges for both her and her mother. The novel is partly autobiographical. ...more