{"id":2189,"date":"2025-02-11T13:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/?page_id=2189"},"modified":"2025-02-11T14:19:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T14:19:39","slug":"elises-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/elises-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog: Elise on the edges of civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blog: Elise on the edges of civilization<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elise Kant (1965) has been the director of the Haella Foundation since 2019. After working in war zones in previous roles, she has become closely involved with the situation of refugees on the fringes of Europe. \u201cWhat we see there is that, as Europe, we have abandoned civilization and are detaining people in a dehumanized system.\u201d That is why this blog is called: Elise on the Edges of Civilization.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her profile can be viewed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elisekant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">The Haella Foundation has a special focus on this issue and works to raise awareness among donors and individuals, hoping to increase engagement with the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the moment, Elise is in Lesbos, temporarily volunteering for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fenixaid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fenix<\/a> in advocacy and wherever extra hands are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:18px\">She maintains a blog about the situation in Greece, with a particular focus on Lesbos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\t<div class=\"wpnawfree-plugin news-clearfix \" id=\"wpnw-news-1\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-2454\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-first\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/waiting-for-humanity-in-the-rain\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dunkerke-2026-768x349.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dunkerke-2026-768x349.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dunkerke-2026-300x137.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dunkerke-2026-1024x466.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dunkerke-2026-1536x699.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dunkerke-2026-1320x601.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dunkerke-2026.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t10 June 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/waiting-for-humanity-in-the-rain\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Waiting for Humanity in the Rain<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt is pouring rain as we arrive with the Refugee Women Center. Women are standing in a line. A few...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/waiting-for-humanity-in-the-rain\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-2446\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/at-the-edge-of-humanity-what-i-witnessed-in-greece\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/greece-may-768x349.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/greece-may-768x349.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/greece-may-300x136.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/greece-may-1024x465.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/greece-may.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t23 May 2026 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/asylum\/\">Asylum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/asylum-policy\/\">Asylum Policy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/human-rights\/\">Human Rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/humanity\/\">Humanity<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/at-the-edge-of-humanity-what-i-witnessed-in-greece\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">At the Edge of Humanity: What I Witnessed in Greece<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRob and colleagues, Over the past two weeks, I was in Greece, visiting our partner organizations that offer the last...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/at-the-edge-of-humanity-what-i-witnessed-in-greece\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-2443\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-last\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/witnessing-despair-life-at-the-edges-of-europe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Greece-3-768x349.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Greece-3-768x349.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Greece-3-300x136.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Greece-3-1024x465.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Greece-3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t21 May 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/witnessing-despair-life-at-the-edges-of-europe\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Witnessing Despair: Life at the Edges of Europe<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI don\u2019t really want to say this. I don\u2019t want to think it and I don\u2019t want to feel it....\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/witnessing-despair-life-at-the-edges-of-europe\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-2439\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-first\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/we-so-desperately-need-these-stories-from-the-field\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778568448486-768x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"migration roundtable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778568448486-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778568448486-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778568448486-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778568448486.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12 May 2026 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/human-rights\/\">Human Rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/humanitarian-crisis\/\">Humanitarian Crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/humanity\/\">Humanity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/we-so-desperately-need-these-stories-from-the-field\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">We so desperately need these stories from the field!<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEight representatives from embassies, the EU, UNHCR, and IOM listened to the experiences of 23 small grassroots NGOs from across...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/we-so-desperately-need-these-stories-from-the-field\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-2374\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/au\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/haella-1-768x445.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"refugees calais\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/haella-1-768x445.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/haella-1-300x174.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/haella-1-1024x594.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/haella-1.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t8 July 2025 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/humanitarian-crisis\/\">Humanitarian Crisis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/refugee-crisis\/\">Refugee Crisis<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/au\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">AU<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cEvery year more people drown while crossing the Channel. In 2024, as many as in the previous six years combined.\u201d...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/au\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-2370\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-last\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/even-the-mavericks-were-left-speechless\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dwarsliggers.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"dwarsliggers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dwarsliggers.png 297w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dwarsliggers-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7 June 2025 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/asylum\/\">Asylum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/crisis-response\/\">Crisis Response<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/field-experiences\/\">Field Experiences<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/refugee-aid\/\">Refugee Aid<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/even-the-mavericks-were-left-speechless\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Even the mavericks were left speechless\u2026<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tElise Kant, director of Haella, came to visit. Outspoken and passionate, a real hands-on type. During a sabbatical on Lesbos,...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/even-the-mavericks-were-left-speechless\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-2367\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-first\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/closed-borders-kill\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748937466054-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748937466054-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748937466054-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748937466054.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 June 2025 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/humanity\/\">Humanity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/reflection\/\">Reflection<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/society\/\">Society<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/closed-borders-kill\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Closed Borders Kill<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLast night, I wanted to write a post saying that closing borders equals murder. Which it does \u2014 even if...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/closed-borders-kill\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-2364\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/what-to-do-in-the-face-of-despair\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elises-blog-16mei-768x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"despair\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elises-blog-16mei-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elises-blog-16mei-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/elises-blog-16mei.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16 May 2025 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/hope\/\">Hope<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/humanity\/\">Humanity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/society\/\">Society<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/what-to-do-in-the-face-of-despair\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What to do in the face of despair?<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince I returned from Lesbos, I\u2019ve spoken with many people and addressed various gatherings. I find it important \u2014 and...\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/what-to-do-in-the-face-of-despair\/\" class=\"news-more-link\">Read More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- #post-## -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"post-2358\" class=\"news type-news wpnaw-blog-class has-date news-col-3 wpnaw-last\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-inner-wrap-view news-clearfix \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-news-thumb\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/no-medal-for-compassion\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lesbos-5-768x457.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lesvos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lesbos-5-768x457.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lesbos-5-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lesbos-5-1024x609.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lesbos-5-1536x914.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lesbos-5-1320x785.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/lesbos-5.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-date-post\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t31 March 2025 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/human-rights\/\">Human Rights<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news-category\/reflection\/\">Reflection<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-content-text\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/haella.nl\/foundation\/news\/no-medal-for-compassion\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">No Medal for Compassion?<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-content-excerpt\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"news-short-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOh come on, Ms. Faber. Please stop with this dreadful nonsense. 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