How Close Was I To Homelessness?

Big Data eCourse

Together with Laudius and another teacher I made a Big Data eCourse in Dutch about what Big Data is, how to analyze Big Data and Privacy & Ethics in Big Data research. With the code: GUISELAINE 10 percent discount (Affiliate).

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Trip With Rokus Loopik

In December 2017 I finally went on a trip with Rokus Loopik. Admittedly not to New York, which he always talked about, but to Romania. Bucharest to be exact. I was often invited by Rokus to come along, but it didn't happen sooner. In 2017, the time was right. I had been without a home for a month at the beginning of the year. Even in the Wegloophuis in Utrecht, as I didn't have a house, I rented a room as a student, a new thing for me because all my studenttime I had a 'hateenheid'. As a result, the theme of homelessness appealed to me more than before and I could afford a trip through my company Databeet. 

Romania

The trip to Romania revolved around projects set up to help people, who were homeless get back on the road from schooling, (voluntary) work to housing. I visited a diversity of projects. I got a good impression of how homeless people were helped in Romania. I am glad I live in The Netherlands and not there.

Romania Experience

It is a tough trip with a full program, but nothing is mandatory. Which allowed me to find a balance in the trip and do some touristy things instead of the program a few times. It was a beautiful experience and also puts my own life in perspective. I am grateful to Rokus for letting me come along and recommend everyone to come along at least once and be pulled out of the comfortzone.