About us

About us

Let us introduce ourselves!

The members of the board of 2025 are proud to introduce themselves as the new runners of the Farato Education Foundation. Every year the foundation is run by six second-year bachelor students from Nyenrode Business Universiteit. We work together to facilitate new ideas and solutions and help the foundation grow to new heights.

The foundation is represented in the Gambia by the school principal, Simon Mendy, and teachers of the schools. Our mentor, as well as one of the founders of the foundation, Herman van der Meulen, started this project in 2016. In 2020, we officially became a foundation, and after two years, we are proud to announce we have contained the ANBI status. Since then, a new group of enthusiastic students has fulfilled the board positions each academic year.

We want to emphasize that the directors of the Farato Education Foundation volunteer their time, they do not receive any remuneration in any way! We are motivated to help positive change within Farato and with that positively change to world. All old board members are proud life long ambassadors of the Farato Education Foundation.

Sofia Konincks

Chairwoman

Sem van Egmond

Vice-Chairman

Anouk Thomé van der Togt

Treasurer

Maxime den Hertog

Secretary

Roos Volmerink

Marketing

Sem van Duivendijk

Events
Herman van der Meulen

Founder of the Foundation

Life Long Ambassador 
Mirjam Huisman

Founder of the Foundation

Life Long Ambassador 

Life Long Ambassadors

Rob Berting

Alexander Soeteman

Bastiaan de Rooij

Renske Haafkes

Roosmarijn Kroner

Coen van Zuethem

Maxime Traksel

Sofia Konincks

Maxime den Hertog

Arjen Hemelaar

Britt Sibbel

Claire Counotte

Emma Brattinga

Floris Dudok van Heel

Frederique Hondelink

Jan Dekker

Pim Nooteboom

Sem van Egmond

Roos Volmerink

Johan van Haren

Joep Toebes

Mees Veldt

Willen van Aalst

Bas van Vliet

Ruben Tak

Tijs Nooteboom

Anouk Thomé van der Togt

Sem van Duivendijk