Impact Hub Aruba has been selected for the highest funding category in a Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment grant program addressing the transatlantic history of slavery.
Four-year initiative links history and opportunity
24ora reports that the Aruba foundation will lead a four-year initiative connecting historical heritage with inclusive social and economic development. Category 4 offers grants of up to US$500,000 for projects lasting no more than four years; the source did not state the foundation’s exact award.
The program supports knowledge, awareness and recognition of slavery’s history and its continuing influence in Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It follows the Kingdom’s official apology for that history.
Community participation is planned
The project will document and share stories of resistance, resilience, creativity and self-reliance alongside the history of oppression and inequality. Impact Hub Aruba says it will explore links between that history, identity, entrepreneurship, education and the cultural and creative sectors.
Director Mary-Ann Falconi-Rasmijn said the work is intended to preserve stories that could otherwise be lost. The community is expected to participate in documentation, dialogue and exchanges between generations.
