Hanna van der Gaag
Meet Hanna van der Gaag
๐ตโโ๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ค... Dance teacher. I mainly teach children from the age of 2 and work up to primary school age. In addition, I regularly perform in the theater, during a festival or at schools. I also organize themed camps every summer, especially if children want to become a mermaid as I often provide the entertainment during children's parties, festivals or events as the character mermaid. You can go swimming with me, a real fairy tale comes to life! I also work at an after-school care center as a pedagogical employee and I have a permanent babysitting family consisting of 2 boys. In short, everything that has to do with children, that's where you can find me.
๐๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญโฆ it gives me a good feeling to be able to contribute something to children/country who deserve or need it. The collaboration is also very pleasant and my work is appreciated. It gives me a great satisfaction and wonderful memories!
๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌโฆ during the Kidsfestival Futurea. I walk with my hands full to the location where the festival is still under construction and a girl aged 12 comes up to me. She is begging for money and I canโt give her anything because Iโm too busy and canโt reach my wallet. In Dutch I say: 'Sorry, I would have liked to give you something but thatโs not possible right now!' Once I enter the festival entrance, I see her enjoying the site and she is no longer thinking about why she was there in the first place. During the festival, my duties rotated, and it was my turn to do face painting. The line of children was very long; it's the most popular activity, and with 10 of us, we tried to give all the children a beautiful makeover. I saw her in the line, and sure enough... she came to me asking if she could have her face painted. I did my very best, and when she was done, I gave her a hug. Afterward, I had to recover from what had happened. This is why we do it. She could forget for a moment what her actual job is: being a child. Being given attention. She's probably still begging, but I hope she never forgets that one day and feels what life can be like!
๐ธThe ๐๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅโฆ a magical (rotten) fairy tale! The weather was rotten with a lot of wind and cold... We walk through the big puddles all the way down. The photographer positions himself in cover but cannot avoid getting soaking wet. In the cold I take off my pants and put on my ponytail and try to forget the way there and ignore how cold it is. Luckily it resulted in a beautiful picture at the waterfalls of Jacje!
โ๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌโฆ I saw happy childrenโs faces! The group had fun besides working hard.
