Els De Temmerman

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Els De Temmerman (born 10 February 1962, Oudenaarde) is a Belgian former journalist who established Childsoldiers, [1] an organization that works for the rehabilitation of child soldiers in Africa. She is the author of Aboke Girls, a novel about the 1996 Aboke abductions in Northern Uganda.

Before her career as a journalist, she taught at Feng Chia University, China. She also worked at MSF in Sudan.

On 12 November 2006, she was named editor-in-chief of the Ugandan-based newspaper, New Vision . This appointment took effect on 1 December 2006. [2] She resigned in October 2008. [3] [4]

In 2010, the UN entrusted Els De Temmerman with the establishment of an asylum for child soldiers in north-east Congo, which she opened in 2013. [5]

Els De Temmerman is married to Johan Van Hecke, a Belgian politician who lives in Oosterzele. In 2008 she became the owner of the hotel Cassia Lodge in Uganda, together with Van Hecke. On the 7th of July 2011 she gave birth to twins (two daughters). [6] [7] In 2018, De Temmerman and Van Hecke sold Cassia Lodge, after which she started a new hotel called Kaazi Beach Resort. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Childsoldiers.net" . Retrieved 28 August 2006.
  2. ↑ "New Vision: Staff". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "De Temmerman stapt op als hoofdredactrice Oegandese krant - Buitenland - De Morgen" (in Dutch). Demorgen.be. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Els De Temmerman stapt op als Oegandese krantenbaas - Het Nieuwsblad" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Knack, Redactie (29 January 2013). "'AFRIKA, IK ZAL ER NOOIT VAN GENEZEN'". Knack (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Marleen Temmerman, 'Niemand heeft recht op een kind'
  7. ↑ Els De Temmerman (49) mama van Lara en Maya; Het Nieuwsblad, 7 juli 2011]
  8. ↑ Cath Luyten bezoekt voormalig CD&V-voorzitter Johan Van Hecke in Oeganda


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