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Els De Temmerman (born 10 February 1962,in Oudenaarde) is a Belgian former journalist who founded ,[1] an organization aimed at stopping the recruitment of children, providing psychological and educational support through its rehabilitation of child soldiers in Africa and work to earn a living to avoid being recruited in the future. She is also the author of Aboke Girls, a novel about the 1996 Aboke abductions in Northern Uganda.
Between 1984 and 1987, Temmerman was a Lecturer at Feng Chia University, Taichung in the Republic of China. She worked as an aid with Médecins Sans Frontières in Sudan, from 1987 to 1988. From 1988 until 1990, she worked as a staff reporter at Het Volk. Still a staff reporter at Wereldwijd, Belgian development magazine, from 1990 to 1992. She served as Africa correspondent for De Volkskrant-news paper in the Netherlands and BRT- Belgian Radio and Television based in Nairobi, from 1992 until 1995.[2]
Temmerman studied German philology at KULAK after graduating from secondary school. She graduated in 1984 in Leuven. Before her career as a journalist, she taught at Feng Chia University, China. She also worked with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Sudan.On 12 November 2006, she was appointed editor-in-chief of the Ugandan-based newspaper, New Vision. This appointment took effect on 1 December 2006.[3] She resigned in October 2008.[4][5]. In 2010, the UN entrusted Els De Temmerman to establish an asylum for child soldiers in north-east Congo, which she opened in 2013.[6]
Els De Temmerman is married to Johan Van Hecke, a Belgian politician who lives in Oosterzele. In 2008, she and Van Hecke became owners of the hotel Cassia Lodge in Uganda. On the 7th of July 2011, she gave birth to twin daughters.[7][8] In 2018, De Temmerman and Van Hecke sold Cassia Lodge, after which she started a new hotel called Kaazi Beach Resort.[9]
Awards
Temmerman received Dick Scherpenzeel Award from the Dutch Minister of Development Cooperation in Netherlands, 1994. She was the media person of the year in Belgium,1994 and Woman of the year-Belgium in 1995. She got the prize of the Dutch Daily Press-Netherlands in 1995. She also received the Award of the Catholic University of Kortrijk in Belgium, 2001 and Gulden spoor Award, 2004[2]
She got Guinness power of goodness award in Uganda, 2004. She received vocational service award from the Rotary Club Kampala for outstanding community service through Journalism in Uganda from 2004 to 2005[2]
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