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Social worker Leyla Çakir forerunner

We are happy that Leyla Çakir has become a forerunner of the Walk of Walk of Wisdom. Leyla is a social worker and was born into a Turkish immigrant family. From 2007 to 2013, she was president of the independent Muslim women's organization…

Spiritual counsellor and writer Marinus van den Berg

Spiritual counselor and poet/writer Marinus van den Berg has become the forerunner of the Walk of Wisdom. Marinus van den Berg has been working as a chaplain in a hospice in Rotterdam since 1998, where he guides people from various cultural…

Host families wanted

The Walk of Wisdom is looking for host families on the pioneer route where pioneers and practice runners are welcome to spend the night. The route will be officially opened on June 21, 2015, but until then we are working with a small group of…

Photos and drawings wanted

If you are good at photography or make art that has common ground with the idea of the Walk of Wisdom, then we are very curious about it. A tranquil photograph, a beautiful poem, an act of idealism or insight. You can upload a contribution to…

Necklace and button makers wanted

We want to introduce a pilgrim's chain where the pilgrim is given a knot or piece of rope at each stop on the route to string on the chain. In this way, a beautiful memento is created over time. We are thinking of a chain in the shape of a shoelace,…

App builder wanted

We are looking for someone who can create an app for the Walk of Wisdom. We don't have any money, but our route has the potential to go around the world, so if our project appeals to you and you have a sense of ambition: take a look below. …

Accountant wanted

We are looking for a capable accountant who can help us with the administration. We are looking for someone with experience, who can think big, but can also take small steps. We greatly appreciate a subservient attitude. We set up the bookkeeping…

Stops wanted

We are looking for stops on the pioneer route of the Walk of Wisdom (the Streekpad Nijmegen) where pilgrims can pick up a knot for their pilgrim's shoelace. The pilgrim's lace is a shoelace where pilgrims can fasten buttons, flags, messages,…

Many new forerunners and informal permission pioneer route

  Towards a new route Newsletter Walk of Wisdom - 2014, 02 Good news: many interesting symbolic forerunners have been added who are writing a contribution to our book of hours and pilgrims Seasons of Life. Furthermore,…

Writer Annelies Verbeke contributes

The Flemish writer Annelies Verbeke has contributed to our tidal and pilgrim book Seasons of Life and has thus become a symbolic forerunner of the route. The Flemish (1976), who is also increasingly appreciated in the Netherlands, made his…