Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands was in Zoetermeer where she visited the Stichting Piëzo (Foundation Piëzo) on April 12, 2012.  The princess was accompanied by the director of the Oranje Fonds, Mr. Van der Giessen and the mayor of Zoetermeer.

According to RVD, Stichting Piëzo is an “… organization that encourages participation, emancipation and integration with the inhabitants of  Zoetermeer…”  

Any way, Princess Maxima met with volunteers as well as students at one of the Piëzo Centrum (the foundation’s center) who are participating in a Dutch language program which is funded by the Oranje Fonds.  According to the official website for the Stichting Piëzo there are four center’s in:

… four districts in Zoetermeer where a large amount of activities are offered to the inhabitants of Zoetermeer. A team of 12 professionals in these centres supports a group of more than 220 volunteers. A wide range of language courses and activities are organized in these centers daily.

For more information about Stichting Piëzo please visit their official website here.

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• One Photo
• Photo 2
• And, another photo

Sources: RVD, Stichtingpiezo.nl and Dichtbij.nl

On April 11, 2012, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands was at the University of Twente to participate in the first UN Review Conference on Micro-Insurance.

Upon her arrival the princess was greeted by faculty from the University of Twente as well as participants at the conference.  According to the official website for the University of Twente today’s event was:

… organized by the Institute for Innovation and Governance Studies, a research institute of the University of Twente, in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as various international (research) institutes in the field of micro-finance.

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• Gallery One
• Gallery Two

Sources: RVD and Utwente.nl

Photo courtesy of Het Koninklijk Huis