Rooted programming, management and oversight is led by an interdisciplinary group of professionals that all walk their own path of rooting. They have roots in, amongst other places, Palestine, Suriname, Chile, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Egypt, Morocco, Friesland, the United States, Turkey, Australia, France, Armenia and The Netherlands.
Sacha
Sacha Post is a wilderness guide and philosopher who facilitates retreats that enable an embodied connection with nature and the wilderness. He aims to inspire people to live deeply rooted, aligned with the cyclical flow of nature.
Noor
Bader
Bader Dado is a professional chef who has a passion for culinary creativity, housed in his Palestinian roots. His soul is deeply rooted in blending flavors and creating dishes that inspire people and leave a lasting impression on their memories. He enjoys working with ingredients from all over the world. During Rooted programming he integrates ingredients from participants’ home countries in his dishes. That’s what home tastes like.
Sandra
Sandra is a systemic coach and NLP practitioner. Her aim is to inspire people to find and recognize their roots and make them their strength to build up on. “To know who you are, you may have to return to those roots to retrieve what you have forgotten. With my Surinamese-Dutch roots, I know this journey of discovery.”
Andres
Charo
Charo is a singer, singing teacher, voice liberation facilitator and breathwork coach. As a child of two worlds, Bolivia and The Netherlands, she is continuously exploring: what does it mean to be home? Her mission is to create a space where you experience a sense of belonging – in the world and in yourself.
Christina
Samar
Hester
Hester is a singing teacher and voice liberation facilitator. After a career in classical singing she decided to dedicate her time to letting other people’s voices and hearts sing too. She coaches people in finding their inner voice and the expression thereof.
Cathrien
Pinar
Hannah
Nikki
David
Yeliz
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Rooted Board of Directors
Good governance and sound supervision are essential to keep the quality of our programming high. That is why we have a clear strategy, code of conduct and an active supervisory Board. The Board of Rooted supervises the policy, sets financial guidelines and has final responsibility for all Rooted activities. The Board gives solicited and unsolicited advice. The members are appointed by the Board itself. The members of the Rooted Board do their work voluntarily and are appointed for an indefinite term.
Our combined annual report of 2023 and 2024 will be available here by April 2025.
“In the nineties I fled from Sierra Leone to the Netherlands. Since then something has changed in me. I left country A and could never fully return as the person I was back then. Still I also never truly arrived in country B. I find myself in no man’s land. There, I dance between identities.”
Babah Tarawally, author, activist, journalist and speaker at Rooted