Rooted programming, management and oversight is led by an interdisciplinary group of people, of which many volunteers, that all walk their own path of rooting. They have roots in, amongst other places, Suriname, Chile, Bolivia, Palestine, Syria, Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Morocco, Friesland, the United States, Turkey, Australia, France, Armenia, Sri Lanka and The Netherlands.
Sacha
Sacha is a wilderness guide and philosopher who facilitates experiences 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
Noor is the founder of Rooted. She has a vision for a more cohesive society and socially just world and takes action accordingly, as pioneer, social entrepreneur, speaker and policy advisor.
Bader
Bader is a professional chef who has a passion for culinary creativity, housed in his Palestinian roots. During Rooted, 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. With her Surinamese-Dutch roots, she knows this journey of discovery.
Andres
Andrés is a multicultural business leader and treasurer of the Rooted board. Rooted in Chile and The Netherlands, he aims to help people in finding, protecting and embracing their roots to find happiness and inner peace.
Charo
Charo is a singer, singing teacher, voice liberation and breathwork coach. As a child of two worlds, Bolivia and The Netherlands, her mission is to create unity and a sense of belonging – in the world and in ourselves.
Christina
Christina is a Rooted board member with Bulgarian roots. She has a background in international law and works for the Dutch NGO branch association in the field of human rights and international development.
Samar
Samar is chair of the Rooted board. She is a consultant in the public sector, with a focus on migration. Rooted in multiple cultures, she is passionate about building communities where people can embrace all their identities.
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 sing too. She coaches people in finding and expressing their inner voice.
Cathrien
Cathrien is one of the board members of Rooted. She has a background in art and journalism and currently works for the Dutch network VPRO. She is rooted in The Netherlands.
Pinar
Pinar, our board member, works to amplify voices. Drawing on her own multicultural background, she is dedicated to build an inclusive world where people can unapologetically embrace their full identity.
Hannah
Hannah contributes to the development of the Rooted methodology. As research student in migration and multiculturalism, Hannah is interested in understanding how migrants navigate their search for belonging and home.
Nikki
Nikki is a Rooted board member. With a background in anthropology and public policy, she aims to create spaces where diverse identities are celebrated. She has a strong passion for contributing to a more inclusive society.
David
David is a medical student in the United Kingdom with roots in Armenia and The Netherlands. He manages Rooted’s social media and aspires to explore the intersection of health and migration in his future work.
Yeliz
Yeliz is a strategic facilitator dedicated to guiding groups in learning, collaborating, and co-creating. Her quest to enhance the health of people and planet drives her passion for agriculture, and cooking soul food.
Sara
Sara is one of Rooted’s community managers. Her experience living on three continents showed her that for those who feel uprooted, building community makes all the difference.
Neila
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“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, roots in Sierra Leone
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 seven-person 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 can be found here: impact report and financial report. Here you can also find our ANBI reporting of 2023-2024.
