TFOT: Episode 4 - Hans Zomer - "I dream in English"

In this 4th episode of The Family of Things,Helen Shaw's guest is Hans Zomer, Director of Dóchas, a development network, and lead organisation on the European Year of Development in Ireland. Hans talks about being shaped by his Dutch presbyterian roots, his family's experience of World War 2 and his childhood growing up in Cameroon.

2015 is an action year for world development with two landmark UN events aiming to secure a new set of development goals and a global agreement on the environment and climate change. For Hans it is a challenge to all of us to ask and answer how can we make a positive difference in 2015?

For more details on European Year of Development Ireland and Dóchas visit http://www.dochas.ie/

The full episode is available to download from iTunes via the link below but for now here's a short teaser where Hans says, despite growing up in Cameroon and the Netherlands and speaking 5 languages, he dreams in English.

https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/the-family-of-things/id946045776?l=en&mt=2

Music: 'The Old Haunt' ©Ana Gog 2014

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Photo Courtesy of Hans Zomer

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