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FEMI is oriented towards the education of the child, because the child has the future, but is in need of our attention today. Good education, that means education that starts with the individuality of the child.FEMI wants to create opportunities, that can be done in may ways. A child without food cannot learn, so one starts thinking about food supplies. But if the soil is too dry, building pumps will be necessary, or water collecting devices to provide clean water. Sometimes it is best to talk with the parents and convince them of the benefits of a good education for their children’s future.
But FEMI will appeal always to the responsibility of the people themselves. FEMI does not want to help, but is seeking to co-operate with people, governments, local institutions, and companies on location. She is convinced of the importance to handle the resources of the land in a durable and ecologically well-balanced way.
Initial costs are accountable to FEMI, afterwards the costs are, as much as possible, considered a loan without interest, in favour of re-use on location.
Ruud Bakhuizen of FEMI got acquainted to Pieter Kooistra via Fred Matser of Fred Foundation. Pieter was an artist, but a visionary man too. He introduced successfully the Art Lending System in the Netherlands in the fifties. In his later years he developed The UNO Plan, propagating a basic income for every man on earth. Therefore he founded the Un Income Foundation. After Pieter's death Ruud Bakhuizen joined the board. One of the pilot projects of this foundation is carried out by FEMI in India (See project: "A basic income in Chennai"). During a working visit to India in 1999 Ruud and Annelies Bakhuizen got acquainted with people from Strohalm at a conference about financial micro credits. Appealed by their ideas upon interest free financing Ruud started advising Strohalm.