Princess Margriet & Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven: Part 3 (December 2008 -)

[lucien]

HRH Princess Margriet,Vice-Chair of the Dutch Red Cross and former Chair of the IFRC,will probably appear
during the nationwide televised TV fundraising program for Haiti that will be aired live thursday evening.

HRH will appear live.

All hope is that millions more besides the 1.6 million till now will flow in.

All day long the combined commercial and national radio stations had an event to make people donate,
and that was a succes alltho we do not have an outcome of that program yet.

Tonight is the telethon for Haiti,the sum that is donated by midnight tonight,will be doubled by the
Dutch government.

[Marengo]

Apparently she will also be awnsering telephone calls, from people who want to make donations. As is the prime minister, minister Koenders and Geert Wilders, leader of the fascist party.

[lucien]

Did you see the Princess?As a member of the team that takes calls from people that wish to donate.One of the presentors asked her how she introduced herself on the phone with all these people,she replied chuckling;"oh just by my name,but it doesn't bring about any reaction".

There was 10.6 million till today.Then today saw/heard the Haiti radio event.That alone raised another 8.6 million euro.The telethon started 2 hours ago and people donated a staggering 15 million euro more till now.Whatever is donated by midnight will be doubled by the dutch government.34 Million doubled to 68 million euro ($ 89.6 million) is an absolute fantastic sum till now.

The Princess spoke about that she was only able to get contact with the Haitian chair of the Red Cross,a friend of the Princess since both had worked together when the Princess was Chair of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Foundations and the Haitian was a member of the Board.The Princess said it was a very emotional moment,to be able to talk to eachother.

This Princess really is one of a kind,absolutely,the Royal with the warmest kindest heart anywhere,not that others are not,it is just that Princess "Sunshine" as her nickname is,is truly special she radiates it.

http://www.royalimages.nl/search.pp?...1810367&pos=52

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http://www.royalimages.nl/search.pp?...1811044&pos=11

courtesy royalimages.

The end of the program the sum was revieled,over 41 million euro,that was doubled so there was 83.448.252 million euro.
Amazing,and moving.

[Maura724]

I love that she's doing this - how neat! That's funny that most of the people who talk to her don't realize who she is - you have your only opportunity to talk to a Princess, and you don't even notice!

[Marengo]

A clip of RTL, with princess Margriet int he telephone panel:

Prinses Margriet in telefoonpanel

[iceflower]

23-01-2010 Pieter van Vollenhoven is counting the birds,
during the national Bird counting, in the garden of the
Birdprotection foundation in Zeist.


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[Maura724]

The national bird counting? Are all the birds in the Netherlands counted?

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Maura724

The national bird counting? Are all the birds in the Netherlands counted?

A survey to find out how many of each species are in a certain area.Has that certain bird diminished in numbers or did it increase.
To find out the how and why of the amount of birds,the species,do they need protecting in some kind,what can be done to prevent a specie from diminishing and why did it diminish,or did the number increase,in the first place.Just an annual survey on how many of each specie you see in your garden,on your balcony,terrace.

[lucien]

Princess Margriet,Member of the Honorary Board of the International Paralympic Committee,will attend the opening of
the Winter Paralympics in Vancouver from march 11th till march 15th.HRH will attend several events and hand-out medals.

[lucien]

Pieter van Vollenhoven opened an exhibition of his photographs.
Prof.mr.Pieter has been a keen amateur photographer for several years now.

ANP Beeldbank

courtesy royalimages.

[iceflower]

Originally Posted by lucien

Pieter van Vollenhoven opened an exhibition of his photographs.
Prof.mr.Pieter has been a keen amateur photographer for several years now.

ANP Beeldbank

courtesy royalimages.

Princess Margriet attended as well:

Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven attended the opening of
the photo exhibition ''through the lens'' at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn.
Pieter van Vollenhoven shows an overview of the wildlife around the
palace in the last five years.


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