These guys motivate the young people in Duindorp: 'Rapper Frenna even stopped by'

Frenna herself comes from the Schilderswijk; “He can show that an ‘ordinary’ boy from an underprivileged neighborhood like the Schilderswijk can go far,” says Anass, who also comes from that neighborhood. “The difference with Duindorp is not that big, here the young people run into the same things.”

Disadvantaged

Luc and Anass were already working together as youth workers at Welzijn Scheveningen when they started working on the new project. “I wanted to have Anass as a positive role model,” says Luc. “Young people face the same problems everywhere, they see few opportunities in their environment and therefore have little self-confidence. We show that everyone has talent and everyone can go far, no matter where you come from,” adds Anass.

Anass and Luc do this with the Young leaders program, after which the participants receive a recognized certificate that is really useful to them. So it’s double. And they learn something, develop and will soon have more opportunities.”

Experience:

A Moroccan in the white Duindorp may sound a bit strange, but according to Anass it’s not too bad. “In the Schilderswijk I saw how difficult it is for young people to achieve something if the opportunities are not there for the taking, the same applies here. In the beginning that I came to work here, the young people were curious about me. I was perhaps the first Moroccan youth worker in Duindorp. They are now used to me and I love this neighbourhood”.

Luc has a different background: but has just as much heart for the business. The 37 year-old lived until his 16de in America, Florida. He then became an international model and then became an English teacher and rapper in the Netherlands. He still raps under the name Boom Down and Luc is also a youth worker.

“We would like to motivate and guide young people in making the right choice. Sometimes we just ask how things are going at home while gaming in the ‘clubhouse’ and other times it’s about a big project. The most important thing is that we connect with the young people. What is happening in their world and what do they need.”

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Project

Young leaders was developed by Sam Schrevel with the support of The Hague University of Applied Sciences. It is a project in which training is given to young people to challenge them to discover their own qualities. For example, they receive lectures from well-known fellow citizens and practice presenting and organizing themselves. The young people of Duindorp are motivated to dedicate themselves to the neighborhood and the program ends with a major project around the World Sailing Championships that will be held in Scheveningen this summer.

“Maybe there will also be a song about Duindorp”, jokes Luc. His niece Jaé asked Frenna if he wanted to make a song with Boom Down (aka Luc). His answer to that was: ‘It would be great if we could make a song about the neighborhood….’