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Tenth Soldier of Orange prize is awarded to Mélanie Choisy. | SMN News

October 29, 2019

Tenth Soldier of Orange prize is awarded to Mélanie Choisy. | SMN News
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PHILIPSBURG:--- Mélanie Choisy (1990) of the Be the Change Foundation on Sint Maarten received the Soldier of Orange prize from the hand of Karna Hazelhoff Castellon, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema’s daughter. Every year, the Soldier of Orange Fund, which is part of the Oranje Fonds, awards young people for addressing a social problem within their community, just like the original Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje), Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, did in his day.

Be the Change Foundation

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Mélanie Choisy created the Be Change Foundation together with her aunt Erika Cannegieter, in 2012. Every month, the foundation selects an NGO project, to raise


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