Acquisition, Jenny van Houten (1972)

Jenny was born in Leidschendam and knows Marcel from high school. They went out in Leiden a lot with a group of friends and enjoyed several musicfestivals together. After high school she studied environmental engineering in Utrecht and started working for several governmental organisations as environmental inspector. Now she is an environmental inspector and criminal investigator for the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Housing Spatial Planning and the Environment.

In this job she can work on her ideals. This job plays an important role in preventing illegal waste exports to developing countries from the rich western countries. In 2001 she volunteered for Greenpeace and educated children on environmental subjects on a sailing classic ship.

In 1998 she went to Latin America for the first time and in 2003 she came back for some more travelling. During this trip Jenny travelled through Guatemala and got a good view of the country. The present situation there and the horrific recent political history are unbelievable. Reason enough for developing work and the foundation Caras Alegres!

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