the Growing Network

Since March 2025, volunteer projects of Yu di Tera fall under the umbrella of The Growing Network Foundation. The foundation has the following goals:

Goal #1: Support a sustainable Curaçao through education, capacity building, and green projects.
Goal #2: Promote a healthy and sustainable living environment for current and future generations
Goal #3: Protect and restore the natural environment
Goal #4: Increase environmental awareness within the community
Goal #5: Promote food security and sustainable agriculture
Goal #6: Strengthen the knowledge and skills of residents in the field of sustainability
Goal #7: Organize accessible educational initiatives and awareness campaigns
Goal #8: Develop and support green projects that contribute to a resilient living environment
Goal #9: Collaborate with residents, organizations, and governments to promote sustainability.

All in the broadest sense of the word.

The foundation’s board consists of Miriam Rollan, Cindy Eman and Amenda Steelink.

Banking info:
The Growing Network Foundation
Ferdinandstraat 16
MCB: 36457602
KvK: 170026

Projects

Hòfinan Serí Otrobanda

Community urban farming project in the streets of Ser’i Otrobanda, that ran from 2020 to 2025. Starting in the midst of the Covid-19 lockdown, the project helped feed the neighborhood, while cultivating cohesion and education for many years. Earning a nomination for an Appeltje van Oranje in 2023, this was a stellar example of building bridges. Due to the changes in the neighborhood, this project has come to a natural end in December 2025.

City Nature Challenge Curaçao

From April 25–28, 2025, Curaçao proudly participated in the City Nature Challenge (CNC) for the very first time. The CNC is a four-day global citizen science event, organized by the California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, that invites people around the world to document local biodiversity using the iNaturalist app.

City Nature Challenge Curaçao is organized voluntarily by Cindy Eman, Nadina Galle, and Femi Meaux, in collaboration with schools, NGOs, businesses, volunteers, and government institutions.

City Nature Challenge Curacao 2025 won the CITI Sustainable Innovation award in 2025.

The next edition will run from April 24th to April 27th, 2026.

Indigenous species nursery

To support sustainable development on the island, a nursery of indigenous plant species, as well as fruit trees that are considered local has been set up in 2024. Part of the nursery is funded by the Farm to Crafts project, that focusses on the propagation and replanting of the Brasia tree (Haematoxylum brasiletto) and Dushi kabei (Maclura tinctoria).