by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Mar 29, 2018
Thanks to Kidpower’s training, a child with profound hearing loss got help to escape physical abuse! “I teach a classroom of young children who are deaf and hard of hearing. The day after our specialized Kidpower workshop, six-year-old Elisa signed to me, “Kidpower says problems should not be secret!” She then showed me the marks […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Feb 8, 2018
Lately, it seems that barely a week goes by that we don’t hear news of adults in positions of power or trust, accused or convicted of “sexual misconduct” in the workplace, domestic violence, sexually abusing young people in their care, and also about adult leaders who were told and ignored it. We believe that because […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Jan 22, 2018
Many of the lessons and values we teach in Kidpower are thanks to my father, Raim Regelson and mother Lily Regelson. For this reason, I thought you would appreciate this tribute to Raim and a little about his last days, which I was fortunate enough to share and during which he taught me even more lessons. He was enormously proud of Kidpower and took a great deal of joy in coming to our conferences.
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Dec 31, 2017
In the first year of Kidpower, I confessed to my friend Robert, who is one of our Founding Honorary Trustees, that I felt uncomfortable about having to ask people to donate. In an indignant voice, Robert told me, “You are just going to have to get over it, Irene! What if any of us saw […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Dec 30, 2017
Thanks to supporters like YOU, Kidpower can help families cope with abuse, domestic violence, and other life situations that put them at greater risk! “As a child, I was harmed by someone our family knew and trusted. Kidpower skills for my parents and myself would have spared us so much suffering! Kidpower training taught me […]