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Gathering in Muizen

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Gathering in Muizen

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Gathering in Muizen

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How do we take care of each other here in Muizen?

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How affordable are nursing homes?

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How do we take care of each other in Muizen?

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Who takes care of whom?

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How do we organize welfare for each other in a society where individuality is prioritized?

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Is the elderly care center affordable?

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Is there a need for a service center?

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our squares and public buildings are continuously cleaned

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by Omar and so many people

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sometimes we forget about that

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and it is taken for granted

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that the village hall is clean and tidy

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but it is actually a lot of work

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and there are many people who often with a high workload

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are cleaning those places

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three days a week Nicole

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opens the cafetaria as a volunteer

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of nursing home De Muze

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if volunteers like Nicole

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weren't there

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it would be impossible for the cafetaria to be open

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seven by seven

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everything happens with a lot of laughter

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and sometimes with some tears

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she also strives for more money for health care

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because with an ordinary pension

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you cannot pay the rent in an nursing home

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and that certainly shouldn't be allowed

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Philipina Mertens or Pina

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was born in Muizen

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last century in 1916

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she was a pioneer for the social struggle

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there wasn't even the right to vote for women yet

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she was one of the first to think in larger structures

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until her eighties she was the driving force of the socialist party

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and the women's movement

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and also part of the youth movement De Rode Valken

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Pina made a very large pot of soup

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and scooped out the soup with a ladle

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for the children whom lived in poverty

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hence her earrings as a reference

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Lily grew up in West-Flanders

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but has lived here for many years

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every morning at 9 a.m. she leaves her home

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to open the door of the church

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and the key from the Rerum is also in her pockets

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she's very often on the road

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working from early till late

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when you say she does a lot

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that's actually too little

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we wonder

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who is going to do all that work in the future

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every morning and every afternoon

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you'll find Jean-Marie at the beginning of Peter Benoitstreet

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wearing a fluorescent jacket

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and in all weathers

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he makes sure that all the schoolchildren

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including parents and grandparents

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can cross the street safely

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not only this

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but also, together with Ingrid

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he's very active in organizing things

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such as flea markets and bingo evenings

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under the name Muizen Nodigt Uit

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all things to bring people closer together

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"if there is anything, just call me" he says

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Fons De Cock and a few others

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was the founder and inspirer of Red Cross Muizen in 1972

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he was always busy helping people

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working together was his motto

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once on his own responsibility

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he took home someone who had been in an institution for 40 years

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he died in 1999

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and by the Charlemagne festivities in 2000

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he was chosen by the people of Muizen as a giant

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be assured

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that syringe you see there

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has nothing to do with corona

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or a new campaign against vaccinations

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it's just about the nursing home Muizen, De Muze, excuse me

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and Deborah has been making the ward for people with dementia for 5 years as teamleader

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when there's not enough people she jumps in

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and every morning she comes in

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and first she checks with the team if everything is going well

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then she drinks the inevitable cup of coffee

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4 times a month she opens the doors of our Dorpshuis

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for the book exchange

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but it is more than just an exchange-library

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it is also a meeting place

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Hilde is also fascinated by archeology

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she has an impressive collection of clay pipes

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and she collected several folders filled with information

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about the history of Muizen

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she is always ready to share her knowledge about this

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Somsak is the head monk

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of the Wat Dhammapateep temple

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you always receive tea and something to snack on

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or during midday something to eat

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you can also meditate there weekly

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the buddhist meditation brings us more in contact with the body

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in our western culture we are very much above the eyebrows

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with our attention

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and therefore we need this more and more

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gardener Dirk drives weekly with Frida to the store

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because Frida can't cross "the mountain" anymore

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Dirk helps her with the weekly shopping

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every saturday they drive together in the car to Delhaize

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on the Leuvensesteenweg

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for several centuries

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there was a Cistercian convent in Muizen

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where passers-by were welcome

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though the nuns of Muizen weren't rich

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yet our dear lord had seen to it that they weren't short of anything

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mother Barbara understood this best

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according to time and circumstances

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she showed the poor a compassionate heart

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every maundy Thursday they give to the pour souls

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four quintals of flour

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with that they bake bread

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with each loaf the poor received a herring

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Celina Willems sat in a pre-war wheelchair

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and was the mother of a large family

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despite her many children

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in the thirties

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she took care of another mouth

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the Spanish Conchita

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who as a young girl had fled

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from the Spanish civil war

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and ended up in Muizen

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if Celina were still around today

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she would most likely open her home

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to people fleeing wars like in Ukraine

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or in other places

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and notice the watermelons on her scarf

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also genocides like in Palestine would certainly haven't left her unmoved

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now I want to invit you all

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to honor these special giants

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together

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by holding them up in the air

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to honor these special representations of

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special people whom take care of others