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"The Empty Lands" is a new Solidarity project of Cherry.

In this project, Dutch youngsters write columns about their experience as country-siders: what challenges do they face, what is beautiful there, how do they face the differences compared to a town or a city, first travel or experience abroad, and so on. They will be writing these interesting columns for a year long and some of them will be published in local magazines, newspapers or other media channels.

These are not only pieces of text, or words put together, these are pieces of heart that each youngster decided to open to the world about their lives.

When you live in the countryside (Nur Bedeir)

Cherry

May 14, 2020
2 min

When you live in the countryside (Nur Bedeir)

When you live in the countryside, and in particular when you grow in it, you somehow feel the world growing and distancing itself from where you are, and it is, I believe, a really unique experience. You notice that the older you get, the farther life tries to throw you. You notice that your kindergarten is likely close, your elementary school in the nearest small town, and your future high school in the nearest city. You then find out that the university that will probably g

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You can also download the Empty Lands booklet here!