Who we are
Media experts with a mission
Media experts with a mission
Identity
Mission& Vision
Identity
Mission
&
Vision
REF FM is initiated by senior media experts who want to help the world become a better place for refugees and host communities - through the establishment of community-based radio stations run by and for refugees, with extra attention for women and girls. -.-.-
"To build participatory radio that airs entertaining programs encouraging livelihood-challenged refugee communities to improve their well-being and standard of living."&"A world in which refugees are (economically) active participants, making a decent living for themselves and their families."
REF FM is initiated by senior media experts who want to help the world become a better place for refugees and host communities - through the establishment of community-based radio stations run by and for refugees, with extra attention for women and girls.
-.-.-
"To build participatory radio that airs entertaining programs encouraging livelihood-challenged refugee communities to improve their well-being and standard of living."
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"A world in which refugees are (economically) active participants, making a decent living for themselves and their families."
Management Team
Geert van Asbeck
Dutch journalist and social entrepreneur
Kevin Amani van Dijck
Kenyan-Dutch radio presenter and DJ
Supervisory Board
Susan Blankhart
Chair of the Board
Former Dutch ambassador to Sri Lanka, Costa Rica, Egypt, and Sudan; Treasurer Achmea Foundation, Member Supervisory Board RNW Media, Member Supervisory Board Plan Nederland, etc.
Erik Detiger
Member of the Board
MD Philantropia Inc, MD FundsforNGO’s, former Deputy Director Development ICTJ (International Center for Transitional Justice), former
Program Officer and Project Officer UNICEF, etc.
Frank van Lennep
Member of the Board
Chief Investment Officer Private Markets at the Dutch pension fund PGGM Investments. Worked at KPMG Corporate Finance, the Dutch pension fund ABP, the Dutch investment bank NIBC and the Dutch Central Bank .
Tjipke Bergsma
Member of the Board
Former CEO War Child Holland, Deputy CEO Plan International, National Director Plan Nederland, Member Board of Trustees Dutch KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Member of the Supervisory Board Dutch Review of Books, etc..
Philip van Verschuer
Member of the Board
Retired attorney at law at the international Dutch based firm Loyens & Loeff, former managing partner of the New York office and of the Paris office of Loyens & Loeff. Member of the supervisory board of SOS Children’s Villages.
