From Holland to Indonesia, Brazil, Portugal, Bhutan: Working Abroad with Anouk Cleven [Episode 2]
Description
My guest in this episode is Anouk Cleven, who is originally from the Netherlands. Since 2019, she's lived in Lisbon.
Anouk and her husband, Mark, moved to Portugal from Brazil, where for seven years they ran a foundation, a social and educational center that Anouk founded, and which delivered English classes, computer courses, work training preparation, sport, and music classes, and healthy nutrition support to children aged 6 to 15 from vulnerable situations.
Prior to Brazil, Anouk and Mark worked for three years for Voluntary Services Abroad in Indonesia where their work placements were on two different islands.
Because of the pandemic and because of the nature of her work, Anouk now works remotely from home in Lisbon as the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Bhutan Spirit Sanctuary.
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