“One year ago, I moved from Amsterdam to Zaandam. I immediately felt at home and was heartly welcomed by my neighbors. I grew up as only child at my home in Ivory Coast. Yet, I was surrounded by many uncles, aunts and cousins. Here in the Netherlands, I noticed people differentiate between a household-family and the rest of your family. This was new for me. To strengthen the family feeling in my neighborhood I always wave at my neighbors. For me this is a nice way of showing that we are all ‘family.’”

Ebe-Manye helps coconut farmers in his homeland Ivory Cost to build up a humane existence.