WILLEMSTAD – GreenKidz Foundation and Kindermuseum Curaçao have successfully completed Ami ku Mami, a unique pilot project designed to strengthen the bond between mothers and children through educational, creative, and environmentally focused activities. The initiative was developed jointly by the two organizations with financial support from Stichting Johannes Bosco.
The program was created around the idea that a strong relationship between mother and child plays a crucial role in a child’s development. Through shared experiences such as talking, playing, crafting, learning, and exploring, the project aimed to create opportunities for trust, attention, and quality time between participants.
As part of the initiative, GreenKidz and Kindermuseum Curaçao designed a series of interactive workshops that introduced mothers and children to sustainability and environmental awareness in a fun and engaging way. Participants explored both the indoor and outdoor spaces of the museum while learning about topics such as native trees, mosquito prevention, littering, plastic pollution, recycling, and waste management.
The program combined education with hands-on activities. Mothers and children worked together to create colorful heart-shaped artworks using recycled bottle caps, learned about recycling while shopping together in the museum’s children’s supermarket, and explored the museum’s outdoor areas featuring treehouses, zip lines, and nature-based play spaces. Along the way, they learned more about Curaçao’s native trees and environmental conservation.
According to the organizers, the project was delivered by a combined team of GreenKidz and Kindermuseum staff members who worked closely together to develop lessons, activities, and educational materials tailored specifically to young children and their mothers. The approach emphasized active participation, allowing children to learn through exploration while encouraging mothers to remain fully involved in the educational process.
The project was fully supported by Stichting Johannes Bosco, which provided funding from the outset. Organizers said the support enabled them to carefully prepare and execute all aspects of the program. Feedback from participating families was overwhelmingly positive, with many mothers praising the welcoming atmosphere, variety of activities, and opportunity to spend meaningful time with their children.
The pilot concluded with a festive closing ceremony during which participants received special mother-child certificates and took part in a symbolic embrace activity celebrating the relationships built throughout the program.
GreenKidz Foundation and Kindermuseum Curaçao said they will soon evaluate the pilot together with Stichting Johannes Bosco to determine whether Ami ku Mami can become a permanent part of the museum’s programming. According to GreenKidz creator Maya Mathias and Kindermuseum director Rohani de Pont, the project demonstrated that meaningful learning begins with connection—between mother and child, between organizations, and between children and their environment.