{"id":365,"date":"2025-10-02T03:43:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/grotenhuis-rene\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:43:33","slug":"grotenhuis-rene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/grotenhuis-rene\/","title":{"rendered":"Grotenhuis Rene"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left normal content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRen\u00e9 Grotenhuis<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"author_addthis\">\n<div class=\"addthis\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\" addthis:title=\"Grotenhuis Ren\u00e9\">\n\t\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_pill_style\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"object-left\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><b>Ren\u00e9 Grotenhuis<\/b> is director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cordaid.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cordaid<\/a>, the Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development Aid, in The Hague, the Netherlands. Cordaid is also the umbrella organization of Memisa, Mensen in Nood, Microkrediet and Vastenaktie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Mr Grotenhuis (59) gained experience in the field of development cooperation initially as a policy officer and later as a member of the executive board of several Dutch development organizations (until 1998).<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">He is currently president of the International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE).<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Mr Grotenhuis studied theology at the University of Utrecht. He has experience in pastoral care and feels closely involved with the diaconal aspects of the Catholic church.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/extension\/broker\/design\/broker\/images\/no-image.png\" alt=\"Populism, the West and the \u2018rest\u2019\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\">Populism, the West and the \u2018rest\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/grotenhuis-rene\/\">Ren\u00e9 Grotenhuis<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNovember 30, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p 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