Three young do-gooders Franka Schellekens, Laurentiu-Cristian Ciobotaru, and Romée Geelen all wrote their graduate thesis at the Zero Hunger Lab. They look back on their projects and reflect on their motives. Text: Peter de Jong Photos: Bram Belloni
“Being able to help people makes me feel good”
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Franka Schellekens (24) studied econometrics at Tilburg University from 2015. It made sense with so much mathematical blood in the family, she says. “My mother, my aunt, and my grandmother are mathematicians. It was a very enjoyable study program. I like solving difficult puzzles, and econometrics does that just fine. After graduating in August 2021,
