‘You don’t have to do it alone.’ For teenager Aytun Aydin from Oss, that message from Thea Willems changed everything. Hardly any Dutch was spoken at home, as a Turkish girl you didn’t play sports and the world felt small. Now, years later, Aydin (53) runs an organization that has already helped more than 1,500 girls.
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‘You don’t have to do it alone.’ For teenager Aytun Aydin from Oss, that message from Thea Willems changed everything. Hardly any Dutch was spoken at home, as a Turkish girl you didn’t play sports and the world felt small. Now, years later, Aydin (53) runs an organization that has already helped more than 1,500 girls.