Once a Banker Found a Sense of Life in Distant Africa

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Six months away from the comfort zone of a secure existence: Gerald Binder, former top banker, set off with his family to distant Tanzania – and found more than dust and sun! "I was a man of numbers, of planning, of safe ways," says Binder. For decades, the financial expert from Hainfeld, Lilienfeld district, had worked in international banking – responsibility, efficiency, strategy were his everyday life. Until he took a radical step with wife …

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Ole Ditlev Nielsen was still in his 30s when he started planning his first "retirement". He needed a break. A break from hectic mornings with small children and packed lunches, commuting, teaching, meetings, more meetings, home, pick up, dinner, a bit late to bed, and then back again. - It wasn't that I didn't like my job, but I needed a break. There was something inside me that wanted to get out, feel the freedom and have more time. I felt trap…