Jasper Wegman
Community Builder and Connector. He lives his dream.
Timeline
- 2019
- Community and leadership development in refugee camps on Lesvos (Greece)
- 2018
- Publication book 'Leadership in my Community'
- 2015
- Working and living in Colombia with friend Ivy. Community development in poor areas.
- 2010
- Living and working in Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. Community development in poor areas.
- 2009
- Become an independent entrepreneur - coaching and organizational advice
- 2006
- Foundation of the Che Amigo Foundation
- 2001
- Graduation Master Financial Analysis at the VU Amsterdam
Biography
Jasper Wegman (1970) is a pro-active, energetic, self-aware and adventurous personality who knows how to connect with people and organizations. With a positive critical mind, he is very socially involved and committed to a better world.
As a child he was already interested in people and other cultures. As an organization and leadership coach, that became his profession. In 2004, Jasper quits his job to do what he really wants; he founded the Che Amigo foundation. Together with many volunteers, donors and local people and organizations, they are committed to community development in vulnerable areas.
Employability
Speaker
Organizational coach, facilitator, author and founder of the Che Amigo Foundation.
In 2004, Jasper quits his job to do what he really wants: setting up social development projects. He founded the Che Amigo foundation. Together with a board, many volunteers, donors and local people and organizations, they are committed to community development in vulnerable areas in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. With the program developed by Che Amigo, called Leadership in my Community, young people learn to set up projects themselves in their neighborhood. Since then, Che Amigo has set entire communities in motion.
Jasper's book "Leadership in My Community" was released at the end of 2018. In it he describes his personal development process from the moment of founding (2007) until mid-2018. He talks about the people he meets along the way in vulnerable areas of South America and what steps they take in their personal development.
In his book you travel along small-scale development projects in beautiful areas in South America. It is about poverty and joy, teachers and difficult moments, self-reflection and personal growth. Questions such as: how do you get a community moving? What do you encounter when you follow your ideals? And what can we and Dutch organizations learn from this?
In addition to founder of the Che Amigo foundation, Jasper has been active in the world of organizational change for more than twenty years. He works as an organization and leadership coach and focuses on leadership issues within a purpose-driven economy. His vision of leadership development is unique and focuses on the intrinsic ownership and personal talent of everyone. He gives inspiring workshops on discovering your WHY and questions such as: what can teams learn from communities in South America?
Jasper has been working in the Netherlands again since April 2018. He has joined Berckeley Square, a consultancy for social innovation, transformation and self-organization, and works from Che Amigo, among others, with the Movement On The Ground foundation (co-founder Johnny de Mol) on Lesbos. There he sets up a community development program for refugees who often have to stay in hopeless camps for months or even years.
Others about the book "Leadership in my Community"
“Jasper Wegman's book provides an interesting description of community development in South America, with leadership development in particular being innovative. He shows how leadership is developed by people from within the community and is not imposed by the mind from outside. ”
- Paul de Blot, Professor of Business Spirituality Nyenrode
“Che Amigo is a dream from Jasper. He has realized his dream, simply by "doing" and collaborating with people who share his goal. A good example of personal leadership. Tribute. "
- Arnoud van Wingerde, CEO of Makro Food Service Brazil
“Beautiful, inspiring leadership. Organizations and teams can learn a lot from the examples of community development in South America. ”
- Robin van Galen, coach water polo team who won gold
at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Literature
Leiderschap in mijn Community
In 2004, Jasper Wegman quits his job and lease car at Rabobank to do what he really wants: making long journeys and setting up social development projects. He would like to contribute to the fight against poverty in the world, but how?
Three years later, Jasper founded the Che Amigo foundation. Together with a board, many volunteers, donors and local people and organizations, he sets up various social projects in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. With the program developed by Che Amigo, Leadership in my Community, where young people learn to set up projects in their own neighborhood, they have since that time set entire communities in motion.
This book is about leadership. Jasper describes his personal process from the moment of creation until now. He talks about the people he meets along the way in vulnerable areas of South America and what steps they take in their personal development.
Travel along small-scale development projects in beautiful areas in South America, poverty and joy, teachers and difficult moments, self-reflection and personal growth. Questions such as: how do you get a vulnerable community moving? What do you encounter when you follow your ideals? And what can we and Dutch organizations learn from this?
A beautiful and impressive book with beautiful vivid photos of the people and communities in South America.
