31 March 2021
Queen Mathilde visited the Association pour la Solidarité étudiante en Belgique, that manages the Solidarithèque, a social grocery that provides students at the University Campus of Namur with food at very low prices.
Because of the pandemic the financial situation of many students, who otherwise have a side job to support themselves financially, has become particularly precarious.
29 March 2004
Princess Mathilde visited Koninklijk Werk IBIS in Bredene, a navy cadet school established in 1906 by Crown Prince Albert as a school & home for young orphan boys who were destined for a life at sea.
Nowadays it is a modern navy boarding school that still reserves places for young boys from a difficult social background. The transition happened with financial support from royal funds.
Mathilde was shown the different classes and stayed for lunch with the boys.
25 March 2021
Queen Mathilde visited the exhibition "Renaissance Children" at Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen.
23 March 2021
Queen Mathilde had a virtual conversation with pediatricians from AZ Nikolaas and GZA Hospitals to debate the impact the pandemic is having on children's mental health.
22 March 2021
Five years after the terror attacks in the Brussels metro station Maelbeek and at Brussels Airport, King Philippe & Queen Mathilde attended a commemorative ceremony at the Monument for Victims of Terror in the Rue de la loi in Brussels.
In the morning they had also observed a minute of silence at Brussels Airport, and they'd been to Maelbeek Metro Station in Brussels, where they met with victims.
video from the airport: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/03/22/herdenking-aanslagen-actua/
18 March 2021
Queen Mathilde had a virtual meeting with a French and Dutch speaking primary school class who use the "Just in Budget" game to learn about healthy finances.
The game is developed by WikiFin.
17 March 2021
Queen Mathilde took part in "Zorgbabbels", online discussions for Health Care Day. Main theme of these talks were the stress and pressure the health care staff has been dealing with since the start of the pandemic.
Later in the day Mathilde had a virtual meeting with Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and with Te Gek, Crésam and PFCSM-OPGG on mental health care for refugees.
