Founding Mama Jennie

Born and raised in Sweden Jennie early felt like she didn’t exactly fit into the Swedish way of living. As soon as she finished college she was in a hurry to travel the world and left to backpack around East Asia the year she turned 20. One country she really fell in love with was Indonesia, and when returning to Sweden she couldn’t stop thinking about going back. Determined to be able to spend a longer time in Indonesia she moved to Oslo, Norway where she heard it was easy for a committed Swede to put some money in the bank.

After she had been saving for some time the money was however not used for another Indo trip, instead she flew to Kenya where she travelled across the country together with her family and a group of university students. The trip really opened her eyes to the vast problems our world is facing and she decided she wanted to get an education that could help her in trying to make some difference.

One bachelor degree later, after writing her graduation paper on working street children in Tanzania, Jennie finally made her much longed move to Bali, Indonesia. Initially she was working with her main passion, horse riding, and at the same time volunteering for multiple organizations mainly dealing with women- and child rights issues. In 2012 she started to work as a Research and Social Development Officer within the Indonesian resource industry. 2015 she moved to Italy to study Human Rights and the following year she earned her Master degree from the European Inter-University University for Human Rights and Democratization in Venice.

In Indonesia Jennie met her husband; Italian/German Francesco born and raised in Rome. They met Kiki at The Milk Bar when expecting their first child in 2016. Through the birth course Jennie and Francesco were able to have the birth experience they felt was the best for them with the help of Bellies Abroad associated midwives. Even though the labor was not exactly a walk in the park, Jennie experienced giving birth as a wonderful, empowering event where she felt loved and respected the whole time. Pregnancy and birth amazed her and she now feels extremely devoted in helping other women being able to feel the same after giving birth. She believes this is a woman’s inherited right, and a right that is far too often overlooked.