Danita de Baat is in change of Scouting Radio in our Nethelands studios based in the small fisherman’s city Monnickendam nearby the capital Amsterdam.

Monnickendam is a city in the area called Waterland. This area is famous for the wooden shoes, cheese and windmills.

Born in 1983, Danita started her study journalism in 2002 in Ede (in the centre of the Netherlands) at the Christelijke Hogeschool Ede (in the centre of the Netherlands). She graduated in 2006 with a degree in radio and television. She worked at trainee posts for local, regional and national radio stations.

Danita became a kabouter (brownie) in 1991 and since that day she is active in Scouting. She was also a scout and padvindster (guide) and later she became Sherpa (venture scout girls and the boys are Rowans). In 1999 she went as a 15 year old to the World Jamboree in Chile. After her Sherpa time she stopped with scouting for a few years. After her study she became a Scout Leader. And now she is looking for a new group in her neighbourhood. In 2007 she went as an International Service Member (IST) to the World Jamboree in England. She worked there for the community project Starburst.