Get Familiar: Patta Academy

We want the next generation to be better than us. We are giving back to our community and are giving them every tool and everything they need, to make them better and believe in their own abilities. That is the mission for Patta Academy. Patta Academy offers young adults with entrepreneurial talent the opportunity to expand their horizons and perspectives. By doing this, we are building a sustainable community of young entrepreneurs, supported by entrepreneurs and individuals who did it before them. The focus is to train very talented and highly motivated young people in the age of 16 to 25. During this whole process we will train the “athlete mindset”, participants will gain entrepreneurial skills, tools, network, but above all perspective how to make their dreams come true. We caught up with the people behind the initiative, to give some insight into the courses, objectives and dreams for Patta Academy.

What other movements have you seen that inspire you and the Patta Academy?
Frankly, my inspiration was Patta herself for their love for the community and Edson for his passion and drive to be socially involved. But also how he inspires the young people! I once asked Edson if he wanted to speak at an inspiration evening for young people and that was just wow, this motivated me to do a project with Patta. That was the birth of the Summer School. The Summer School was such a great success that this was the inspiration for the Patta Academy again.


The teachers who provide the lessons come from different parts of the world with regard to their origin, Surinamese, Dutch and Morocco. We think it is important that the teachers can think within the life world of the young people. The teachers are people who come from the company or who are used to working with this target group.