Handicrafts and Appropriate Technology

Handicrafts and Appropriate Technology
Saturday, December 25, 2021

One of CAT's projects is the KidsClub, which has been regularly overseen for many years by R.Perner and L.Fluegge. The KidsClub arose from the CAT initiative CAT Club, in which selected schools in the region received a set of alternative technology (SolarCooker, Wind-Mill, etc.) from CAT and were able to gain experience with it.

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Labels: CAT Bamenda, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, L Fluegge, M.Bartkiewitz Schmitt, Norbert Pintsch, R.Perner, Senta Siller

posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:08 AM, ,

Thatta Kedona and the Sisters
Tuesday, September 7, 2021

A brief summary in seven points

compiled by Omar M.Ali, Njini King Caro, Ricardo Coslez / idea: Norbert Pintsch

The dolls project has inspired people in other regions to take similar approaches, according to the motto of Direct Support at Site, subconsciously as a counter-model of the so-called humanitarian aid (as above, - which is ultimately self-help for the donor countries, their institutions and organizations) .

1. Story

When did it start?

-Start in Pakistan 1993, -start in Cameroon 1998, -start in Colombia 1999, among others.

2. Themes

What were the themes or objectives?

Combining tradition and the future, supporting the preservation of traditional culture, creating income-generating measures for people in the countryside, using local opportunities.

3. Practice and manufacture

What were the main target groups?

Preferably women in family-friendly projects:

-Pakistan 120 women, Cameroon 60 women, Colombia 60 women.

4. Sales

Where were the unique items sold?

-Pakistan: Karimabad, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshavar, Faisalabad, Lahore, Karachi; Cameroon: Foyer du marine, Handicraft Center Bamenda; Colombia: Saboya, Chiquinquira.

Internationally in: USA (NY UN Gift Shop), UAE (Dubai Shopping Festival), Athens: Benaki Museum, Reykjavik: National Museum, Bogota: National Museum.

5. Museum bazaars

Where was the direct connection between ethnology and traditional culture?

Berlin: Voelkerkundemuseum, Hamburg: Voelkerkundemuseum, Cologne: Rautenstrauch-Jost-Museum, Stuttgart: Linden-Museum, Leipzig: Grassi-Museum, Zuerich: Museum am Riethberg, Vienna: Voelkerkundemuseum.

6. Museum collections

Have the unique pieces been accepted into museums?

Museum in Herrnhut, International Puppet Museum in Iceland, Lok-Virsa in Islamabad, Children's Museum in Izmir, Dolls and Puppet Museum in Herisau. Between 1995 and 2015 more than 20000 unique dolls were made, which are in private collections in the USA and Canada, Europe, South Africa, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

7. Internet information

Is there more information available on the internet?

www.ThattaKedona.com

https://www.facebook.com/ThattaKedona

www.camcatbam.com:

https://www.facebook.com/akangkangcraft

www.tantomejor.com:

https://bit.ly/3DLiPPE

Labels: CAT Bamenda, Njini King Caro, Norbert Pintsch, Omar M Ali, Ricardo Coslez, Thatta Kedona, TM Saboya

posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2:04 PM, ,

News from a troubled region
Thursday, July 1, 2021

Even if political, social and health problems and misery hinder the projects in the NW region or make visits from abroad impossible, digital communication still works.

One of CAT's projects is the KidsClub, which has been regularly overseen for many years by R.Perner and L.Fluegge.

The KidsClub arose from the CAT initiative CAT Club, in which selected schools in the region received a set of alternative technology (SolarCooker, Wind-Mill, etc.) from CAT and were able to gain experience with it.

This initiative resulted in the KidsClub, which, under the umbrella of CAT, introduced children to the possibilities of alternative technology in a playful way.

Every year the foreign volunteers support the project for CAT-internal events, in which in the current situation, i.e in the backdrop of months of school strike, then school closure due to the pandemic, Manasse Norbert is now able to attend high school.

Enclosed is a recent photo from the first day of school in a long time.

Labels: CAT Bamenda, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, L Fluegge, M.Bartkiewitz Schmitt, Norbert Pintsch, R.Perner, Senta Siller

posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:15 AM, ,

Publication regarding the artist-in-residence program 2019-2020
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

At the end of the program, a corresponding publication with ISBN registration was published, which is now available to all participants in Pakistan, Cameroon, Colombia and Germany.

Labels: CAT Bamenda, CULTURA-Nauen, DGFK-Berlin, Dr Senta Siller, Peter Hecht-Sommersdorf, Prof Dr Pintsch, Tanto Meyor-Saboya, Thatta Kedona-Okara DIstrict

posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:44 AM, ,

Boosting Imaginative Abilities in Children is the Best Form Of Education - German Volunteer
Friday, July 5, 2019

By Ignatius Nji

Peter Hecht, an artist/painter, carver, sculptor, musician with specialty in Spanish music, says each time he tries to think deep and bring out a new idea either on canvass, on wood, on a stone or in music form, it makes him so happy and fulfilled.

This German Volunteer who was in Cameroon and had working sessions with children in the domain of arts, carving and sculpture said, boosting the power or imagination in children is the best form of education. To him a child can only grow fast when that child is allowed to explore his or her imagination. The education of reciting, cramming and reproducing people's ideas and thoughts which most often donot reflect the reality of today's world are all obsolete.

During his brief stay in the restive Northwest Region of Cameroon in May and mid June 2019, precisely in Bamenda at the Center for Appropriate Technology CAT located at the Bamenda handicraft center, Mr. Hecht had some arts and craft sessions with a group of children below 15 years. These children were coached on how to explore their inner thoughts and feeling and bring them out in drawing using various colours.

This study programme was as a resultof the cooperation between CAT and DGFK, It was dubbed artist-in-residence-programme.

Designs were demonstrated on walls, floors, and terrace and on cardboards and canvass. Peter, who has soft spot for animals both on land in the water, also had sessions with some carvers and sculptors introducing the use of flame on wood to produce dark coloured sea orchid. He was able to savor some brass work with a Bamenda based brass smith. All along the children were given the opportunity identify with various forms of art in their own opinion of what they perceive.

Labels: CAT Bamenda, DGFK Berlin, German Volunteers, Njini Victor Ndu, Norbert Pintsch, Peter Hecht

posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:34 AM, ,

Prof Norbert Pintsch in Class
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Labels: BUST Bamenda, CAT Bamenda, Prof Pintsch

posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:57 AM, ,

Training Trainers on Arts, Craft for Environmental Protection, Recycling
Sunday, May 10, 2015

By Ignatius Nji

Some four trainees in Bamenda undertook a training to teach children arts and craft that promote environmental protection as used materials are being recycled and put in to use. This laudable initiative by a German Trainer, Renate PERNER from the Senior Expert Service (SES) Bonn, under the supervision of Prof PINTSCH of the Society for the Promotion of Appropriate Technology and Housing (SPATH) as coordinated at the Center for Appropriate Technology (CAT) is coming at a time that the government of Cameroon has ban the use of non biodegradable plastics.

Renate PERNER Training Trainers as Prof Norbert PINTSCH supervises

Providing alternative this training shall empower children in the schools and at home with the know-how to make shoppers’ bag from cheap materials such as newspapers and old textile which can not be harmful to environment. This environmental friendly arts and craft can be learned and practice by everybody to ensure that the environment is protected and safe especially in local communities. The main goal of this training is to foster sensitization on environmental protection and appropriate technology to as important solutions in local communities. The practice can go a long way to reverse the rapidity with which the climate change is affecting the biodiversity. Home made paper bags for shopping would replace the use of non biodegradable plastic that has taken a tool on the environment.

Labels: CAT Bamenda, Ignatius Nji, Njini Victor Nkuh, Prof. Norbert Pintsch, Renate Perner, SES

posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:42 AM, ,

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