NEWS FROM CATCAMBAM
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Due to the current situation, the activities have to be flexible.
The Voluntary Peter Hecht works of art with children of Kids Club on creative designs, which are displayed in the restaurant of the Arts and Crafts Center.
The equipment installed for CAT's Royal Rehabilitation Centre under Appropriate Technology has been repaired.
Read more »Labels: Camcatbam, DGFK, Marlis Bartkiewitz-Schmid, Norbert Pintsch, Peter Hecht DHFK, Victor Njini
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:48 AM,
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Building Practice over Time
Monday, February 11, 2019
by Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, IPC, FPAC
Notes on building in rural areas, incl. historic preservation
In non-industrialized times, one used the available resources of the respective environment. Due to growing population and concentration, resources were increasingly used up and destroyed.
In the micro-area of construction, dwellings are created, in the eyes of the builders, for a long period of time. This period was reduced over the course of the century, because the rule was meant to be generational; the growing elite built its buildings for many generations - meanwhile it has been reduced to one generation.
Read more »Labels: AFA, CAT, Cultura, DGFK, FBTC, FPAC, IPC, Norbert Pintsch, TM
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:24 AM,
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About the basic misconception of NGO projects
Sunday, January 6, 2019
By Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch / IPC, FPAC, FBTC, DGFK
NGO projects are non-profit ventures, i.e. altruistic projects. The critical viewer quickly realizes whether the project is financially beneficial to the circle of contributors or a family.
If the facility is useful for a family and it finances the life of this family, which also applies to large families, so they should honestly convert it into private limited company.
The project carriers and the supporters of the project normally do not share this view, for which there are two reasons:
- the project carriers, the users and the suppliers, are simply too connected to each other to recognize this fact, and
- The supporters are too superficial, so that the of concealment is not perceived.
Another widespread problem is the inability of the participants to identify themselves as a project in the global and increasingly uniform world.
This means:
- Unknowingly, economic opportunities are transferred from A to B. These possibilities were in the past the results of colonialism, in the present it is the short-sighted spread of standards of so-called industrialized countries to the so-called developing countries.
Now it could be argued that life in a country is never one-sided, and in every country there is a gap between the upper and lower classes.
That is true, but the purpose of NGO projects is not to participate in the transfer of external values, but to preserve the peculiarities of the local values.
If this purpose is not shared by the project carriers, who operate under the cloak of selflessness, then the transformation into a serious private limited company should be undertaken and the principles of profit maximization followed.
The voluntary work, which was part of the long-term project work in various countries, was therefore discontinued and commercial consultation on usual rules for international business were offered.
Even if the above argument may seem antisocial to the reader, the rule remains: one and one is two, - not more, but also not less!
A wrong must be named as wrong!
Labels: CAT, DGFK, FBTC, FPAC, IPC, RUC, Tanto Mejor, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 3:29 PM,
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CAT Celebrates 15th Open Door Day With Kids Craft Corner, Trainees Awarded Certificates
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
By Ignatius Nji
Training of Trainees, Tombola draws ignites excitement
The Center for Appropriate Technology, CAT with headquarter in Bamenda celebrated its 15th open Door day on Saturday February 20 2016 in partnership with volunteers of the SES/Germany and DGFK The ceremony aimed at showcasing what the volunteers have done during this period and this brought together a good number of kids and adults who savored the skilled rich CAT Kids Club exhibition of crafts made out environmentally friendly material and tombola draws where everybody won many gifts which includes a hot chocolate and Cake prepared with sunpower.
Other activities that characterized the event of the day was the award of certificates to trainers of trainees to encourage craft among children which would impact on their creative thinking.These certificates that were handed after a workshop on craft making, were cosigned by the Program Director of CAT Njini Victor and the trainer Renate Perner /SES. Some very beautiful crafts were on display such as the jumping Jack, butterflies, bees and trees which are all pointing at sense toward environmental protection. Other series of certificates were handed to Chief Dr. Mbangni Thomas, of Royal Rehabilitation Center who doubles as head of department for traditional medicine at the Royal University Center RUC and to Mr. Njini Victor/ CAT, through HRH Dr. Leshey I. from Royal University Center. There was another award of certificates to trainees after a workshop with Marlis Bartkiewitz-Schmid/SES in the Department of Traditional Medicine of RUC in Alahnkie. The training successfully brought to bare a traditional medicine for prostate cancer. To facilitate traditional medicine activities at RUC / Dept for Traditional Medicine Chief Dr. Thomas was handed over a Solar-Dryer for herbs by the Program Director of CAT.
Read more »Labels: DGFK, HRH Ambassador King Leshey I., Marlis Bartkiewitz-Schmid/SES, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch / RUC, RDC Njini Victor/CAT, Renate Perner/SES, SPATH Chief Dr Thomas/RRC
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:12 AM,
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German Embassy Provides Clean Water For Alahkie-Mankon
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
By Ignatius Nji
Lutz, Renate and Marlis Volunteers at CAT-Cameroon
The local community of Alahkie-Mankon located far away from Bamenda metropolis in Mezam Division has been provided with a clean drinking water. The water project which is a borehole drilled and water extracted from beneath granite and is generated from a depth of about 42 meters and pumped up in to 15600liters storage underground tank constructed in an elevated area of about 35 meters to supply to community through stand taps by use of solar pumps. The clean water project funded by the German Embassy in Yaounde and partly by the community at Alahkie, at a total cost of about FCFA 11 million was handed to the community of about 3000 inhabitants this Monday May 18, 2015.
Read more »Labels: Alahkie, Bamenda, CAT-Bamenda, DGFK, Ignatius Nji, Lutz Fluegge, Marlis Bartkiewitz-Schmid, Nauen, Njini Victor, Norbert Pintsch, Renate Perner, Royal University Cenhtre, SES, SES Bonn
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:09 AM,
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Cat Volunteers Teach Children How to Recycle Waste Papers into Shopping Bags
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
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Labels: Cameroon DGFK, CAT, DGFK, Germany, Marlis Bartkiewitz-Schmid, Prof Pintsch, SES, SES Renate Perner
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2:06 PM,
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Big thanks to Center for Appropriate Technology
Friday, February 22, 2013
A.K .Yancho
The lecturers and students at the college of the Medical and Pharmaceutical Science of the Catholic University in Cameroon (CATUC) in the Bui Division of the North West region of Cameroon have overwhelmingly praised and thanked the Center for Appropriate Technology (CAT) Cameroon and its German born volunteers Prof. Norbert Pintsch, Mme Renate Perner and Mr. Lutz Fluegge for the kind gesture of offering them symbolic medical equipment. The staff room of this university unit was the venue for all smiles on Feb. 19th 2013 as the PROVOST at this university Prof. Egbe Philip and his collaborators received the CAT team during this maiden working visit to the institution.
Earlier on the director of CAT Cameroon Mr. Njini Victor had told a college of lecturers who were on hand to receive them that its German partners were Norbert Pintsch from the Senior Expert Service (SES) and Renate Perner and Lutz Fluegge from the German Society for the Advancement of Culture (DGFK) Germany.
Read more »Labels: A.K .Yancho, CAT, CATUC, DGFK, Lutz Fluegge, Njini Victor, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Prof. Egbe Philip, Renate Perner, SES, Sister Marie Banye
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:47 AM,
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For a better Cameroon
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Labels: CAT, DGFK, IAMatBUST, Mini Hydro Power Station, Njini Victor, Photo Voltaic Installation, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, SES, SPATH
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:29 AM,
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Inauguration of Royal University Centre, RUC, Alahkie
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Edited by PSA, LHE
Prof. Dr. Norbert Pintsch / IPC (pvt) LTD
and; Njini King Caro / CAT (NGO)
© DGFK e.V., 201218
This movie is part of the collection: Community Video
Producer: Dr. Norbert Pintsch, Audio/Visual: sound, color
Labels: Appropriate Technology, DGFK, IPC, King Simon Leshey I, Lutz Fluegge, Njini King Caro, Njini Victor Ndu, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, RDC, Royal University Centre, Traditional Medicine
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:02 PM,
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Volunteers from the German Society for the Advancement of Culture (DGFK)
Friday, May 4, 2012
Aaron Kaah
Two volunteers from the German society for the advancement of culture (DGFK) Lutz Fluegge and Renate Perner on a cultural exchange program are in Cameroon on the invitation of the Center for Appropriate Technology CAT-Cameroon. The two volunteers are gifted entertainers who are assisting CAT –Cameroon on its knowledge sharing campaigns on alternative sources of energy and the importance of solar energy to households in the rural areas of Cameroon, low cost building materials and the need to sustain and protect the environment.
Lutz and Renate have accompanied CAT to schools, villages, and institutions to share knowledge on the above topics and to bring aspects of German culture closer to the people of the North West Region through song and dance. The high point of their visit was the organization of a tombola and puzzle at the CAT head office last Feb 18th 2012 which pulled across section of the public. Lots of prizes and gifts were won by some people in the audience.
Lutz Fluegge is the Dean of studies in the faculty of Cultural entertainment and development while Mme Renate Perner is the Vice Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the Bamenda Royal University.
This is the third conservative time the two volunteers are in Cameroon.
Lutz and Renate have accompanied CAT to schools, villages, and institutions to share knowledge on the above topics and to bring aspects of German culture closer to the people of the North West Region through song and dance. The high point of their visit was the organization of a tombola and puzzle at the CAT head office last Feb 18th 2012 which pulled across section of the public. Lots of prizes and gifts were won by some people in the audience.
Lutz Fluegge is the Dean of studies in the faculty of Cultural entertainment and development while Mme Renate Perner is the Vice Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Design at the Bamenda Royal University.
This is the third conservative time the two volunteers are in Cameroon.
Labels: Culture, DGFK, Lutz Fluegge, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Renate Perner, Volunteers
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2:23 PM,
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