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Greetings from the International Doll Museum in Flateyri
Monday, October 21, 2024

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Our dolls can still be admired.


Dr Senta sorting and placing with volunteer Sabine and Sigga from the museum fund



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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.

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Traditional Culturte and Future Development
Thursday, October 31, 2013


Download Traditional Culture and Future Development

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Traditional Culture and Future Development
Monday, October 1, 2012


More than 10 years of project work have not been completely documented, and described in an introduction by Koumpa Isa / Governeur NWR and a prologue is written by Prof Dr Mathew Basung Gwangfogbe.

Part 1: By program director of CAT, Mr Njini Victor Ndu

Part 2: By Aaron Kaah Yancho with articles about the region. He is also the publisher

Part 3: With articles on the topic Development and Practical Work, by Dr Senta Siller, the project initiator and Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, who also organized the picture material and the epilogue comes from Prof Dr Anthony Ndi.

Download the pdf file here.

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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

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