Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tampax Vs. Platex Project
Marco Aime, Journal Dogon Boringhieri Bollati, Torino, Marco Aime
This book is so small (of pages) as a valued (content). Apparently this is an essay on the relationship between the culture of the Dogon people (the population of the African state of Mali), anthropologists and tourists, but the reflections on these topics could rightfully extend more generally to the path of discipline of anthropology and Ethnological the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. The book, very humbly (and this is valuable) is not treated as general objectives of reflection, but certain is that the story of the Dogon is undoubtedly significant and perhaps emblematic.
The Dogon have been made known in Europe by French Marcel Griaule, who lived among them in the thirties and forties. On them he wrote dozens of articles, essays and several books, among which the most famous is the God of water. In that book, the Dogon as Griaule describes a population of shepherds-warriors-philosophers, who have built a complex cosmology, symbolism and ritual that are present in every act of daily life of every member of this population.
The French are passionate about this book, and since the years between the wars among the intellectual classes began to go out of fashion a trip through the Dogon, not just one of the African safari where you go to see the animals and nature, but a journey of culture, the discovery of a population considered refined and has a deep culture.
Marco Aime exposes the "myth of the Dogon", built by Griaule. First, a Dogon population has never existed: there have been several groups that speak different dialects, living in the same cliff, and only Griaule defined them as a single population. Griaule's Dogon described as a population that practices ancient rituals symbolic, always the same since time immemorial. In fact, the Dogon have never been isolated from other populations that live in the region, and have they had with commercial and cultural exchanges, which have caused changes in the culture, rituals, beliefs and symbols.
the tour operator has done certainly convenient representation of the Dogon by Griaule made, because it certainly satisfies the thirst for exoticism of a party of tourists, the so-called "cultural tourism." Even the Dogon did it and it suits the representation of them that made the French anthropologist: "The Dogon, for their part, seem to have realized that tourists look for them only in this aspect and, of course, make it as much as possible evidence. Tourists, meanwhile, is pleased to find exactly what was promised by tour operator ".
"The eye of the stranger sees only what he already knows," says an African proverb, which seems to fit the story of the Dogon and how they have been seen by tourists and anthropologists. Aime cites numerous examples of how anthropologists Griaule and his followers that the tour guides and tour operators, have built the identity Dogon identity as immutable, fixed forever. Some examples of the construction of the Dogon are pretty funny: Aime cites, for example, a book of anthropologists and Michel Nadine Wanono Renaudeau, full of illustrations. Some of these portray women Dogon intent to dry onions, "the gesture is immutable" says the caption, "evoking an atmosphere of timelessness that surrounds this people. It was purified, made "authentic" tribal removed in time and fixed forever in a dimension ahistorical. Yet, before the arrival of the French, there were no onions. It was precisely the settlers to develop the cultivation. This and many other examples are cited from Aime to show how the Dogon have engaged in over the centuries with other peoples, as their customs and traditions, far from being immutable, have changed. Even the same masks and statues rituals have changed over time. Aime said that "the same Marcel Griaule notes that in 1935, the seventy-eight traditional masks, it added a under his eyes. During a ritual dance appeared a character from the undulating movements, holding a notebook and a pen, pretending to ask questions to the public and to transcribe the answers, followed by a performer: the mask was the ethnographer " .
Griaule had never thought that his presence could influence an event, this was due "to his vision of culture conceived as a performance, a spectacle," as well as other anthropologists and his team shared the same vision. In short, both the anthropologist and the tourist, you want to see what becomes what you want to see. As noted by the British anthropologist Mary Douglas, when studying the Dogon were British anthropologist, "perhaps we had texts filled with diagrams of kinship, lineages and so on, in the best tradition of British functionalism of the period. Curiously, those Dogon, so pay attention to tradition and aesthetics, are more like the French. "
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Is Oral Thrush Always White
Dogon people know the facts - FAO: Hunger kills 15 thousand children a day "
170 € would be enough for the first 2 years of life, to ensure proper nutrition for a child. The estimated " Save the Children" in the report "Hungry for Change" published on the occasion of the World Summit on the FAO in Rome. Yet they are 200MILIONI malntriti children in the world today, says the FAO itself. Every 6 seconds a child dies of hunger, about 15,000 per day.
hungry before birth
In developing countries, l11% of children are malnourished before birth because their mothers do not have enough to eat, says "Save the Children." more than half of children in poor countries in developing its nutrition based on three elements.
the countries most affected
Half of the malnourished children living in eight countries in the developing world: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Congo, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Sudan and Vietnam. According to the same Save the Children "would be enough of € 5.85 billion a year to fight malnutrition in these countries. Today, however, denounced the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, "The fane is the most devastating weapon of mass destruction." And a growing global instability, "Without food, people die, migrating or rebels as happened in 2008 in 30 countries," says Josette Sheeran, director of WFP .
the summit declaration
Rich countries, however, are mainly statements. On 16 November 2009, the FAO Summit reaffirmed the commitment to want to halve the 2000 the number of malnourished. Unfortunately, from that date to today, however, the 800MILIONI malnourished increased from just over 1 billion. in July 2009, in L'Aquila, the FAO promised 13.3 billion euro, but only 2 billion would be new funds.
agricultural subsidies
"Eliminating hunger requires 44MILIARDI dollars (29.4 billion euro) to be invested in infrastructure and modern inputs," said FAO Director-General , Jasques Diouf. Today there are 5.2 billion. Diouf said he regretted the many commitments not followed by concrete facts: the agreement signed in mid-November to defeat Hunger who has negotiated was not able to set a date. "
170 € would be enough for the first 2 years of life, to ensure proper nutrition for a child. The estimated " Save the Children" in the report "Hungry for Change" published on the occasion of the World Summit on the FAO in Rome. Yet they are 200MILIONI malntriti children in the world today, says the FAO itself. Every 6 seconds a child dies of hunger, about 15,000 per day.
hungry before birth
In developing countries, l11% of children are malnourished before birth because their mothers do not have enough to eat, says "Save the Children." more than half of children in poor countries in developing its nutrition based on three elements.
the countries most affected
Half of the malnourished children living in eight countries in the developing world: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Congo, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Sudan and Vietnam. According to the same Save the Children "would be enough of € 5.85 billion a year to fight malnutrition in these countries. Today, however, denounced the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, "The fane is the most devastating weapon of mass destruction." And a growing global instability, "Without food, people die, migrating or rebels as happened in 2008 in 30 countries," says Josette Sheeran, director of WFP .
the summit declaration
Rich countries, however, are mainly statements. On 16 November 2009, the FAO Summit reaffirmed the commitment to want to halve the 2000 the number of malnourished. Unfortunately, from that date to today, however, the 800MILIONI malnourished increased from just over 1 billion. in July 2009, in L'Aquila, the FAO promised 13.3 billion euro, but only 2 billion would be new funds.
agricultural subsidies
"Eliminating hunger requires 44MILIARDI dollars (29.4 billion euro) to be invested in infrastructure and modern inputs," said FAO Director-General , Jasques Diouf. Today there are 5.2 billion. Diouf said he regretted the many commitments not followed by concrete facts: the agreement signed in mid-November to defeat Hunger who has negotiated was not able to set a date. "
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Reviews On Althea Contraceptive
irrepressible LIGHT APPARATUS OF MAXIMUM MUGLA
Massimo Muglia, vice mayor of the city of rampant Tolli, dall'incontenibile want to do is show, the Schliemann agrigentino the twenty-first century, to him we owe the cultural operation "giant erection" in the Valley of the Temples I refer to the work of anastylosis frankesteiniana of surviving architectural elements of the Temple of Zeus.
Initiative "cultural" this, unscientific, unhistorical, contrary to any theory of modern restoration: striking a false history.
But art historian. The large canvas Camuccini, now on display at the College of the Philippines, calls it 'a bit Renaissance, some' neo-classical, a bit 'of everything and the opposite of everything "virtually nothing remains off, sooner or later the period the right pick, scholarly criticism, congratulations!
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RECOVERY six works of art - so opens the Sicily of 7 November 2009 on page 34 of the chronicle of Agrigento. Why were they lost? Retrieved from where?
RECOVERY six works of art - so opens the Sicily of 7 November 2009 on page 34 of the chronicle of Agrigento. Why were they lost? Retrieved from where?
Massimo Muglia, vice mayor of the city of rampant Tolli, dall'incontenibile want to do is show, the Schliemann agrigentino the twenty-first century, to him we owe the cultural operation "giant erection" in the Valley of the Temples I refer to the work of anastylosis frankesteiniana of surviving architectural elements of the Temple of Zeus.
Initiative "cultural" this, unscientific, unhistorical, contrary to any theory of modern restoration: striking a false history.
But art historian. The large canvas Camuccini, now on display at the College of the Philippines, calls it 'a bit Renaissance, some' neo-classical, a bit 'of everything and the opposite of everything "virtually nothing remains off, sooner or later the period the right pick, scholarly criticism, congratulations!
But architect. The architectural complex of the Holy Spirit, created by an act of foundation of 1299, according to Muglia is "Arab, Norman and Chiaramonte" maybe even a little 'pre-historic.
The Diocesan Museum, one of the few examples of contemporary architecture Agrigento, along with the Regional Archaeological Museum St. Nicholas, designed by the architect. Franco Minissi, described as "disproportionate and obstructs the view box": it means the unknown history of the place and what was there before the current building! Certainly, the deputy mayor
Muglia is driven by a deep love and feeling for art, architecture and archeology. In fact, the objectives achieved so far are disappointing, and aims to reach those who are envisaged disastrous for the city and the same image as a place of history, culture and living conditions.
could do much more to Agrigento, as cleanse his bad advisers, or trigger the self-defense on the only testimony of Byzantine Balatizzo troglodyte village, reminiscent of the contemporary village of Cava d'Ispica in Ragusa and Molinello in Augusta, now severely threatened by a swarm of relentless pawing engineers to create, whatever the cost, their nice to design of escape on the north-west of the hill of Girgenti, characterized by high sheer cliffs and a tragic history of instability and speculation: how the landslides of 1944 and 1966, the static instability of the cathedral, the seminary and the church St. Alphonsus.
This may not be sufficient to make them desist from this wicked escape.
I hope common sense will prevail.
PAI, the Plan of hydrogeological today, the law n.183 of 18 May 1989 before ranking the Northern hill of Girgenti, R4 at risk, which represents the greatest danger of the risk classes.
And yet, the absurd project described on Sicily of 7 November 2009, nearly doubling the street Empedocles, which provides for the siege of the one road leads to well-preserved old Chiaramonte, Panitteri door, reduced to a common median.
In an age where all the historical centers of Italy who respect become ZTL (limited traffic zone), we, who are back at least fifty years, we propose, on behalf of the pseudo security, and the pseudo pseudoemancipazione, demolition, realization penetration of wide streets in the district of Santa Croce extremely delicate (certainly aimed at a future real estate speculation), escape routes on hydrogeological risk areas, anastylosis Telamon preposterous, pedestrian underpasses "weakened" in the middle of the archaeological zone, the runway at Golden Gate that solves a nonexistent problem, big parking lots full at the highest impact in the Valley of the Temples, the square of squalid place to eat, without a tree without a thread of shadow, the opening of exhibition unwatchable. Culture and 'something else! I regret very
admit it, but I regret Senator Calogero Sodano.
An invitation to discuss with the unforgettable words with which it was delivered to the Minister Giacomo Mancini substantial report on the causes of the landslide of Agrigento that tastes great news ...
"Sir,
[...] Men in Agrigento, have erred, strongly and stubbornly, in the terms of administrative behavior and performance techniques, in the guise of public leaders and as private operators. The damage of this line, woven of sins consciously desired, acts of malfeasance made and sustained, the arrogant exercise of discretion, disregard of democratic conduct, is huge for the city of Agrigento. Huge
in its very physical substance and hardly measurable in economic terms, it becomes immeasurable for social, civil and human. The city of "Tolli" is no longer a time of Agrigento. The urban face, disfigured, perhaps in part can be recovered with generous planting of greenery in their hands, wound healing and the mending tissue, but difficult, and some with very high costs, may take the decorative aspect of a city human: the wounds inflicted, even cured, remain long. But even more delicate it poses the problem of human relationships, that with the investigation and punishment of crimes, calls for an end to the suffering of the people of Agrigento, long oppressed by an arbitrary. [...]
The seriousness of the facts established without a doubt puts the situation in Agrigento to the limit of the possible combinations of the many negative factors that contribute to the formation of a city, its growth and its leadership. And the landslide, which occurred in this city, could be described in a way consistent with this aberrant situation of urban-building. [...] It can not, in concluding, we not hope that this concrete analysis starts from a serious stimulus in place a stop - and irreversible decision - the process of urban disintegration and plunder. "
Rome, October 8, 1966
Michele Martuscelli, Amindore Ambrosetti, Giovanni Astengo, Nicola Di Paola, Giuseppe Guarino, Molajoli Bruno, Angelo Russo, Cesare Valle.
The Diocesan Museum, one of the few examples of contemporary architecture Agrigento, along with the Regional Archaeological Museum St. Nicholas, designed by the architect. Franco Minissi, described as "disproportionate and obstructs the view box": it means the unknown history of the place and what was there before the current building! Certainly, the deputy mayor
Muglia is driven by a deep love and feeling for art, architecture and archeology. In fact, the objectives achieved so far are disappointing, and aims to reach those who are envisaged disastrous for the city and the same image as a place of history, culture and living conditions.
could do much more to Agrigento, as cleanse his bad advisers, or trigger the self-defense on the only testimony of Byzantine Balatizzo troglodyte village, reminiscent of the contemporary village of Cava d'Ispica in Ragusa and Molinello in Augusta, now severely threatened by a swarm of relentless pawing engineers to create, whatever the cost, their nice to design of escape on the north-west of the hill of Girgenti, characterized by high sheer cliffs and a tragic history of instability and speculation: how the landslides of 1944 and 1966, the static instability of the cathedral, the seminary and the church St. Alphonsus.
This may not be sufficient to make them desist from this wicked escape.
I hope common sense will prevail.
PAI, the Plan of hydrogeological today, the law n.183 of 18 May 1989 before ranking the Northern hill of Girgenti, R4 at risk, which represents the greatest danger of the risk classes.
And yet, the absurd project described on Sicily of 7 November 2009, nearly doubling the street Empedocles, which provides for the siege of the one road leads to well-preserved old Chiaramonte, Panitteri door, reduced to a common median.
In an age where all the historical centers of Italy who respect become ZTL (limited traffic zone), we, who are back at least fifty years, we propose, on behalf of the pseudo security, and the pseudo pseudoemancipazione, demolition, realization penetration of wide streets in the district of Santa Croce extremely delicate (certainly aimed at a future real estate speculation), escape routes on hydrogeological risk areas, anastylosis Telamon preposterous, pedestrian underpasses "weakened" in the middle of the archaeological zone, the runway at Golden Gate that solves a nonexistent problem, big parking lots full at the highest impact in the Valley of the Temples, the square of squalid place to eat, without a tree without a thread of shadow, the opening of exhibition unwatchable. Culture and 'something else! I regret very
admit it, but I regret Senator Calogero Sodano.
An invitation to discuss with the unforgettable words with which it was delivered to the Minister Giacomo Mancini substantial report on the causes of the landslide of Agrigento that tastes great news ...
"Sir,
[...] Men in Agrigento, have erred, strongly and stubbornly, in the terms of administrative behavior and performance techniques, in the guise of public leaders and as private operators. The damage of this line, woven of sins consciously desired, acts of malfeasance made and sustained, the arrogant exercise of discretion, disregard of democratic conduct, is huge for the city of Agrigento. Huge
in its very physical substance and hardly measurable in economic terms, it becomes immeasurable for social, civil and human. The city of "Tolli" is no longer a time of Agrigento. The urban face, disfigured, perhaps in part can be recovered with generous planting of greenery in their hands, wound healing and the mending tissue, but difficult, and some with very high costs, may take the decorative aspect of a city human: the wounds inflicted, even cured, remain long. But even more delicate it poses the problem of human relationships, that with the investigation and punishment of crimes, calls for an end to the suffering of the people of Agrigento, long oppressed by an arbitrary. [...]
The seriousness of the facts established without a doubt puts the situation in Agrigento to the limit of the possible combinations of the many negative factors that contribute to the formation of a city, its growth and its leadership. And the landslide, which occurred in this city, could be described in a way consistent with this aberrant situation of urban-building. [...] It can not, in concluding, we not hope that this concrete analysis starts from a serious stimulus in place a stop - and irreversible decision - the process of urban disintegration and plunder. "
Rome, October 8, 1966
Michele Martuscelli, Amindore Ambrosetti, Giovanni Astengo, Nicola Di Paola, Giuseppe Guarino, Molajoli Bruno, Angelo Russo, Cesare Valle.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
4 Weeks Old Normal Temp
DAGGER' PROJECT: project literacy and development
Project presentation "Daga Project
TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
land in the municipality of Pays Dogon of Sangha - MALI
Daga
Project aims to be an initiative that could serve to ensure better hygienic condition / health, to instruct and, above all, create development opportunities in the territory itself.
"initiatives in the drawer"
land in the municipality of Pays Dogon of Sangha - MALI
Daga
Project aims to be an initiative that could serve to ensure better hygienic condition / health, to instruct and, above all, create development opportunities in the territory itself.
LandsGate As President of the Association and as Head of the issue devoted to human development, along with all those within the same all'Onlus have strongly believed, wanted and worked for its success, I am pleased to present the project "Dagger Project in Mali, created under the project" Conservation and sustainable development in the village of the Pays Dogon Daga, Republic of Mali, the draft which the cultural association and divolontariato LANDSGATE firmly believed from the outset and to whom we shall offer a brief summary.
With this report, I would like just sharing of the activities and the type of interventions that we want to be played, depending on the ladder of priorities below and above because they may know the types of assistance where we will go to make our work together with that of the village itself.
Marino Nebuloni
INTRODUCTION
the cultural association and voluntary LANDSGATE, with its section on Human Development, which aims to make profit with the help of the Partners and funding partners is determined to be at the forefront of activities to preserve the different cultural and natural wealth in different regions, nations and ethnic minorities. And to contribute to local development. To do this, the association has several projects in the pipeline that are based upon the assistance to third parties. Some of these projects is being implemented, others are being launched and some are being created. Because these projects can follow their progress, need for financial support that will be addressed only to the good order and success of their projects. Most of the resources that will support the implementation of each initiative will be directed towards humanitarian projects in the background. Only a fair share, flows nell'Onlus itself, to cover their expenses incurred for the implementation of a project or to support the existence of the association, without which projects could not be born, grow and lead the their fruit. The aim is to have the opportunity to enter a useful project development and support for himself and for others, in a dignified manner. That would allow a proper commitment made constant references to third parties in order to pursue and preserve its existence. In essence, non-profit organization aims LandsGate can throw a strong bridge that can strengthen and develop in a stable and durable, the different cultural traditions.
"initiatives in the drawer"
addition to the main project (Project Daga) human development, it is currently working on various projects or initiatives (independent or in partnership) that will contribute to creating and in support of human development. To this I would like to briefly citarvi three of our future projects: •
initiative ROADWAY FOR CHILDREN (in progress): Tavolo8 in collaboration with the non-profit organization, is organizing a shipment of material aid medicamentale and tools for health centers motherhood in West Africa (Mali). •
project LANDSTRAIL (in progress): a cultural and development, which proposes a number of visits (travel) in certain territories, with the help of an organization exclusively developed by local actors
• UAE project et MATERNITY ' (to study): construction of a health center (maternity) and a well with water and drinking water supply project
• LANDSBOOK Necklace (study): a project of cultural diffusion which makes it possible for anyone to be able to create an illustrated publication (with the help and supervision of 'Association itself) that has a topic covered in the values \u200b\u200bof the Association: the knowledge of different cultural aspects in different countries who insist the world
This and everything else still in the community initiatives of LANDSGATE
TECHNICAL REPORT Project Master DAGGER '
Identification of the geographical PLACE
MALI - Pays Dogon - Bandiagara - Sangha - DAGA
the part from Bamako (the capital of Mali) and proceed on the route that leads to Gao, in the far east of the country. Along the River Niger, north-east to a height of Mopti. We need to divert to the east, inside, following the direction of Sevaré and continue until you reach Bandiagara. From there you take a track that allows us into the heart of the Pays Dogon, to the Sangha. Upon reaching three km from the Sangha, turn right, south, onto a track in the village of savannah Direct Tire. After less than six miles, then turn further east to reach the village of dagger. The path leading to the village is not easy to localization, to inexperienced eyes, it is quite difficult to detect it, but careful guidance will allow us to locate it with ease. Upon our arrival, we walked about 850 km.
Analysis of the surrounding area
Daga village is composed of three "neighborhoods" that are distant from them several kilometers. The surrounding area has vegetation typical of the African savannah (bush), barren and arid in the dry season. The area is rocky morphological trends that delimits the area, has a depression between two plateaus. This depression forms a large canyon that divides the neighborhood place almost in the center position than the other two. This feature, which creates difficulties in local transit, especially in the evening. The passage through the canyon is very steep climb up a trail that allows people to overcome depression and achieve (after a few km) the main runway Tire-Sangha.
local needs - recorded in 2009
Following an operation to support the local elementary school, there was a first contact with the indigenous population that has allowed us to inspect and collect certain requirements. The meeting took place with the village chief, with the head of the school and the president of the Women's dagger, has allowed us to make the first analysis of the claims. The demands of major importance is primarily a structure to be used as a place of literacy for women and a dagger of a well to get drinking water. In that regard has been issued a report that describes the task performed with the relevant requirements.
Report 2009 (bound mission to hedonism)
Bandiagara - March 10 Daga 2009
Achievement Daga school building to understand the needs of local
The first contacts took place in a building of two classrooms, which were:
• school personnel (director) •
students addressed • Association fundraising
relatives of pupils
• Association of Women Daga
•
headman was explained the initiative "a pencil & notebook", dedicated exclusively to the education of children Daga. In this regard, have been expressed and accepted the opinions of the first profit-sharing "Tranche" of the amount allocated to educational needs (net of CFA 645,250 = € 992.69), namely:
CFA 435,250 for the purchase of educational materials
CFA 210,000 per teacher and payment arrears consequent continuation of income to support education, protect the school year 2008/2009.
occurred as defined in the formalization of written and duly signed withdrawal requests.
At this point, have lapsed due to the agreements:
• The compilation of the official list of reservation of the material c / o Library Bandiagara by representatives of EPA (Parents Association des élèves) and Director school
• Physical delivery of the list to the library of Bandiagara, why worry about the complete supply of material
• The agreements on the withdrawal of the material
• The delivery of the school Daga
defined the first step on the needs relating to education of children Daga, it has gone to other needs of a general nature relating to: • Implement
plant building through the provision of solar plates that allow the lighting of a portion of the building, assist the continuation of the study by of the students, the correction of the work by the masters
• Women's literacy Daga, with the construction of a building in the neighborhood of the village overlooking the canyon that divides the neighborhood by the school
• construction of a well near the school to allow pupils who attend classes in fall family with the right amount of water in wells without doversela get away with the risk of not being able to attend the school year. There was a preliminary field survey to better investigate the above issues and make an initial evaluation of the maximum on the feasibility or otherwise of certain requests. He was later formalized and integrated as discussed in the previous draft and counter-claims of school management and the association of women for the assessment of Daga and assembly of a new literacy project / development Daga.
Bandiagara - March 14, 2009 Daga
Retreat booked equipment and reached c / o Library Bandiagara
first quantitative analysis of the material chosen and commissioned by the EPA references and Director
• Payment and collection of billing
• Loading and transportation Daga.
• Delivery educational materials to school
• fine-grained control of quality and quantity of equipment purchased
• Technical verification of material with the school management (the why and what is it)
• Collect proof of delivery of material to the school
• Interview with the teacher in the face of the withdrawal of the written and countersigned by the master
• official notification of the commitment to continuing education by the teacher to pupils, Director, EPA, Association of Women's dagger, Cape Village.
POST ANALYSIS OF NEED:
the continuation of the mission in 2009, has produced a first analysis of the needs identified. He has produced a first draft design that later was discussed and refined on site, with stakeholders.
The work was then divided into different phases:
1. local phase
the local phase is that, immediately after obtaining the requirements, was treated immediately with a technician who works on the territory and follows different humanitarian projects. Daniel Dembele, the son of Italian console in Mali (Loriana). He was explained the process in which they have arrived to collect the needs expressed by the locals. With him, in addition to these requirements, it has been possible to investigate other, thus expanding the fleet of knowledge concerning other opportunities to propose a dagger. Overall:
• construction of a structure designed to accommodate students (training)
• The lighting system consists of solar panels (photovoltaic)
• construction of a well for drinking water
• installation of water storage tanks
2. Phase remote
remote phase, once they arrive in Italy, has allowed the analysis of the above and has developed a first draft of graphics on the construction of a building that can hold training (school)
3. Phase of inspection
After all this, it was decided to deepen and refine this "outline design", ie, it was decided you want to make an inspection loco.A in this regard, thanks to the local contact, it could Soulejmane Napo arrange a final meeting, bringing together leaders interested in discussing it. The result of the mission is clear from the following:
a) Evaluation and refinement of the real needs
needs requested and studied at the remote (in Italy), will marry real local needs. In this regard it was considered useful to talk in extensively with both the village chief, is the association of women with a dagger, and with the association of parents of children dagger, both with leaders of existing school complex because these requirements are strongly motivated
b) Evaluating the real interest in participation by local
once the real reasons were examined, it was possible to understand how the users themselves or persons responsible identified above and should want to contribute (financially and with labor) to the various "pieces "that make up the entire project
c) assess the real feasibility of the "pieces of the project" who really need
at this point is able to make a proper analysis of the technical feasibility of constructing the individual "pieces", ie: size of land suitable for erecting the building, availability of medium, the possibility of building a borehole because the water is very low and the soil is mostly rocky shaft instead of a traditional, manual with a maximum depth of excavation m.40
d) assess the economic cost through local businesses
made the technical evaluation, we have passed the assessment economic individual "pieces" of the project:
• the cost of the building of female literacy (project adapted)
• the cost of electrification by photovoltaic solar panels
• the cost of basic training for the management basic maintenance of
• the cost of the recovery and distribution of potable water and irrigation
• the cost of completion of the building of the school director
• the cost of two containers (distribution of reserves) for 'drinking water and water irrigation
• the cost of the technicians (geologist and agronomist)
e) assess the undertaking to be lavished by the future users
future users, ensuring they have a contribution (in%) for each "piece of the project ". This contribution differs in:
• Economic: We analyzed the economic rate in about 10% of the amounts that must be paid for each operation. The contribution will not cover purely economic characteristics (monetization), but may be paid in the labor force (see practical contribution)
• Practical: evaluating and decide which pieces or contributions must be in every single "piece of the project, for example, in the building, doors and shutters must be entirely produced by local sculptors. The building stones have to be squared and produced by local stonemasons. The bas-reliefs that will be gracing the facades of the building will necessarily be produced by users themselves ................. etc.
BA (compared existent)
Let's talk about the architecture of the building, but in reality we are talking about first of all to culture, since the main concern is to put the project into the social and production of the selected site, respecting its cultural and environmental history. Ideological choice, moral, aesthetic and technical, for the construction of the building, as far as possible, was then implemented the waiver of Western-style technology. The construction room must necessarily be taken as a model.
The buildings have a local structure in stone, the principle of the drywall (which works in compression). Above this structure is coated with a mixture of earth, straw, manure and water in varying proportions (Banko). This mortar, hardened and penetrating in the gaps, linking the structures, making them integral with each other. Near the site, will be supplied clay (Bank)
not to deface the architectural peculiarities of the "urban" exists, it will be built according to this principle. There are essentially two, with possible variations, the fundamental techniques of earthen construction:
the Adobe (Bank), a technique that involves the use of brick (brick) ground mixed with straw (and sometimes dung) and dryness the sun. Pise or the clay, which involves the construction of walls compressing the mixture with clay in special formwork as wide as the thickness of the wall that you want to build.
The homes built entirely on land, are usually carried out using of wood in the structure. The buildings in Banko, if supported by adequate maintenance, can actually defy the years. It should be remembered that the use of concrete, as glorified in the last decades, is far from guaranteeing the construction to last for ever or is able to provide an internal climate conducive. (Remind maximum temperatures that reach even the 48/50 °). In that regard, see the attached form: spontaneous Architecture - Bank, the art of "shaping" in clay. The type we're going to respond, is inspired by the Dogon style, with some construction license, which would go to improve its structure without affecting its appearance. For example, the use of cement mortar in the interstices of the wall to dry to preserve the corrosion data from any steps or the use of termites in an internal counter of bank bricks to create a better insulation.
CONSTRUCTION analysis to be carried out:
The construction consists in a rectangular building, consisting of a floor above ground, which will consist of a main room with a view of classroom training (the school itself ) that will contain a maximum of 50 seats (the desks). The reverse housing the toilets and a boiler room to hold the batteries of the PV system. The left side of the front entrance will house a staircase that lead upstairs. Run along the perimeter of a pergola shading helpful to reduce the intensity of heat on the walls, which aggetterà outside of a few meters. The pergola will be supported by carved wooden columns (Dogon) that will support a wooden partition which in turn will support a tree plot. The ceiling of the ground floor (terrace) will be placed on the perimeter and bearing walls supported by a series of wooden columns that bind a truss made of wood. I'intradosso will be lying on the floor cross-beam system (cage in sight) that together will support the terrace itself. the terrace will host the solar panels that provide energy to the batteries in the equipment room on the ground floor. Will manage the plant, run along a "chimney" outside corner built with stone, in support of the structure which will be an atrium for plants.
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
A first draft of advanced design, considering the real needs on the ground, it could refine, and made substantial improvements and further define what we want to achieve today in support of the Dogon people in Mali . In order to illustrate the activity is helpful to understand the real needs who insist on the territory covered by the intervention and to facilitate their understanding and fulfilling the same, it was decided to split the need in forms of intervention. Each module is a work in its own right, but not an end in itself. This work will be integrated with the other so as to provide a complete design. The works, first conceived and then discussed and agreed on the spot (with the beneficiaries), is necessarily required on site priorities, which are:
1. Water
2. Light (electricity)
3. Training
4. Development
MEETING, THE DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENTS AND DUTIES:
In the face of objective needs and requirements, applied for before the village community of dagger, it was thought to want to engage directly with local actors with an on-site meeting to evaluate the real needs and adapt the draft project was born when LANDSGATE. During the meeting, held during the weekend of 20/21/22 April 2010, found: •
Marino Nebuloni (Chairman of the Association Landsgate)
• Stefano Capotorti (represented by Italian NGOs in Mali)
• Mandalou Saye (Village Chief)
• Hamidou dit Bahi Topics (Teaching Director) •
Deboura Poudiougo (President of the Association of Women Daga)
• Legueloum Saye (Vice President of the Association of Women Daga)
• Amadingue Saye (Secretary of Women's Association Dagger) •
Boubakar (Technical commissioned by Daniel Dembele)
• Souleymane Napo ( Local Contact)
have made certain findings. From these considerations have been born and consolidated certain points
• An initial evaluation of the maximum amount of area needed at the insistence of the structure, properties and determination of the possible sale / usability of the land are the basis to deal with a graphic design / constructive in principle. It was found during the meeting, which identified The land is part of the common area of \u200b\u200bthe village itself.
• We have moved to a rough estimate on construction costs and the availability of goods and useful accessories. It is estimated the timing of construction work in 90 days.
• In liaison with the maximum of the village, which are present in the meeting held in late April 2010, will be defined and quantified the active participation of the village itself, for the construction of the project (what materials, what amount and what efforts labor in the village will work) •
always with the institutions of the village, identified herself as the intended use and ownership of the building and facilities related thereto for the proper functioning of the project.
• It was finally adopted, the cooperative management (association of women of dagger) is useful to follow the rest and project management
• The identification of a responsible contact person on site (Soulemaine Napo) for communications of the case and the appointment of a manager / construction coordinator (Daniel Dembele), completing the cycle of organization. These two figures follow the work, which will be reported on a newspaper site that will allow you to control and properly follow the progress of the same. This will enable contacts site you can compile the necessary reports (photographic documentation) and send c / o NPO LANDSGATE. These reports will be transcribed and published in a section of the website, according to the policy of transparency dell'ONLUS same.
WORKS OF THE WHOLE PROJECT:
• Pozzo (forage): construction of a borehole for the supply of drinking water, including curb and fence than
• school literacy: creation of a building used as a school of female literacy in the local traditional architecture
home • Director: completion of the complex used to house of the headmaster of the primary school, in a traditional architecture room, consisting of a primary building + apse of two local input, a detached building, consisting of one space in the kitchen, a detached building used as a toilet
• drinking water supply: supply and installation of a compound chateaux d'eau from a plastic container placed on a metal tower, served by a submersible pump electric induction, useful for collecting and distributing drinking water to the existing elementary school, housing director and public to some sampling points (for the village).
• irrigation water distribution: install a chateaux d'eau, composed of a tank resting on a metal tower, served by a mechanical pump (foot) profit distribution of irrigation water with drip sprinkler system to be positioned in the vicinity of the land parcels used exclusively by the association of women Daga
• electrification: supply and installation of electrification systems consisting of autonomous systems to alternative energy, after the installation of solar panels with a system of photovoltaic cells, which are useful for:
- the supply of electricity in the service of building structures (of literacy and school house lighting director)
- The operation of submersible pump for drinking water well
DRINKING WATER WELL
collection and distribution
list of needs the water appears in the first place, because it is from this you must start and then be able to attach all other forms of humanitarian intervention. Considering that the area there are few wells and unhealthy, it should be noted that in the villages, for survival, the need to have a reserve of water daily is essential. It is also important to know that a family Maliana is on average composed of 14 people (of including 8 children). The task of providing water is usually given to new born (especially females). It goes without saying that if the latter s will take their time to reach the well (away from the building, however, school), drawing water and transport it home. They will carry out this daily expense of hours of attendance / stay inside the school. The construction of a well adjacent to the school solve this problem. The child instructed to draw water, will be able to go to school and take the exit water and bring it home compensating the needs giornaliero.La construction of a distribution system Water provides for the construction of a well about 120 cm in diameter (coated the stone / concrete), which loads a reserve of water in a plastic tank, resting on a tall metal tower about 6 / 7 meters. The supply, from the well itself, consists of a submersible pump, operating at solar energy, which pushes the water at an average height of 8 meters above ground (vertical distribution above ground). At this height is obviously considered the depth of the well itself, on average, in areas of the Sahel is about 30/40 m (vertically within the earth supply. Pozzi with these dimensions can be performed using a traditional technique, where the 'man manually digging himself up to this depth.
There are specific cases, data from morphology and composition of the soil, in other words when the water is at a greater depth (> 40m), or the soil above the water table has a consistency rocciosa.Questi mainly two cases provide a mechanical drilling technique, using an auger (forarge). The hole diameter is significantly lower than the traditional one, and the work surface has a mechanically operated foot pump (in case of failure, the supply is guaranteed to the ground by hand).
Benefits the first than the second are: • Costs much lower
• Impact preserved traditional (people want to see where the water fishing)
The height of the "Château d'eau" is useful for redistribution to the ground of the liquid in the reservoir, allowing them to cover a range of about 20 meters (horizontal distribution above ground.)
entire work runs through a system based on the recovery of solar energy through the support of 4 photovoltaic panels with silicon cells (about 80/90x40/50 cm each) that turn the energy and power supply of the pump. Done this, one can expect to distribution via hoses with buried a few inches above the ground. The points that reach the range mentioned above, consist of a concrete pedestal from which emerge a couple of taps to be used in the real estate training (school) a couple of points in common use in the village used as immobile to house of the headmaster.
EDUCATION PROPERTY
school female literacy
construction of a building with a floor above ground, to use as a school of female literacy, composed by a unique, useful to receive inside a large number of students. The interior / exterior will be lighted with the installation of a photovoltaic system, solar panels and fluorescent lamps. Such space will be built near the central square of the village, near the Togu-na (place of the word: Dogon low shed, used by the village elders). will complete the work as support for education through financial contributions directed to providing educational materials and funding related to the remuneration payable to teachers. Banquet will include the provision, chair of the teacher, a blackboard and teaching materials (notebooks, pens and books).
BUILDING SUPPORT EDUCATION
Country headmaster
important element for the development of teaching. The construction of the dwelling or rather the completion of the school Director (near the elementary school) with a lighting system that insists on the building itself. It would be unthinkable to conceive a building that has served the purpose of training or development without the support of abduction power. This work will serve to enhance the teaching due to the fact that the director himself has the opportunity to work in the evening, at dusk in order to correct student papers and use the day (with hours of sunlight) to teach students who attend scuola.L 'property is under construction. Currently there is only a sketch of the perimeter walls of the complex. Work was stopped due to lack of funds.
This property consists of:
a) An input
b) Two rooms for residential purposes (director and family)
c) A local kitchen - separated from the manufactured housing
d) A local toilets - detached from the building housing
COLLECTION AND WATER DISTRIBUTION microASPERSIONE
irrigation fields
Construction of a plastic tank, resting on a tall metal tower about 7 / 8 meters. The water is shot through a mechanical pump pedal. The abduction follows a path to a hundred meters, tilted about 20 degrees and Fisheries, through plastic pipes, the water in the basin below (artificial barrage). In the vicinity of the pump is the vertical thrust bearing liquid caught at a height of about 8 feet, he fell down in the storage reservoir. From here, the water continues to fall and is distributed over the plots with drip sprinkler system. This method makes it possible to rationalize the amount furnish water from seasonal crops (onions, potatoes, tomatoes .... ERTC) and most women avoid double work load of water from the deep basin to the existing underground station and the liquid taken from the central deep basin and subsequent watering crop
PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY
distribution of power and electrification
The driving force produced by the absorption of solar energy, thanks to a series of photovoltaic panels is transferred with the original internal control and stored in packs of batteries. The solar panels will be mounted on metal supports adequate and made solid with the floor of the terraces of buildings or places by side, with a suitable metal fence. The metal supports are nothing more than frames that encase boards. The opening / closing of the frames to contain panels for maintenance / replacement of the same. These facilities are equipped with an audible alarm system (padlocks are sensitive to sound vibrations). Part of the energy from the batteries required to operate the lighting system (lamps groups internal and external) and the submersible pump
project coordinator "DAGGER 'PROJECT"
The project consists a basic model exportable and adaptable to the needs of the territory in which he will insist, though born in the African region, for the benefit of a village in Mali, from which it takes its name: dagger. The development plan of the project will include: •
increase in training activities through the creation of a school of female literacy.
• Support the school through financial contributions directed to providing educational materials and funding related to the remuneration payable to teachers.
• Creation of structures to local development
OPERATING
Although not necessarily a prerequisite for the implementation and management, it is considered desirable to coordinate predominantly female. The project would aim to raise awareness and to address its interest and potential commitment to a predominantly by women that are activated together to Africa:
in summary is a "twinning" ITALOMALIANO - ITALOSENEGALESE - ITALOGUATEMALESE - ITALO ..... etc. Women who work for the management and the success of the various components of the project. The management of the project will still be an exclusive association LANDSGATE.
• Direction ITALY ITALIAN management
Coordination instead (always under Directive LANDSGATE - Human Development), will be through the commitment given by a couple of responsible parent:
• 1 coordinator ITALIAN - Management: ITALY - Europe
• N. a local coordinator - Management: MALI - Africa
FOCUS
The goal, though focused on the school, is not based solely on the construction of a structure to use purely academic, but goes further. To contribute to the formative phase of the students and the development of business in the surrounding area.
The main assumption is made because the right "commingling" between the work and the preparation of students is setting up a business based on mutual cooperation, with revenues, as well as serving to raise the quality of life, should be reinvested equally in the development and training.
The business management, collaborative in nature (see Association of Women Daga) may contribute to research and professional growth through a continuous training.
The result given by the continuity in training, will allow it to raise its qualities with concatenation of circumstances earlier, as will a more professional product that will be introduced into the territory in development management structures to be built, but not a single property will be jointly owned (the village) and must be managed properly because they can generate sviluppo.Queste property to the public domain, will have a management system that invokes the associativity, and act in a cooperative. The goods produced by these companies, to protect the continuity, will be the good of the village itself and not just a singolo.Nelle schools, will create the proper conditions to support a method that leads frutto.Le training facilities and development will necessarily have to "travel" passo.Non hand there can be no development without adequate training and will not provide an adequate education without the possibility of it being supported by a reinvestment gave a good economic base produced by the development stesso.Il scope is seen as a huge spider web, where the heart is resting the school (école primaire, school female literacy). The different activities related to it, based on the wires that make up the canvas. Every action, developed in support of these activities converge toward the center of the canvas, where the school is located or diverge, starting from the school. Enlargement industries connected to the school, with the help of different projects related to each other, would not only boost the development of school facilities for children, women and teachers, but all involve the growth of well-being of the urban fabric to it connected.
examples of training aimed at developing:
1. The training staff would address the primary maintenance of a photovoltaic system, as well as preserve the same wisely, would prevent the escalation of faults that may insist on the installation and most importantly, would steer a possible secondary care interventions on targeted and managed properly. This would avoid cases of fraud is not rare, such as the replacement of expensive pieces, rather than simply replacing a simple fuse.
2. The formation of a manager of a cooperative sent to a commercial activity, such as the sale of products derived from the cultivation of the earth.
MISSION:
With the help of a money economy, comes a necessary commitment to support and grow (in all senses) children attending the school, people who want to progress under the 'socio-economic aspects and women who want to emancipate themselves. Thereby improving the living conditions of the community local area Daga (Pays Dogon), both in the socio-economic aspects in the traditional and environmental development through a strategy of careful maintenance of cultural capital in terms of self-sustainability. Local community development and harmonization with the environment and its resources, along with public awareness on issues of self-sustainability and preservation of culture, will be ensured by measures to support local economic development and those of study and training on various topics addressed in the project.
These actions will be conducted primarily in the community, with representatives of social and economic actions coinvolte.Queste preparation will be used to plan the consultation and participation of all activities necessary for the development that will be evaluated and integrated into the project.
TRAINING
With proper training, you can do to manage the premises, wisely, entrepreneurial development throughout the organization. In order to give proper training will need to create structures that can serve as a basis for the collection of people who want to participate in a training process. All the contributions to training is divided into two sections.
• The first section deals with the creation physical structures
• The second section looks out on a temporary support **, through the provision of educational materials: **
support refers to the second section is temporary in nature because the regime, this contribution will be produced by revenues derived from entrepreneurial companies developing territorial
providing tools for use (desks, chairs, blackboards, cabinets ...... etc)
assess the need, we will search for the spot market ' purchase and supply of teaching materials. There will be active with the local representative of trust, which will handle the procurement of material, the estimates and the delivery / installation on site.
requirements for the study: material and educational lines
assistance to the study, viewed from the standpoint of an initial provision of school supplies and related educational fees help to pay the teachers, must be made through campaign finance performed at 'Oc. The submission of conquibus on support will be made by transfer to the C / C opened by the cooperative. As a result, a percentage of operating income dall'autogestione the cooperative must necessarily and must be used to fund and support the education and training. The backup process should be documented by the Association
• receipts for payment of educational materials
• receipts educational fees (paid teacher)
• Material received by school officials ( signed by the village chief)
• photographic documentation proving they have been delivered
DEVELOPMENT BASE
With the construction and proper management in cooperative structures / equipment listed below, it could boost economy of the village and directing a large part of the proceeds in favor of such training
FORECAST OF DEVELOPMENT industries
Other projects under consideration, arising from the main project "Daga Project", may give light on the ground to other activities.
transfer service students "BUSBROUSSE"
small bus outsourced to two drivers / repair / handyman (bus-man) running through a path (created ad hoc) and gathers the children to bring them to school -house. In addition to the free school bus service is exclusively for children attending school, which has top priority, the "bus-man" will have full faculty management of the medium. Can manage a path to walk and carry other persons or property for a fee. It goes without saying that hygiene and safety of the vehicle must be secured for the transportation of pupils, regardless of what or who is transported to the extra time we call school.
Footwear kids
Creating a small workshop that manufactures shoes made with the use of recycled materials (ie: the sole may be constructed by recovering discarded car tires) to be distributed to students. Some of these shoes but can be sold in large cities, in markets or to tourists, so you create a development local labor
Clothing Kids
Creating a small workshop that manufactures clothing (if possible, too created with the use of recycled materials) for distribution to school children. A part of this clothing will instead be sold in large cities, in markets or to tourists, so you create a development of the local labor
COST OF CONSTRUCTION:
in construction costs necessary to make an analysis 360 °, providing:
costs of building and living expenses to help maintain the site.
1. Development costs: they are pure costs of materials and labor
2. Costs of continuing the building site, are the expenses that are for the continuation of works, such as the on-site inspection for the state of work progress, maintaining contact with the Italy-Mali technical manager and the local representative, the conduct of any paperwork on the spot .... etc.
rough estimate: In the works above and below include the costs of technical assistance, administrative assistance, fuel and vehicles for transport engineers and materials, labor, the final report at the end of works, photographic documentation, report testing, installation plate "LANDSGATE" and training base for plant maintenance.
Total project cost: € 70,500.00 (10% from the village) The costs were derived from similar works carried out on Malian territory in 2009
Detail of maximum
1. expenses (visits and contacts)
2. Atte geological evidence to establish the presence of water at various points in the affected area to the works and the absence of minerals resistant to the "carrot" of the soil (pain), in which case it would be impossible to complete the drilling work
3 . Analysis for the evaluation of agronomic quantities of water needed for crops (to size the water distribution system with spray irrigation to drip)
4. Borehole
5. Château d'eau potable water, consisting of a metal tower, tank, supply and distribution of elements, fittings and gate valves, flow meter, submersible pump with installation support, electric pump, photovoltaic system for electricity, pipes of supply and distribution, waste concrete with brass fittings
6. Château d'eau for irrigation water, consisting of a metal tower, tank, elements of supply and distribution systems, plumbing and gate valves, distribution system with a mechanical pump pedal
7. Electrification with PV system housing the headmaster
8. Electrification with photovoltaic system of the building used as female literacy
9. Completion of the educational director of the dwelling
10. Construction of female literacy. In the work of construction of female literacy are planned:
• Preparing and leveling the land (excavations)
• Foundations • Elevation of stone walls • Levelling and cement
, painted interior and exterior painting based product washable (in the toilets)
• roofing •
stone paving
• Construction of perimeter outside veranda
• Supply and installation in place of windows and wooden doors
• Supply and installation of sinks and sanitary
• Construction of Septic tank
• Delete all the material is
Payments: The estimated total cost of carrying will be distributed as follows.
• Initial amount equal to 60% of the total cost, by way of advance materials and work progress
- First tranche: Advance purchase of materials, organization and lavori.I first phase of work will involve a record monthly on the progress of the works (report and photographic documentation) •
amount equal to 30% as the final state of the work
- Second tranche: Amount due on completion of the works planned
• Final balance with an amount equal to 10% of the cost
- Third installment: Withholding a guarantee of the works, to final and no later than 60 days from work concluded
MAIN ACTORS: Partner-makers - local consultants
Soulejmane Napo:
Dogon of Sangha. Married with children. It is our contact / reference for dagger. One who organizes and connects various establishment figures because they can bypass certain local issues, to facilitate direct contacts and involve the users direct cooperation in various stages of design and decision-making
Daniel Dembele:
is our technical reference which plays a key role. Of an Italian mother and Malian father, has in just the right entrepreneurial spirit combined with a high sensitivity about the issues on the uses and customs. It is the through ideal. Technically could visualize as a bridge that allows all'onlus can properly approach the local (managed with the help of Soulejmane) the construction companies and suppliers identified.
Stefano Capotorti:
is our cultural broker. Married to a Malian woman with three children and lives since 1989 in the capital, Bamako. Highly placed in the local society at every level, an expert of the territory and people of Mali. Representatives from various Italian NGOs engaged in development cooperation initiatives and promoted together with local partners.
Hamidou dit Bahit Topics:
Director manager of the school of the École primaire dagger. Through us to ask which of wanting to take up training and educational level, depending on the required courses may also take place in the new building literacy
Mandalou Saye:
Daga village chief, who has charisma . The religious and spiritual leader is the HOGON, which also takes on the executive and chairs the council of elders, which is responsible for all decisions concerning the village. The Hogon lives alone in a house that also serves as a repository of things sacre.L 'hogon must observe specific rituals such as living with his snakes purifiacno corpo.Nel art, Hogon is represented in a statue of a knight
Marino Nebuloni:
Founding Partner, responsible for the thematic area "human development" and President dell'Onlus Landsgate
Tancia Costanzo Gastaldi:
Partner Founder and Vice President of Onlus Landsgate
The president of Landsgate
MARINO NEBULONI
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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