PLAIN TEXT! AFRICA – IS THAT AFRICA REAL!?
WITH ART, LITERATURE, MUSIC, CUISINE AND DIALOGUE
plaintext! Africa is an information and discussion series with online and offline offers
We offer various themed evenings to get in touch with people and culture from the Global South through a holistic experience. The focus is on information and education work, conveying a modern image of the Global South as well as intercultural dialogue and cultural exchange. Our events enable an interesting and low-threshold encounter with the „topic“ of Africa. In this way we promote understanding and interest in the African continent. This promotes the elimination of stereotypes and prejudices and a peaceful and innovative coexistence.
We make Africa tangible and visible: through art, literature, cuisine and discourse, we break down prejudices, educate and create understanding. plaintext! Africa cleans up with fake news about Africa, informs about the consequences of colonization, racism and refugee clichés.
We invite you to listen, have a say, cook and help shape it – we look forward to your participation!
With financial support from the Baden-Württemberg State Ministry via the Baden-Württemberg Development Cooperation Foundation (SEZ)
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Keep our girls in school. A sanitary pad project' – Enugu, Nigeria
In this overseas project, we provide reusable/washable sanitary napkins for young women. These are made by the Enugu Women Sewing Collective (EWSC) using local women as seamstresses. We have an existing distribution network as our non-profit partners reach more than 6,000 girls and young women aged 10+ in a total of five community schools in the city of Enugu within the 8-month duration of the project. These sanitary napkins will have a long useful life (2 to 3 years) reducing the number of disposable napkins thrown away as non-recyclable and hazardous waste by the way in the community.
In Nigeria, as in many other developing countries, young girls skip school when they are menstruating because they cannot afford hygiene products. A study conducted in some secondary schools in the south-eastern region of Nigeria found that girls and young ladies aged 10 and over from less privileged families miss about 5-7 days of school in a month. The result is an increase in poor academic performance and sometimes even outright frustration, leading to dropping out of school altogether. This situation can be attributed to cultural and economic factors that prevent girls from properly managing their menstrual cycles.
In order to defuse this situation, German-Africa Insight (GAI eV) and our local partners are initiating a project with the Enugu Women Sewing Collective (EWSC). We manufacture and distribute washable, reusable sanitary napkins for young girls in 10 girls‘ high schools in Enugu Village, Enugu State.
With financial support from the Baden-Württemberg State Ministry via the Baden-Württemberg Development Cooperation Foundation (SEZ)
* Imprint of print and media products: GAI eV is solely responsible for the content
Rhythmic Drumming for Integration & Communication – Music to unify us!” (Rhythmic Drumming for Integration & Communication – Music unites us!) Freiburg
As a well-founded contribution to integration work, intercultural bridging and inclusion without language barriers. In connection with dancing and singing, drumming is one of the most original physical forms of expression of human interaction and communication and is therefore particularly well suited to promoting social cohesion, reducing resentment and xenophobia, and promoting a socially plural-oriented attitude against monoform racism . In addition to musical education, drumming also addresses and satisfies primitive human needs. For this project we will need African drums that are of the same type, which is why djembes work particularly well, as well as a number of smaller percussion instruments.
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