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Author: essam
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Fred-Eric Essam – winner of the 2012 IBM Volunteer Excellence Award
Fred-Eric Essam, a senior solution sales professional for IBM Germany whose native country is Cameroon on the West Coast of Africa, founded the not-for-profit organization, ident.africa, to balance the education deficit on the continent. Based on a research project and with the help of architectural experts from Germany and Cameroon, a preschool of traditional design,…
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New district hospital in Cameroon – ceremonial commissioning to general public
Cologne, 03. Mai 2012 – On time beginning Easter holidays, the hospital was ceremonially commissioned to the general public on April 3, 2012. „Our thanks go directly to Fred-Eric Essam for his tireless humanitarian commitment for the improvement of the living conditions of the local population“ said president Pascal Zoua of CODEBO, the local village…
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Preschool for 100 Cameroonian children in traditional design. Günter Nooke, Representative of the German Chancellor on African issues at the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, supports architecture project of the Cologne association ident.africa as patron.
Cologne, 22/12/2011 – For a joint project RWTH Aachen University, Cologne association ident.africa e.V. could enlist Günter Nooke, Personal Representative of the German Chancellor on African issues, as patron. With the help of architecture experts from Cameroon and Germany, a preschool in traditional design, meeting climate induced aspects and using building materials from the surroundings…
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ident.africa e.V. initiates the cooperation of RWTH Aachen and the university of Maroua – Traditional building materials and building methods in the north of Cameroon in the focus of research
Cologne, 21. December 2011 – ident.africa e.V. has initiated a research project between the RWTH Aachen and the University of Maroua in the north of Cameroon. The research project systematically records local architecture and traditional ways of construction and investigates their influence empirically by comparing the building style to regions with similar climate. The generated…