IMAGE REPORT NEW WALK WAYS IN NEW BELL

On Friday 27 May, Kamiel Verschuren, together with Lucas Grandin, finished their days of hard work on the New Walk Ways in New Bell project. A SUD2010 project much appreciated by the people living in New Bell, including the 'chef', who took it upon him to make sure that people will gain more consciousness on how to deal with the garbage, in order to keep the sewer - and the drinking water - from being more and more poluted.

Click here for more information on the project

In clean sewers, the water can run freely causing less water to remain in the quarter. As a direct consequence of this less muskito's - causing Malaria - will choose the quarter as their habitat.
A second big advantage of sewers no longer clutted by garbage, is that the dirt and water that is poisened by plastic, will no longer enter the clean water sources during the rain season, when the dirty water starts moving through the streets and enters the clean sources.

Finding New Places for New Walk Ways in New Bell

The visit we are paying to Douala this week has two aims. One is to continue on Kamiel Verschuren's project New Walk Ways in New Bell. The other is to attend and present during the Ars&Urbis, to be held from 24 to 26 May. On the first day after our arrival, we started looking for new spots for the New Walk Ways. A photo impression:

New Walk Ways for New Bell

Next week, Xandra Nibbeling and Kamiel Verschuren accompanied by Lucas Grandin, will travel to Douala to continue working on New Walk Ways for New Bell, Verschuren's work in the township of New Bell, where they will be working with Patrick and his team on these new walkways on the open sewer system. Grandin will also be doing some maintanance on the Jardin Sonore in Bonamouti.

This open system is not only found in this quarter, but throughout the city of Douala. Now that the rain season is approaching, the clugged sewer system will be causing more and more problems, causing polution of the clean drinking water. Read an earlier post on this huge problem here.

The project will not only be of help to the people directly involved (i.e. the inhabitants of the streets where we will work), but is above all intended to create an awareness of one's own responsibility in how to deal with the circumstances in which we live in a way that goes beyond the individual. 
More information on New Walk Ways for New Bell.

Besides working on this project - supported by FondsBKVB -  the Ars&Urbis symposium organized by Doual'art on 24-26 May, will be attended, aiming to look forward to the next Salon Urbain de Douala, to be held in 2013.

Keep an eye on the next post!