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!