‘Dream High’ is a personnal was all thanks to my grandmother. I will project runs by Noumbissi Constantin, be forever thankful to her. However, I sometimes wonder, what would I have design student. become if she had not been there? I was born in Cameroon,. My grandmother was the one who brought me to France at only 18-months-old. She undoubtedly wanted to give me a better chance in life than the one I would have had, had I stayed in the Cameroonian capital. All this to say, if I was able to grow up healthy and be raised in excellent conditions, if I was able to benefit from the excellent schools and education in France, if I was able to have dreams and feed my ambitions, it
Occasionally, I imagine my life in a country I barely knew. A country I go to every now and again, to visit the grave of the woman who allowed me to have a future. Every single journey makes I trip that takes me back makes me realize how lucky I am and today, with this project, I would like to invest my skills and myself in bringing about a better future for the children and youths of Cameroon through creativity.
‘DREAM HIGH’ - Vocational art & design workshops
Creativity is a function. Just like the mind, it can be trained, developed, enriched. It is a component of human intelligence. It is essential for the artist but also for the theorist and the engineer. However, artistic practices are not valued in Cameroon and completely neglected in the national education system, even though creative disciplines are primordial in the personal development of children.
of awareness to the art and design, the ‘Dream High’ project ensues from my desire to offer children a platform to dream and escape their harsh reality. A means to express their feelings and moods in a playful way, to stimulate their imagination and creativity by suggesting art workshops (drawing, painting, clay sculpture ...), and addressing environmental issues through a creative and innovative standpoint.
Children in Cameroon, in particular those in Mbalmayo, live in very difficult situations where social and family ties are undergoing reconstruction. Circle
As its name suggests, ‘Dream High’ is a project that mainly focuses on developing creative skills but it also keys into social interaction and self
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enlightening because it contributes to youth centers to facilitate the social the enhancement of the individual at integration of youth between the ages of 12-15 years old. an early age. My recent trip to Cameroon allowed me to make a contact list of people who will aid me in completing this project. Mrs Claude-Alvine MBAPPE TANKOUA, director of the association ‘Child’s village Cameroon’, is a valuable aid in the elaboration of the ‘Dream High’ project. Indeed, she gives me the opportunity to realize my first mission in her center welcoming hundred of children from kindergarten to primary school. The association also runs
Situated in Mbalmayo, her establishment is not far from the capital and will play an important role in the elaboration of the ‘Dream High’ project. Her center will provide me with an excellent opportunity and environment to launch this project. This initiative will also involve social services, teachers and teaching professions.
‘DREAM HIGH’ - Vocational art & design workshops
There will be two disciplines that will target children by age. The introduction to the visual arts will be proposed to the 6 to 11 years old, the design and conception part will mainly target the 12 to 15 years old. For the sake of not overburdening or disrupting the normal cycle of class, the activities described above will be provided during the holidays for children who are interested and would like to participate.
produce and implement a project. This also let them have a sense of responsibility and with a personal and collective commitment which confers a new meaning to their lives. By learning to make, they learn to be and to know themselves which is essential in thinking about ones future.
Their works are then valued through exhibition, performance, film screening and book publishing. These events These workshops allow them to develop organized in situ also allow the local their imagination, to release their people to access the world of the art emotions, to develop independence and the culture. and to prove that they are able to create, Credits - Noumbissidesign
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