Batukinhas Fidjus di Delta CD/DVD release
The group Batukinhas Fidjus di Delta led and created by Marisa in the year 2004 has brought their first CD/DVD out on the market. Thanks to an American Capeverdean businessman who financed the recording and production the girls can proudly present their first CD/DVD with the title Kriánsa unidu (United Children) . The Batuku group consists of 20 girls between the age 6 and 14 years old. The topics of the songs are everyday life in Cape Verde, the children of the country and of course the still recently gained freedom (35 years) of the country. Marisa composed and wrote all the lyrics of the songs.
Over 100 participants
At the present it is being discussed that art and music lessons should finally belong to the curriculum of the primary and secondary level schools in Cape Verde. Delta Cultura already works actively in the promotion of creativity in children and young people. As probably one of the first primary schools on the island Santiago the local EBI (primary school) at the main square has already begun to give art lessons in Tarrafal. Just a reminder their head master Adilson is former Delta Cultura coworker and active member of Delta Cultura.
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For this post a few explanations and background informations are required:
IHRLS: International Human Rights Society, headquartered at Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis. This university has a special program to the International Human Rights (PIHRL) and a Comitee that is working on a so-called Shadow Report on Human Rights in Cape Verde.
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Jan 2012
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Jan 2012
Next big event in the course of our cooperation with Oberland United. After the charity event in September 2011, organised by the Round Table 10 together with FC Thun (= Oberland United), Wolfgang Unger – responsible of the training concept FC Thun makes school – came personally to Tarrafal to deliver the revenues of …
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Dec 2011
Every year in early December Delta Cultura Cabo Verde has an intense time. The 2nd of December is the birthday of the football school. This year it makes 9 years that the football school has started its training.
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Nov 2011
After the selection of Delta Cultura Cabo Verde as one of 20 organisations in Africa which will get a Football for Hope Centre and after the first participation of DCCV at a meeting of these organisations, there was a meeting in the first week of November with a four-member delegation of streetfootballworld (sfw) and …
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Nov 2011
Once a year streetfootballworld and FIFA Football for Hope invites all organisations participating in the ’20 Centres for 2010′ program to a four day meeting. As Delta Cultura was selected as a Centre Host in August we were invited to this years meeting as well. The meeting took place in late October in Cape …
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Nov 2011
It gives vegetables. We have harvested tomatoes and carrots in the last few weeks. Our training center is thus also a center of vegetables. However, we did not sell the crop but divided it among the girls who have taken care of the garden.
This goal was achieved after a long and exciting battle against …
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Oct 2011
Thanks to dear Peter Weiser our computer science room is finally sufficiently equipped with computers and monitors. Peter donated 25 computers and 17 monitors to the Education Center. Delta Cultura Germany – our newly formed association in Germany – one of their first tasks was to fund the transportation to Tarrafal.
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Sep 2011
Thanks to the George Kraus foundation, we can continue our learning support group for girls in the school year 2011/2012. The German Foundation has funded a teacher for the ongoing school year.
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