The Living Culture Foundation Namibia is a German-Namibian organisation which helps communities to establish Living Museums and simlar cultural and traditional projects.
Project completed – Aid supply for the Living Museums
We made it! In these testing times we have finally managed to deliver all aid supplies of our 6000€ fund raiser to the Living Museums.
Goal was to supply all Living Museums supported by us with basic food products to the value of 1000€ per museum to help the actors and their families to make it through this tourist and income free time.
Mafwe and Mbunza
Herefore we initiated a once-off fundraiser via the online portal Betterplace. After having received the first donations of our overall target very quickly, we (Kathrin and Sebastian Dürrschmidt) were able to deliver the first supplies personally to the Living Museum of the Mbunza and Mafwe at the beginning of July.
In the mean time we had nearly reached the donation target on Betterplace
Deliveries to the San in Grashoek und /Xa//oba
Further deliveries to both Living Museums of the Ju/‘Hoansi-San in Grashoek and the Hunter’s Museum in /Xa//oba were completed end of July. After having had quite some problems with wholesalers in Windhoek we decided to order the goods directly in Grootfontein with Botma Trading, who also delivered everything free of charge to both museums. The San were extremely thankful for the dearly anticipated supplies.
Apollo, the manager of the Living Museum in Grashoek sent us the following message:
„We would like to give the Living Culture Foundation Namibia a huge thanks of the donation of food supply. All the actors and the management are very happy.”
Grashoek
/Xa//oba
Aid supply for the Ovahimba
The delivery to the Living Museum of the Ovahimba was organized directly by the manager John at the end of July. He ordered mainly maize meal and cooking oil directly with Agra in Opuwo and organized the transport himself. All members of the museum were extremely happy for the food supplies. As all other museums the Ovahimba did not have any visitors several months hence they also don’t have any income.
Damara food donation
Getting food supplies to the Damara Living Museum turned out to be most challenging, as we were not able to locate a supplier for the region nor did we have the time to travel up ourselves in July. When all was organised for beginning of August and we were ready to go, our Khomas Region was put under Covid-19 lockdown, meaning that we were not allowed to cross the regions borders.
At the end of August the lockdown for Swakopmund was lifted and our foundation members Claudia and Hermann Tülp were free to move again (except into our Khomas Region). We were able to send the previously ordered and paid (and anxiously awaited) food supplies to Swakopmund to Claudia and Hermann who then travelled to the Damara Living Museum and delivered everything.
Hansbernhard, manager of the Damara Living Museum thanked everyone as follows:
„We highly appreciate that you (Living Culture Foundation Namibia) support us during this time. This will help us and will motivate the people from the museum to continue.’’
The blankets sponsored by the German company Siebdruck Uth were also distributed amongst all museums.
CONCLUSION:
Thanks to the overwhelming willingness to support and donate especially of our long-time supporters from Germany, Namibia, Europe and America, but also of newly interested supporters from all over the world, we were able to successfully complete this aid project. All those in need at the receiving end were so grateful!
This gratefulness that we personally received goes to all who made the finalisation of this project possible. Thank you so much for your support
Project report by Sebastian and Kathrin Dürrschmidt
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Do you have a question about the Mafwe Living Museum?
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Kind regards, Elizabeth,
Manager of the Mafwe Living Museum
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Kind regards, Sebron
Manager of the Mbunza Living Museum
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Kind regards, John
Manager of the Ovahimba Living Museum
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Kind regards, Hans-Bernhard
Manager of the Damara Living Museum
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Kind regards, Apollo
Manager of the Ju/'Hoansi-San Living Museum
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Kind regards, Tsamkxao
Manager of the Living Hunter's Museum
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Elizabeth,
Manager des Mafwe Living Museums
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Manager des Ovahimba Living Museum
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Manager des Damara Living Museum
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Manager des Ju/'Hoansi-San Living Museum
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Manager des Living Hunter's Museum
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The Living Museum of the Ju/'Hoansi is Namibias first Living Museum
- Opening: 2004
- Culture: Hunter-Gatherer Culture of the San
- Highlights: "Action Day" - 4 hours interesting introduction into the culture of the San
- Setup: Many gras huts in great nature, campsite and craftshop
"... Our Living Museums has 76 actors at the moment. All actors are very happy with the work they are doing. The aim of our Living Museum is to develop the Grashoek community. Its is also a school where the elders teach the young people about culture..."
Apollo, Manager of the Ju/'Hoansi-San Living Museum
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The Living Museum of the Mafwe in the Caprivi, situated under huge Baobab trees
- Opening: 2008
- Culture: Bantu culture of the Mafwe, influenced especially by fishing and farming
- Highlights: "A day together with the Mafwe" - 4 hours of interactive program
- Setup: Kraal, several clay huts, traditional kitchen, bush campsite & craftshop
"... The Mafwe Living Museum has 38 permanent workers and 12 students at the moment. We realized that we must share our culture and the Living Museum is the right tool to do that because the Mafwe people are happy and proud about their culture! ..."
Elizabeth Madima, Manager of the Mafwe Living Museum
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The Living Museum of the Damara close to Twyfelfontein, reconstruction of the "lost" culture of the Damara
- Opening: 2010
- Culture: Traditional culture of the Damara
- Highlights: "Traditional Life" - 1 hour entertaining program
- Setup: Kraal, several wooden huts, pharmacy, blacksmith, craftshop
"... The Damara Living Museum has 30 actors and is called "Taotatide" in our language which means "we are proud of our culture". The actors are happy and very proud of their job. In the future we want to start a campsite and further improve our Living Museum..."
Hans-Bernhard, Manager of the Damara Living Museum
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The Hunter's Living Museum - the only museum offering a real traditional hunt in the wilderness together with the San
- Opening: 2010
- Culture: Hunter-gatherer culture of the Ju/'Hoansi
- Highlights: "3 Days in the wild" - several days intensive educational program
- Setup: Several gras huts, campsite, craftshop
"... We have 25 actors in our museum. When the visitors come to see and understand our culture, the guests but also our children learn about the old traditions which is very important for our community. ..."
Tsamkxao, Manager of the Living Hunter's Museum
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The Living Museum of the Mbunza at Lake Samsitu, reconstructing the "old Africa"
- Opening: 2012
- Culture: Bantu culture with main focus on fishing
- Highlights: "A Day together with the Mbunza" - 4 hours cultural program
- Setup: Several traditional huts inside a large traditional village, kitchen, blacksmith, craft shop
"... Our Living Museum which has 25 people is a good tool to let people understand the value of our culture, where we come from and where we can go. We are proud of our culture and are happy to learn about people from all over the world who are visiting us. ..."
Sebron Ruben, Manager of the Mbunza Living Museum
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The Living Museum of the Ovahimba north of Opuwo in the Kaokoveld
- Opening: 2016
- Culture: Unique semi-nomadic Bantu culture
- Highlights: 5 hours "Spend a day with us" program
- Setup: Large homestead including main hut, holy fire, life stock kraal
"... We have 32 actors in our museum. We were able to discover the old and lost traditional Ovahimba culture. The Living Museum is very succesful and the actors are benefitting from it directly and indirectly thorugh the selling of crafts very much ..."
John, Manager of the Ovahimba Living Museum
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Das Lebende Museum der Ju/'Hoansi - Namibias erstes Lebendes Museum
- Eröffnung: 2004
- Kultur: Jäger- und Sammler-Kultur der San
- Höhepunkte: "Action Day" - 4 Stunden intensives Kennenlernen der faszinierenden Kultur
- Setup: Mehrere Grashütten, Campingplatz, Craftshop
"... Unser Lebendes Museum hat 76 Akteure im Moment. Alle Leute sind zufrieden mit der Arbeit im Museum. Das Ziel unseres Museums ist es, die Gemeinschaft in Grashoek zu entwickeln. Daneben ist es eine Schule, wo die Ältesten die Jungen unterrichten..."
Apollo, Manager des Lebenden Museums
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Das Lebende Museum der Mafwe im Caprivi unter Baobabbäumen
- Eröffnung: 2008
- Kultur: Fischerei- und Farmerkultur der Mafwe
- Höhepunkte: "Ein Tag zusammen mit den Mafwe " - 4 Stunden interaktives Programm
- Setup: Kraal, Mehrere traditionelle Lehmhütten, traditionelle Küche, Busch-Campingplatz, Craftshop
"... Das Mafwe Museum hat 38 permanent angestellte Aktuere und 12 Studenten im Moment. Wir haben verstanden, dass wir unsere traditionalle Kultur teilen müssen und das Lebende Museum ist der richtige Ansatz dafür, weil die Mafwe stolz auf ihre Kultur sind!..."
Elizabeth Madima, Manager des Mafwe Living Museum
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Das Lebende Museum der Damara bei Twyfelfontein - Rekonstruktion der "verlorenen" Damara Kultur
- Eröffnung: 2010
- Kultur: Jäger- und Sammlerkultur der Damara
- Höhepunkte: "Traditionelles Leben" - 1 Stunde kurzweiliges Programm
- Setup: Kraal, Mehrere traditionelle Hütten, Apotheke, Schmiede, Craftshop
"... Das Damara Museum hat 30 Akteure. Wir nennen es "Taotatide" in unserer Sprache, was soviel bedeutet wie "Wir sind stolz auf unsere Kultur". Die Akteure sind glücklich und stolz auf ihre Arbeit. Für die Zukunft planen wir einen Campingplatz und weitere Verbesserungen im Museum..."
Hans-Bernhard, Manager des Damara Living Museum
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Als einziges Museum bietet das Little Hunter's Museum die Möglichkeit zu einer traditionellen Jagd
- Eröffnung: 2010
- Kultur: Jäger- und Sammlerkultur der San
- Höhepunkte: "3 Tage in der Wildnis" - mehrtägiges, intensives Kennenlern-Programm
- Setup: Mehrere Grashütten, Campingplatz, Craftshop
"... Wir haben 25 Akteure in unserem Museum. Wenn die Besucher kommen, um unsere Kultur zu sehen und zu verstehen, lernen die Gäste über unsere alten Traditionen, aber auch unsere Kinder, was sehr wichtig für unsere Gemeinschaft ist. ..."
Tsamkxao, Manager des Living Hunter's Museum
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Das Lebende Museum der Mbunza am Samsitu See, das alte Afrika am Okavango rekonstruiert
- Eröffnung: 2012
- Kultur: Bantukultur mit Schwerpunkt Fischerei
- Höhepunkte: "Ein Tag mit den Mbunza" - 4 Stunden Intensiv-Programm
- Setup: Mehrere traditionelle Hütten im Kraal, Küche, Werkstätten, Schmiede, Craftshop
"... Unser Lebendes Museum, bei welchem 25 Leute arbeiten, ist eine gute Möglichkeit, den Besuchern den Wert unserer Kultur zu verdeutlichen, woher die Mbunza kommen und wohin sie gehen. Wir sind stolz auf unsere Kultur und auch glücklich etwas über die Besucher aus aller Welt zu lernen..."
Sebron Ruben, Manager des Mbunza Living Museum
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Das Lebende Museum der Ovahimba nördlich von Opuwo
- Eröffnung: 2016
- Kultur: Einzigartige halbnomadische Bantukultur
- Höhepunkte: 5 Stunden Ganztagsprogramm
- Setup: Großes Gehöft inklusive Hauptfrauenhütte, Heiliges Feuer, Viehkraal
"... Wir haben 32 Akteure in unserem Museum. Wir haben es geschafft, die alte Ovahimbakultur wiederzubeleben. Das Lebende Museum ist sehr erfolgreich und die Akteure profitieren direkt und indirekt, zum Beispiel durch Schmuckverkauf..."
John, Manager des Ovahimba Living Museum
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Kind regards, Taddeus
Manager of the Khwe Living Museum
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Taddeus,
Manager des Khwe Living Museums