Category: Public request

Children in Guinea — Enfants en Guinée — Kinder in Guinea : please help / s’il vous plaît, aidez / bitte helfen Sie !

☂ BITTE #helfen Sie diesen #Kindern in Guinea° Conakry !  Please #help these #children in Guinea° Conakry !  S’il vous plaît, #aidez ces #enfants en Guinée° Conakry ! 

Please read the sources below about the situation of children in Guinea (Conakry)°. You can also make donations for children in need at concerts, workshops and in Alpha Oulare classes. All donations are reliably earmarked and promptly transferred to Guinea by bank transfer: Alpha Oulare currently transfers a monthly aid amount to Guinea to help finance voluntary school lessons for children in the community of Coyah who would otherwise have no education. Up to now, a teacher has been teaching children in Coyah outdoors. As there is no school building, classes are mostly cancelled during the rainy season. Together with responsible local contacts, Alpha Oulare is therefore looking for funding to purchase a school site and build a simple building that meets all the requirements of a school facility. This requires funds in the five-digit range, but less than the equivalent of 20.000 euros. Mr. Oulare is therefore considering founding a support association. How can the sum for the initial purchase of the site and subsequent construction costs be raised? Who is in a position to help charitable causes and invest in concrete development aid?

Bitte lesen Sie / bitte lest in den unten angegebenen Quellen zur Situation von Kindern in Guinea (Conakry)°. Spenden für Kinder in Not zu leisten, ist Ihnen und Euch auch auf Konzerten, in Workshops und im Unterricht von Alpha Oulare möglich. Alle gespendeten Beträge werden verlässlich zweckbestimmt und zeitnah nach Guinea per Bankanweisung transferiert: Gegenwärtig überweist Alpha Oulare monatlich einen Hilfe-Betrag nach Guinea, um ehrenamtlichen Schulunterricht für sonst ausbildungslose Kinder in der Gemeinde Coyah mitzufinanzieren. Bisher unter freiem Himmel unterrichtet ein Lehrer Kinder in Coyah. Da ein Schulgebäude fehlt, fällt der Unterricht während der Regenzeit im Jahr hauptsächlich aus. Gemeinsam mit verantwortlichen Kontaktpersonen vor Ort sucht Alpha Oulare daher Förderung für den Erwerb eines Schulgrundstückes und den Bau eines einfachen aber allen Ansprüchen einer Schuleinrichtung genügenden Gebäudes. Dieses erfordert Mittel im fünfstelligen Bereich, aber unter umgerechnet 20 000 Euro. Herr Oulare erwägt deshalb die Gründung eines Fördervereines. Wie kann die Summe für zunächst Grundstückskauf und anschließende Baukosten realisiert werden? Wer ist in der Lage gemeinnützig zu helfen, in konkrete Entwicklungshilfe zu investieren?

Veuillez lire / veuillez vous référer aux sources ci-dessous concernant la situation des enfants en Guinée (Conakry)°. Vous pouvez également faire des dons pour les enfants dans le besoin lors de concerts, d’ateliers et dans les classes d’Alpha Oulare. Tous les montants donnés sont affectés de manière fiable et rapidement transférés en Guinée par virement bancaire : Alpha Oulare transfère actuellement un montant d’aide mensuel à la Guinée afin d’aider à financer des cours volontaires pour les enfants autrement sans instruction de la communauté de Coyah. Jusqu’à présent, un enseignant enseigne en plein air aux enfants de Coyah. Comme il n’y a pas de bâtiment scolaire, les cours sont principalement annulés pendant la saison des pluies. En collaboration avec des interlocuteurs responsables sur place, Alpha Oulare recherche donc un financement pour l’achat d’un terrain scolaire et la construction d’un bâtiment simple répondant à toutes les exigences d’une installation scolaire. Cela nécessite des fonds à cinq chiffres, mais inférieurs à l’équivalent de 20 000 euros. M. Oulare réfléchit donc à créer une association de soutien. Comment peut-on réaliser le montant de l’achat initial du terrain et les coûts de construction ultérieurs ? Qui peut aider les organisations à but non lucratif et investir dans une aide au développement spécifique ?

° REPORTS / BERICHTE / RAPPORTS :

cf. UNICEF: Guinea-Appell. Humanitäre Hilfe für Kinder
cf. Humanium: Kinder von Guinea. Kinderrechte in Guinea verwirklichen
cf. UNICEF: Humanitäre Aktion für Kinder 2021 – Guinea
cf. UNICEF: Office Annual Report 2021 …

#Entwicklungshilfe #DevelopmentAid #AideAuDéveloppement #Kinderhilfe #ChildrenAid #AideAuEnfants #Guinea #Conakry #Spenden #Donations #Dons #Gemeinwohl #CommonGood #BienCommun #2023 #2024

Contact: M. Djembéfola Alpha Oulare, Leipzig / BRD/FRG/RFA.
https://fb.com/alfa-oulare — tel:00491785634016 (=https://tinyurl.com/callalpha), also Whatsapp — e-mail: aoulare.art@gmail.com (=https://tinyurl.com/writetoalpha)
(confirmed October 2024). ☂ Ⓐ 10-20/21-2024*

cf. also Google Inc. NotebookLM AI Deep Dive review into this post (10-21-2024). Thank you!

Postscriptum February 2025
As musical inspiration:

(By this occasion: Junior Dan & Positiv Mouvement: Mr. Big Shot)

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5th international Inter- and Sociocultural Africa Festival 1000 DRUMS on the weekend of August 26th and 27th, 2023 at Leipzig: Cultural Factory WERK 2, Kochstraße 132, 04277 Leipzig

The Festival is being prepared by the YILP International association…

Consult the festival website blog for more information!

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Please allow this reference / Please support our non-commercial international Africa Festival project !!

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Initiativbewerbung an bundesdeutsche und internationale Konzert- und Festival-Veranstalterinnen und -Veranstalter für 2023 (german-language international application as artists)

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.pdf version incl. functional links

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International Application for Festival and Concert participation

[To the organizers of international music festivals and concerts, this unsolicited application from]

Djembéfola Alpha Oulare et al. Ensemble (concert + percussion workshops)

Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends,

on behalf of Mr. Alpha Oulare, Djembéfola born 1970 in Guinea Conakry (trained in the national ballet and by important artists of this country) resident in Leipzig, since the 1990-s member of several ensembles for traditional West African music such as La Fôret sacrée, Konkobá, Sugé, Rootsmanding (the latter was founded by Mister Sam Jarju; any of these ensembles can be engaged by Mr. Oulare for a concert tour to your venue), music teacher for Djembé and other African percussion instruments, traditional rhythms of the Malinke, Suso and Fula (lessons for adults as well as children and young people) as well as West African dance, as well as dealer for musical instruments from Guinea and music supplies, I ask you kindly for information about:

  • the date of your upcoming festival, when it is announced we eagerly await,
  • as well as possibilities and conditions for Mr. Alpha Oulare to be able to participate in the musical programme:
    a) with one of his ensembles, or
    b) as a workshop leader or as an individual artist.

These are the contact details for Mister Oulare in Leipzig: 

We would be happy to send you detailed artist information in text, image and sound/video samples electronically by e-mail or by post to an address that you can provide for your examination and later possible advance notice in the event program – please let us know your requirements directly!

With thanks for your reply and best wishes for you, your families, friends, acquaintances

Leipzig  Alpha Oulare

[Automatic translation from German using Google Inc. Translator]

— Attachment: printable .pdf version, 10-18-2022 —

 
«Le Djembé, il va te faire souffrir, mais il peut te donner la voie de mieux connaître la nature…»
«Apprendre le Djembé m’a fait souffrir beaucoup, mais aujourd’hui je remercie Dieu, parce que c’est par le Djembé que je suis devenu connu en Afrique et en Europe.»
«Il faut jouer au Djembé tous les jours pour avoir un nouvel esprit.»
«Quand je dors, le Djembé est dans mes rêves, dans mon sang, je ne peux pas y renoncer jusqu‘à la fin de ma vie.» (A.O.)
 


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Public notification: Searching affordable recording computer equipment (August 2022)

ABOUT 40 NEW SONGS HAVE TO BE DEMO-RECORDED AS MATERIAL FOR NEXT ALBUM RELEASES BY ALPHA OULARE.

 
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»Anzeige an Musiker*innen und Förderer der Musiker
Suchen: Laptop für Musiker, möglichst mit Audio-Interface

Gesucht wird dringend ein lauffähiger, halbwegs moderner Laptop, möglichst mit Audio-Interface (FireWire möglich? mindestens zwei XLR-Anschlüsse) für einen Musiker im Bereich der World Music, der benötigte Demo-Aufzeichnungen für neue CD-Veröffentlichungen sowie Aufnahmen innerhalb seines Musikunterrichts tätigen muss. Leider sind die Beitragskosten für seinen derzeitigen freundlichen Probe- und Studioraum immens gestiegen und sein hauptberufliches Einkommen recht niedrig, die Anschaffung von neuer Hardware deshalb eine große Hürde. Wer kann und möchte helfen? Wir übernehmen im Falle eines Versandes die Versandkosten nach Leipzig und einen kleinen symbolischen Kaufbetrag. Bitte helft uns in diesem! Nähere Kontaktangaben stellen wir incl. Verweis auf die Artist Homepage auf Anfrage hin. Vielen herzlichen Dank!

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Notification to musicians and sponsors of musicians
Searching: a Laptop for musicians, possible with audio interface

A working, reasonably modern laptop is urgently needed, if possible with an audio interface (FireWire possible? at least two XLR connections) for a musician in the field of world music who needs to make demo recordings for new CD releases as well as recordings within his public music workshops. Unfortunately, the contribution costs for his current friendly rehearsal and studio space have increased immensely and his full-time income is quite low, making the purchase of new hardware a major hurdle. Who can and wants to help? In the event of shipping, we will cover the shipping costs to Leipzig and a small symbolic purchase amount. Please help us in this! We will provide further contact details including a reference to the artist homepage on request. Many many thanks!

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Notification aux musiciens et sponsors de musiciens
Recherche : Ordinateur portable pour musiciens, possible avec interface audio

Un ordinateur portable fonctionnel et raisonnablement moderne est nécessaire de toute urgence, si possible avec une interface audio (FireWire possible? au moins deux connexions XLR) pour un musicien dans le domaine de la musique du monde qui a besoin de faire des enregistrements de démonstration pour de nouvelles sorties de CD ainsi que des enregistrements dans ses ateliers publics de musique. Malheureusement, les coûts de contribution pour son espace de répétition et de studio amical actuel ont énormément augmenté et son revenu à temps plein est assez faible, ce qui fait de l’achat de nouveau matériel un obstacle majeur. Qui peut et veut aider? En cas d’expédition, nous couvrirons les frais d’expédition à Leipzig et un petit montant d’achat symbolique. S’il vous plaît aidez-nous en cela! Nous vous fournirons d’autres coordonnées, y compris une référence à la page d’accueil de l’artiste sur demande. Merci beaucoup!«

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»Postscriptum: Die/der Spenderin/Verkäuferin kann in Danksagungen ausgewiesen werden auf Wunsch hin. Es ist kein Betrug oder wirtschaftlicher Handel mit dem zu erwerbenden Gerät geplant. Vielen Dank für Eure Unterstützung!« Wäre auch ein Instrumenten-Tausch denkbar?

Personal Requests

Who is willing to support Alpha Oulare in this:


FROM 80 EURO-CENTS ON: Please support the artist and Djembefolá by purchasing his Music as a digital copy from the provider BandCamp. You can also freely choose the amount of your recognition up there…

He is also THANKFUL for providing music/recording equipment (multitrack recorders, field recorders, instrument and vocal microphones, converters, effects and much more) for his music, extensive albums with new compositions that are to be recorded soon … (Calls, also for performances by his ensemble, musical trips to Guinea as a drum and dance course in February / Autumn 2023, interviews, sound and video recordings, photography, advice, construction and sale of West African musical instruments, editing … to his cellphone / WhatsApp are during the day possible and even desirable.)

OVERALL please notify that this (!) to be a public request for help and collaboration, administrative and aid and knowledge transfer, so by NGOs, religious / humanitarian communities in world – positive, peaceful exchange.

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E-Mail-Telegram to Mister Alpha Oulare in these affairs

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Offer: West-African Musical Instruments as Tools of Trade — you can contact Mister Alpha Oulare to purchase these quality items manufactured by African musicians!

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MERCATORY OFFER: These are photographs from the Rehearsal and Workshop rooms of Alpha Oulare and his musical colleagues at the Hupfeld Center area in Leipzig (district Leipzig / Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, D-04157, Ludwig-Hupfeld-Straße 16, building entrance C; the building complex is guarded by security corporations), no concrete online shop… If certain instruments awake your interest, if you have been searching for the approbiate musical device for long and to find here, if you wish musical demonstrations, need help on repair and further modifications as tuning and enhancement / decoration you can contact Alpha Oulare directly to make an appointment into a concrete meeting at this place… Have a look into this living collection (technical note: images might possibly load slowly here at first if not having been cached yet):

Djembé drums from West Africa
These Djembé drums sound good!
They here stand alike eight men.
On top here Kalimba / Kalebasse drum.
Doundoun, Sangba, Tenkenin, tools…
Bolong 4-string harp, in goat fur.
Kora, N’Goni and Bolong harps, more…
All instruments are handled carfully!
Shakers / Shereke, tools…
Not for sale: Awesome Tapes from Africa.
A view through our window…
Occasional here also recordings…
(Visual impressions)

A few more images shall follow. The Balafon, so it is said by musical West-African legends, has not been invented / first-made by Man himself, it is of supernatural origin… Underneath its wooden and tuned sound bars lay resonating jugs of clay each to create this fascinating rich sounds. A short audio sample recording of Alpha playing the balafon next:

(Note: Alpha Oulare is demonstrating the African Balafon in free improvisation. He points out not to be a very skillful player himself (yet), rather still student at this particular instrument. It’s a life-long learning. You hear a plain cellphone recording with added reverbation/hall effect, sounding as if from far away…)
Alpha Oulare playing the Balafon, in picture two Kalebasses.
The Balafon owns a special bag for rest and transportation.
During his Percussion Workshops Alpha Oulare mostly plays the Djembé drum with his students, partly also Doundoun and Sangba, Tinkening. (All photographs having been taken on Saturday, June 25th, 2022, in place.)

Contact Mister Alpha Oulare to test-play and and purchase these original, traditioally manufactured West-African musical instruments, each item is unique and sounds authentically good:

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You can call Alpha Oulare also directly so in this issue. Click here to dial his number!

LAST NOT LEAST WORD ON PRICES: Prices. These are fair and not too expensive, no amoral profit shall be made, but the African manufacturers and importing trading/messaging helpers find their acknowledgement. We regard it to be a better solution to obtain and purchase these instruments from first hand other than as from musical stores and major Internet distributors, cheapest used defect items of unkown origin, or non-african forgeries and replicas, or so-called special editions of drums at over-sized pricing… You will always also find help and advise in/on maintaining the instrument healthy and in good sounding shape, loving it as musical friend and partner.

Alpha Oulare on the phone. He is always friendly, and kind to all customers and musical students.

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PREVIEW / REVIEW

The first public announcement and invitation for 2023 dated back March 24th, 2022

It currently appears, as if the announced Music Workshop Journey to Guinea Conakry / Isle of Roume could take place a few months later that year 2023, in Autumn. Updates of the invitation will follow…

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June 25th, 2022, afternoon at the Hupfeld Center Rehearsal and Workshop Room

NOT UNIMPORTANT : Musical instruments as Djembé drums, D(o)und(o)uns of several sizes up to the great-sounding Balafon, more, Shakers and string instruments as Kora, N’Goni and Bolong, each with supply can be test-played at and purchased from Alpha Oulare(‘s) as well — you will find detailed catalog images and information on pricing for instruments handcrafted by African musicians here in soon future… POST SCRIPTUM: Meanwhile these statements have been added to this website, in first revision. Look here, please also forward as link: tinyurl.com/aotrade. We thank you!

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ALWAYS IMPORTANT AND TO CONSIDER : REALIZE : Support of Development Aid for Guinea are another concern of Mister Alpha Oulare. Contact him directly to find understanding of his ideas on international economic exchange, so in textile industry to establish manufacturing in country, entrepreneurship in this strengthening the Guinean social system and young adults and families in need.



Sewing technologies and more for textiles and clothing for Guinean collaboratives and entrepreneurs, skill training and human-sustainable-fair production? Container shipping to Guinea Conakry – administrative financial support, logistics, trade goods, technology and wares? Know how? — More on all of this here soon…

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June 25th, 2022, afternoon at the Hupfeld Center Rehearsal and Workshop Room

These eight of currently 16 Djembé drums sound authentical and good! Many more and more different musical instruments from West-Africa are offered; they can be ordered, manufactured, modified or repaired, tuned by experienced African musicians at fair prices — ask for details and costs! Interested persons are invited to try out instruments in place.


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More, further notes on the website completition shall follow here in future… Please visit these pages again! We thank you for your interest and kind consideration, any support. Be blessed!

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Invitation to Guinea Conakry / Isle of Roume : Workshop Journey in February 2023 (!) [or in later Autumn]

PREFACED: Maybe this Invitation will apply for the later months of the year 2023, which is not yet concrete at all, but the outline and journey content should be found to be similar in both cases — read on:

[Public announcement and invitation by Djembéfola Mr. Alpha Oulare]

MUSICAL JOURNEY TO GUINEA :

Winter holiday workshop in February 2023

2-week drum and dance course from February 5th to 19th, 2023[1]

Let yourself be carried away into the wonderful culture of Guinea! Together with us you will discover its breathtaking variety of colours, smells and sounds — very close to the pulse of nature and the local people.

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DRUM LESSONS. In drum lessons we practice traditional rhythms and percussion techniques on the Djembé, one of the most expressive drums in Africa. In addition, the interaction of the whole group is trained. The three masters of the drum (Djembéfola) Mr. Gillbert, the course instructor, accompanied by Mr. Alpha Oulare and Mr. Mamadie Camara, go into each level individually. The drums are provided.

DANCING LESSONS. Accompanied by the aforementioned drummers, the dance lessons take place with the two professional dance teachers Ms. Marama Konti and Ms. Kadiatou Zuma. For a long time, both were dancers with the national ballet «Kounkuré Bamba» in Conakry, where they currently live and teach several dance groups. Their wealth of experience enables them to handle different levels of dance equally.

THREE MEALS A DAY. Our cook Ms. Fatime will entertain us with her culinary art. As a snack, fruit, snacks and table water are freely available for all travelers. You have to organize muesli or special foods yourself.

OVERNIGHT STAY. 2-bed rooms with simple furnishings, beds with mosquito nets are provided. On the Île de Roume we stay in bamboo huts directly at the sea.

WHAT AWAITS YOU on our trip to Guinea:

  • Airport transfer (arrival and departure as a whole group),
  • traditional accommodation (no mass tourism),
  • 3× daily culinary delicacies of the Guinean cuisine,
  • two-week drum and dance course and
  • optional excursions, cultural events, festivals and much more

TRAVEL PRICE for the two-week stay:

  • all inclusive with dance and drumming course 950 €,
  • only with dance course 785 €,
  • only with drumming courses 785 €

(simple extension week possible by arrangement).

TIME SCHEDULE

Saturday, February 4th, 2023, arrival at Conakry/Guinea airport, transfer as a group[2] to the town of Coyah[3].

Sunday, February 5th, 2023, free day to arrive and relax.

Monday, February 6, 2023 to Friday, February 10, 2023, daily lessons in traditional dance and drumming, in Coyah.

Saturday, February 11, 2023, moving by boat to the Île de Roume, one hour before Conakry. Free time for long walks into the interior of the small island and along the sea, visit to the village with insights into the everyday life of the people, for example fishing. Spontaneous excursions around the island or a rest day in a hammock — all this and much more is possible.

From Monday 13.2.2023, daily lessons in traditional dance and drumming on the island of Roume, outside by the sea.

Saturday and Sunday, February 18/19, 2023, return journey.

Guinea Conakry region, Los Islands and the Isle of Roume (Sources Twitter.com and Mindat.org)


REMARKS

[1] Variable arrival and departure times are possible.

[2] Arrangements among the travelers as a group regarding the transfer are possible.

[3] The drive from Conakrys Airport to Coyah takes approximately 1½ hours. The journey from Coyah to Roume Island takes approximately 2 hours by car to the port and then another 1 hour by boat to the island.

Dance lessons Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 11:00 and 17:00 to 18:00, drum lessons Monday to Friday from 12:00 to 15:00.

You have to organize the flight yourself. There are various airlines that fly to Conakry: Airfrance (you can take a lot of luggage here) or, for example, Air Morocco.

A visa must be ordered at the Guinean Embassy in Berlin.

Vaccination card is mandatory (vaccination against yellow fever and/or prophylactic treatment against malaria).

For those who have the desire and the time, there is an opportunity to arrive earlier and also to stay there longer. The holiday can be extended up to 3 months, for this it is necessary to contact the organizer Mr. Alpha Oulare (additional costs about 150 € per week for room and board).

MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Please contact Mr. Alpha Oulare, Leipzig/Conakry, by e-mail: alpha.oulare@hotmail.de, or mobile phone / Whatsapp (+49) (0)178 56 34 016, or via social media Facebook: tinyurl.com/alphaoulare, also for contracts with the percussion and vocal ensemble Sugé.

[© Mr. Alpha Oulare, Leipzig / Federal Republic of Germany, Guinea-Conakry, March 24, 2022]

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