NGO

Couleurs Afrik- die Farben Afrikas e.V.


This foundation has set out the following aims in its constitution:

• Promotion of the culture and mutual understanding through an exchange between the cultures
• Promotion of international understanding especially between African people and Mecklenburg West-Pomerania
• Promotion and improvement of the coexistence of local people and Africans in our federal state
• Promotion of a global way of thinking
• Promotion of democracy and tolerance
To achieve these aims the association has faced up to the following tasks:
The members of the association are mainly active in Mecklenburg West-Pomerania.
The association wants to prepare events which make people here more aware of the cultural, social, economic and ecological conditions in the Africans’ home countries along with and with support from their cultures.
The association wants to contribute to informing and extending local people’s knowledge about Africa, its people and its culture.
The association sees itself as a bridge between different cultures in West Africa and Germany.
The association is active in aiding humanitarian support in crisis areas in Africa.
In addition the association is involved in initiating and assisting economic contacts and the exchange of products and information between companies in Mecklenburg West-Pomerania and in West Africa.

www.couleurs-afrik.de