Information about Udutama association

Udutama's trip to Thailand 2012

xaviertio@gmail.com (Administrator) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:51:22 +0000

At the end of January 2012 and for two months, we plan to make another visit to Southeast Asia. The objectives of this trip are:

Cooperation Projects

Ø Visit the coffee project Akha Ama traveling to the village of Mae Jantai and document it on video and photography

Ø Explore the possibility of continuing the project of schooling for children with our akha counterpart AFECT

Ø Buy handicrafts within the program of Akha women's empowerment

Joint tourism project

Ø Documenting a possible extension of solidarity with tourist guides association of ethnic minorities in Chiang Rai

Ø Documenting a possible extension of solidarity tourism in the town of Mae Jantai to learn more about the coffee project Akha Ama

International Volunteer

Ø Evaluate together with the three partners, international volunteer programs:
P1: Isan public schools
P2: association of local guides in Mae Yao
P3: AFECT’s eco-school

Ø Visit schools with permanent accommodation for children in the Thai-Burma border to explore the possibility of creating a new international volunteer program

Ø Visit the clinic of the Thai health public system of Doi Tung to explore the possibility of creating a new international volunteer program for nursing and medical students who want to practice there and know about health policy towards ethnic minorities

University Cooperation

Ø Visit the responsible Regional Center for Social and Sustainable Development and the Center for Ethnic Studies and Development, University of Chiang Mai, to explore the possibility of a seminar in conjunction with a Catalan university

Cultural documentation

Ø To deepen the knowledge of the Akha culture and other ethnic minorities in the area and document them on video

We hope to achieve all the goals we have set for 2012 and thank partners, donors, supporters and volunteers for the help and encouragement we have received.

Udutama at the Mercè Festival

xaviertio@gmail.com (Administrator) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:30:18 +0000

Next weekend, 24th and 25th september, our association will have a stand in the Mostra d'Entitats of the Mercè Festival, in Barcelona.

Place: Cataluyna Square, inside a great tent beside the FNAC.

Saturday 24th september, from 11 am to 9 pm and sunday 25th september from 11 am to 7 pm

We will have information about our activities and projects and we will sell the fair trade handbags, handmade, bought directly to the women from minority groups from southeast Asia.

We will be waiting for you !

The Akha come to the Gracia district in Barcelona

xaviertio@gmail.com (Administrator) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:27:14 +0000

Our exhibition on the culture of the Akha and their problems facing globalization, finally will come to the Gracia district of Barcelona, at the Jaume Fuster Library in the Plaza Lesseps.

It will remain there from September 2 to October 16, 2011.

We remind you that the exhibition consists of 25 photographs with explanatory texts, divided into 5 areas:

- Material Culture
- Lifestyles
- Belief system
- The problems of the Akha
- Challenges of minorities facing globalization

You can also view a 10 minute documentary with an interview with Mr. Athu, director of a local Akha association which explains, among other things, abuse of some Christian charities in Thailand. And finally you can see a series of everyday objects from the Akha, cups and balls made of bamboo, handmade cotton bags or an Akha woman's hat.

We believe that cultural diversity is an index of the overall health of mankind and we try to explain it and share it, understand the risks of its decline to the large strengths of globalization and finally, support ethnic minorities in their efforts to preserve it the way they choose.

The Akha are waiting for you!