Nka Foundation is a nonprofit organization in the United States that exists to serve underserved communities in Africa through use of the arts and design education. The works of Nka Foundation began in 2005.
Specifically, throughout the year and at different sites, Nka runs earth architecture workshops and arts projects that invite people around the world to immerse in the local culture and learn-by-interaction with the people through the onsite projects. Students can use the opportunity for internship, thesis or personal research.
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Nka’s rural projects draw on asset-based approach to community development by immersion in the community and by the mobilization of the existing, but often unrecognized abundant local resources to enable the underserved community drive its own development process.
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The proposed project follows a competition call launched by Nka Foundation in December 2017. The subject was Reinventing the African Mud House. It was about the conception of typical projects of classrooms, dormitories, dwellings,cafeteria, in a sustainable development philosophy. The project call lets the choice between several sites in Africa: Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, and Gambia. We chose to focus on the Gambian site, where climate is dry, and more specifically Karsi Kunda's community.
A sheltering roof
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