Our team
Bringing a vision to life cannot be achieved alone; it requires people who strengthen and reinforce each other with a common goal in mind. We now have a good 50 members.
Our team
Bringing a vision to life cannot be achieved alone; it requires people who strengthen and reinforce each other with a common goal in mind. We now have a good 50 members.
THE PROJECT JUSTINE – train the trainer e. V.
MARIE DAROUICHE
Honorary member and
Inventor of the Dirndl à l’Africaine
Short biography Marie Darouiche
Born in Cameroon in 1952, Marie’s path led her to Europe and Munich.
With her love of African fabrics, it was a logical step for her to sew her first dirndl from a pagne almost 20 years ago. Initially on order, since 2010 together with her sister Rahmée under the label name NOH NEE. It was also a logical step for her to set up her own training centre for tailors in Africa with THE PROJECT JUSTINE. Marie is primarily concerned with the quality of education and travels to Benin several times a year for longer and shorter stays.
RAHMÉE WETTERICH
1st Chairwoman and
Founding member
Short biography Rahmée Wetterich
Rahmée, also born in Cameroon, was much younger than her sister Marie when she arrived in Munich. After many successful years in the fashion industry, she opened an interior design studio near Nymphenburg Palace. When Marie invented the dirndl à l’Africaine, Rahmée set the course for the fashion label NOH NEE. Rahmée is convinced that the exciting, creative exchange of world cultures will and must play a much greater role in the future. As the chairwoman of the association, she is driving the development of the training centre from both Germany and Afrilka.
BIRGIT C. SCHRYVERS
2nd Chairwoman
and Founding member
Short biography Birgit C. Schryvers
The Berlin-based artist has been campaigning for a fairer world since 1995 and founded the artists’ alliance “Art for Africa” together with other painters, draughtsmen and sculptors in 2011. The international alliance supports humanitarian projects through the sale of its art. The focus is on promoting education, training and independent work. At THE PROJECT JUSTINE – train the trainer, Birgit mainly takes care of administrative tasks.
Location Benin
Arsène Adimi, Director and Administration
Jean-Marck Sidoine Kakpo, Finance and accounting
Abibou Gnago, Marketing
Alan Bougla, Community Manager and Graphic designer
Marie Darouiche, Master tailor and teacher for specialised practice
Jule Becker, Master tailor and teacher for specialised practice
Gislaine Woro, Teacher for specialised theory
Justine Tchilalou Payarou, Namesake of The Project Justine and trainer
Christiane Ahoussi, trainer
Moucadas Adessokpe, trainer
Sylvestre Kpelebe, trainer
Philomène Tawe, trainer
Renatou Tagali, trainer
Débora Dassakate, trainer
Nazifou Tapsoba, trainer
Elisabeth Kotto, trainer
Hélène N’Tcha, trainer
Spero L. Noudofinin, Mechanic
David Gbehe, French teacher
Caroline Kouegoua, Coaching und Empowerment
Project Senegal
Karima Mbacké, Project management Senegal
Seck Aby Ba, Textile engineer
Mboup Mame Diarra, Assistant to the management
Sall Madiaw, Sewing technician
Diop Thereze, Sewing technician
Ngom Serigne Mokhmadane, Sewing technician
Diop Ibrahima, Sewing technician
Diakhate Oumar, Sewing technician
Cisse Elisabeth Diouf, Sewing technician
Gning Ousmane, Sewing technician
Diop Fatou, Nanny
Dia Semou, Day watchman
Mbaye Aliou, Night watchman
Mbaye Demba, Apprentice/supervisor
Rahmée Wetterich, Project Management Germany
Petra Kutschal, Finance und Controlling
Stephan Rehlen, Consultant
Attila Henning, Communication (design and image)
Heike Littger, Communication (text)
Carola Windecker, Project assistance
Project Ghana
Prof Dr Osuanyi Quaicoo Essel & Team, Project management Ghana
Wisdom Keteku, Coordination
Agyemang, Weaving mill
Daniel Dickson, Design development
Kingsley Quansah, Design development
Evans Asante, Development of weaving looms
Rahmée Wetterich, Project management Germany
Odessa Legemah, Project coordination
Petra Kutschal, Finance und Controlling
Stephan Rehlen, Consultant
Attila Henning, Communication (design and image)
Heike Littger, Communication (text)
Carola Windecker, Project assistance
OUR SUPPORTERS from THE PROJECT JUSTINE – train the trainer
We are very fortunate to receive financial, material, instrumental and non-material support from people, institutions and organisations, first and foremost in alphabetical order:
art for africa Kunstprojekt, artists’ association against hunger, drought, AIDS and for education
Bavarian State Chancellery, supreme state authority of the Free State of Bavaria
Gerd Baumann, musician, composer and founder of the band b Parade
Kajetan Brandstätter, Head of the district association “Der Mittelstand” of the Munich economic region (BVMW)
Werner Buss, Creative Director of the Munich Tollwood Festival
Centre de Formation Liweitari (CFL), Training centre for bricklaying, polymechanics, electrics, car mechanics and organic farming in Natitingou, Benin
DELL Technologies, US manufacturer of computers and storage systems
Ellen Dettinger, founder of the Munich office Schürmann Dettinger Architekten
Klaus Edele, Board of the Friends of Liweitari, Association for the Support of the Centre de Formation Liweitari (CFL)
GOP, Variety theatre in Munich
Attila Henning, Photography and communication
Hochschule Biberach, Faculty of Architecture
Liz Howard, Speaker, moderator, author and coach
Kinderhilfe Westafrika, Organisation with training centres, orphanages and schools in Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso
Eva Ploder, Artist and designer
Heinrich Roth, Founder of the Centre de Formation Liweitari (CFL)
Schmitz-Stiftungen, German foundation for the promotion of projects in the global South
Felix Schürmann, Professor of Architecture at Biberach University of Applied Sciences
Jutta Speidel, Actress and founder of Horizonte, a Munich-based aid organisation for homeless children and mothers
Bernd Weißbach, Board of Directors of Kinderhilfe Westafrika
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