Tag: rights

Balloons Kazerne Dossin


① memo 20171206 ~ Balloons Kazerne Dossin ~ One of the balloons at the 4th floor balcony of the Kazerne Dossin museum in Mechelen last weekend , at the 5 year anniversary of the opening of this museum , Mechelen , Belgium

Afghan Sans Papiers in Kazerne Dossin

① memo 20171120 ~ Afghan Sans Papiers in Kazerne Dossin ~ Some 30 young Afghans , undocumented (‘sans papiers’) , and Belgians together* went to the Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen – note : some Afghans were not able to stay because of trauma’s experienced in their homeland – communiqué in french in this video at the finish of the silent solidarity march for the Afghan community of “Sans Papier” in Belgium, by Belgians and Afghan refugees in Brussels , Nov 20th 2013 – in front of the Federal Justice Building (FPS) in Brussels , Belgium

* Organized by the UPJB and the ‘comité de soutien aux 450 Afghans sans statuts’ , and supported by Solidarcité , and SCI – visit saturday Nov 16th 2013 in Kazerne Dossin , Mechelen , Belgium ( SCI “Des rencontres qui questionnent“)

More video work on the Belgian Afghan community here :

Beguinage project

Afghans & Belgians « We want justice »

Good Night


① memo 20171025 ~ Good Night ~ Flowers last night , from the ASF België / Belgique (Belgian ASF association of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace) and the Atelier , for both the Piano trio Vincent Tohier, Daniela Giovanna Becerra Pérez, and Elisabeth Sturtewagen , and for Koenraad Tinel & Simon Gronowski after the interview by Walter Pauli at the Atelier Marcel Hastir in Brussels , Belgium

Couture Courage Congo


① memo 20170818 ~ Couture Courage Congo ~ Couture Courage Congo ~ (FR dessous / below) – The courage of african women – Congolese Fashion Parade « Dignity by creating couture » at the Atelier Marcel Hastir – Brussels – August 3, 2015 – with Anne-Sophie Maier, Aurélie Ferriere, Caroline Hack, Ewa Malinowska, Florette Mavunda, Isabelle Asguet, Katia Fournier, Maria Palatine et Michaëla Ngindu wa Nzengu. For the Young Congolese Women’s Group – DJFC , Kikwit , DR Congo & the Robert Maistriau Foundation. A short film by Michel van der Burg (August 7 2015 / updates : August 16 , 2015 / August 18 , 2017)
FR – Le courage des femmes africaines – Défilé de robes « La dignité par la création couturière » à l’Atelier Marcel Hastir – Bruxelles , 3 août 2015 – avec Anne-Sophie Maier, Aurélie Ferriere, Caroline Hack, Ewa Malinowska, Florette Mavunda, Isabelle Asguet, Katia Fournier, Maria Palatine et Michaëla Ngindu wa Nzengu. Pour la « Dynamique de la Jeunesse Féminine Congolaise ASBL » DJFC , Kikwit , DR Congo & la « Fondation Robert Maistriau ASBL » . Un court-métrage de Michel van der Burg (7 août 2015 / mise à jour : 16 août 2015 / 18 août 2017)
Film tech note : filmed with Canon Legria mini X – unfortunately with ‘interview’ audio settings for an interview I did earlier that day.

Béguinage shadows | 20151115

Béguinage shadows | 20151115 | Final cut today of our Afghan refugee interview* at the ‘Afghan camp’ inside the Béguinage Church in Brussels, Belgium – March 17, 2014 .

*One Afghan gentleman, who asked to remain anonymous, told us about his journey to Brussels. Interview anonymized by reconstruction using a disguised voice-over and visual and auditory imagery (organ Félix Snyers) captured March-April 2014 in the Church of Saint John the Baptist at the Béguinage in Brussels.

More about the Beguinage Project here http://bit.ly/1HZguvY and here https://michelvanderburg.com/?s=Beguinage

Reportage by Kristen Cattell (USA) and Michel van der Burg (Holland) | Beguinage Project . Film : Béguinage shadows | 20151115 | michelvanderburg.com

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Voice of Children Without Papers | 20140903

Voice of Children Without Papers | 20140903 | 1-memo•com | Children without papers no voice ? … Storyboard documentary Afghans & Belgians « We want justice » . NL – De Jafari’s hebben recent het statuut van vluchteling in België verkregen. FR – Les Jafari’s ont obtenu récemment le statut de réfugié en Belgique . EN – The Jafari’s recently obtained refugee status in Belgium.
The in Belgium living and studying Afghan youngster Amir Mohammad Jafari did speak up for his rights in the Belgian streets and the Kids Parlement. The Jafari family finally received the refugee status recently after a long ‘battle’. Film reportage and more info see the today updated post https://michelvanderburg.com/2013/11/24/genoeg-gezwegen-sans-papiers/
I updated that post today with the text of the French translation done by Philippe Renette of Amir Jafari’s speech of 20 nov 2013 in Brussels.
FR – mise à jour aujourd’hui – avec la traduction en français par Philippe Renette du discours de Amir Mohammad Jafari 20 novembre 2013 à Bruxelles.

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