德國朋友的一封公開信 An Open Letter From German Friends Dear friends of the Tan-Nan project in Taiwan, Dear inhabitants of Tan-Nan, Almost half a year has passed without any contact from our side since our departure from the beautiful mountains in Taiwan. Despite of that, we kept connected to Taiwan, and followed the further drying process and further work on "our" common house from Germany. We of Heimstätte Dünne have a very good and rich memory of this busy shell building time characterized by enthusiasm and cooperation in March. Our project in Byelorussia running for many years and whose target it is to relocate victims contaminated by radiation from the area around Chernobyl rarely encountered such motivated employees such as you. Work with you was a lot of fun. We believe that  you also learned something. Not only that it is possible to build a decent, healthy house using relatively simple means, but also the experience that a common, goal-orientated work leads to success. And some of you who rarely used their hands to do manual activities, wondered what can be achieved under professional guidance. Work with clay, in particular, is laborious, but it is uncomplicated, and it can be done everywhere in the world. There is no building material which is healthier, and its qualities show especially today, where allergies and poisoning by the use of improper building material become apparent. In view of different climate zones (Europe/Taiwan) we were slightly sceptical in March, whether this experiment would succeed due to rainy season and high humidity. Now in Autumn, we see that it has worked, and we of course want to complete the house and convince even critical observers. Ren will be in Taiwan for a month starting from the second half in September. His target is to complete the house to a large extent, after arrangement with the architecture enterprise Hsieh. He of course will need help to do so, but it can also be foreseen that he will not have sufficient time to manage all of this. As announced in March, Hubert will come to Taiwan at the begin of November to finalize work on the house. He will stay for three weeks, and even plans to initiate a schooling and training course in carpentry with those inhabitants of Tan-Nan, who would like to learn that. Markus will come to Taiwan in the middle of November and continue the work. he intends to stay there for two to three months when the beginning seems to be promising. Even a new project which will be of benefit to village would be possible. Due to the large number of volunteers in March there were only a few inhabitants of Tan-Nan who took part in. This shall change. The inhabitants should to make the experience that they together are strong and can then achieve a lot. Alcoholism and no perspective are problems of some inhabitants which are to be addressed. Optimism and trust in the future of the tribe shall be set forward, whereby strengthening of confidence in oneself is an important requirement. We Germans have grown fond of the village with its inhabitants. We felt very comfortable there. The more it is our interest to make a contribution  to the benefit of the village and offer a small share of help. In fact, the real work for the tribe's future must be done by the inhabitants themselves. To do so, we invite you cordially to support them in various ways and manners. To build together is only a part of the work. The planned completion of the house and further qualification of interested inhabitants require less participation of volunteers. The inhabitants shall be the focus of attention. Despite of this, Hubert would like to see again all who participated in the construction. This could be made possible by a meeting in the second half of November in Tan-Nan to celebrate the completion of the house. Probably not all will be able to come, but Hubert hopes to welcome many of those who would like to celebrate their own work and the contribution to success together with the inhabitants of the village and the employees of the architecture enterprise Hsieh. This newsletter is meant as information. For the inhabitants of Tan-Nan. To all who cooperated in Tan-Nan to thank for the efforts of common work. To all who are interested to succeed with the project in Tan-Nan. To all who are interested in further projects in Taiwan. More newsletters will follow to keep you updated. Heimstätte Dünne, Sept. 14, 2003 Dietrich von Bodelschwingh Markus Klar Hubert Heinrichs (Translated from German to English by volunteers) 親愛的「潭南協力造屋」朋友們： 親愛的潭南村居民： 自從我們離開台灣美麗的山區，到現在幾乎已經有半年的時間，我們這方面沒有和大家聯繫。 儘管如此，我們從德國還是保持著和台灣的連結，並且持續關照「我們」共同的房子後來的乾燥過程，和後續工作的進度。 關於整個三月忙碌築屋的時間裡，工作營裡熱誠合作的特色，我們「德恩家園協會 (Heimstatte Dunne)」的成員都有非常豐富美好的回憶。 許多年以來，我們在白俄的協力造屋計畫目標是在協助車諾比核災輻射污染區的受害者遷移，我們很難得遇到像你們這麼有熱忱動力的協力工作群。和你們一起工作 是很大的樂趣。 我們相信，你們也很有收穫。 不只在於，使用相對比較簡單的方式去蓋一棟合理、健康的房屋，並且經歷一件共同、目標取向的工作而導致成功。 之前，在你們其中有某些人向來極少使用他們的手去做勞動的人，曾經質疑在專業匠師領導之下，能成就些什麼。 使用黏土的建築工法是特別勞力的工作，但是這並不複雜，並且可以在世界上任一地區實行。再也沒有比黏土更健康的建材，而且在因使用不適當的建材而導致人們 過敏和中毒的案例日漸顯著的今日社會，黏土性質的優點會特別顯著。 由不同氣候區的角度看來，（歐洲 / 台灣），我們在三月時是略有疑慮，不知這實驗能否在雨季和高濕度狀況之下成功。 現在進入秋季，我們看到這工法顯然可行；再來，我們當然想要將房子完成，以使挑剔的觀察者信服。 仁正在九月中旬開始會在台灣停留一個月的時間。他的目標是在和謝建築團隊協調之後要將房子大致完成。他當然會需要協助來達成此目標，但也可以預見他將沒有 足夠的時間來處理這所有的事項。 就如當初三月時的許諾，胡伯特 (Hubert) 將在秋季來台灣，在十一月初，他會來完成房子的收尾工作。他會停留三週，並且甚至計畫與潭南有意願學習的居民發起一項木工的學習和訓練的課程。 馬克斯 (Markus) 會在十一月中旬來到台灣繼續工作的進行。當計畫的開始有樂觀的遠景，他有意願停留二到三個月。 在三月份的工作營，由於志工的人數眾多，只有很少數的潭南居民參與。 這個狀況將必須改變。 潭南的居民必須去體驗到他們團隊合作的力量，以及經由如此合作可以完成很多事情。一些居民的酗酒和自暴自棄的問題必須被正視。部落對未來的樂觀和信任應該 建立，而在這過程中的一個重要的關鍵是在加強個人對自我的信心。 我們德國人已經喜歡上這個村落和其居民。我們在當地感到非常自在。我們越來越有興趣為潭南村的福祉盡一份力，並且提供一小份協助。事實上，對於部落的未 來，真正的工作必須由居民他們自己來做。 要如此去做，我們誠懇地邀請您以各種方式和管道來協助他們。 協力造屋只是工作的一部份。 這棟房子預計的完成，以及有興趣的村民將來的有關此環保工法的實作訓練並 不需要那麼多志工的參與。（潭南計畫）我們注意力的焦點是在村民。 即使是如此，胡伯特還是想與協力造屋的所有朋友再相聚。這部分可能可以安排在十一月中旬以後，來慶祝房子的完成。也許並不是所有的人都能來，但是胡伯特希 望歡迎那許多願意來慶祝他們自己曾努力的的工作以及與村民和謝英俊建築團隊共同成就的貢獻。 這封公開信的目的在提供現有訊息。 為了潭南村民。 給所有在潭南協力造屋的人──感謝您對我們共同工作的付出。 給所有心繼續成就潭南計畫的人 給所有心為向上提昇台灣而努力的人 我們將持續以書信 / 通訊持續與您保持聯繫。 德恩家園協會 Heimstatte Dunne 迪崔許 Dietrich von Bodelschwingh 馬克斯 Markus Klar 胡伯特 Hubert Heinrichs （小魚翻譯） 回前頁 :: BACK