Anjuman-e-Falah-e-Aama Meet Up
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Thatta Kedona founding members and senior German volunteers meet and discuss what to do next in the Toy Village whenever they can and wherever it is possible.
On 13 June 2019, there was one such meeting in Nauen / Gross Behnitz. Amjad Ali, the President of Anjuman-e-Falah-e-Aama met Dr Senta SILLER, DGFK and Dr Norbert Pintsch, FBTC, FPAC and reminisced about the past, present and future of Anjuman-e-Falah-e-Aama back in Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka, Punjab, Pakistan.
Labels: AFA, Amjad Ali, DGFK, FBTC, FPAC, Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
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Artist-in-Residence program - a big success
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
The A-e-F-e-A (NGO) has taken a future-oriented path:
Artistic activity in the countryside, as a means for the promotion of a positive perception of projects, also for students as interested participants!
In cooperation with the DGFK and Cultura (two German NGOs), Peter Hecht, Draftsman, sculptor and musician, spent a month in TGD.
Read more »Labels: Amjad Ali, DGFK, FPAC, Norbert Pintsch, Peter Hecht, Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by Ume Farwa Shirazi @ 11:26 AM,
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Printing Allama Iqbal
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
In a meeting at Dabistan-e-Iqbal, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch (senior German volunteer from DGFK) , Mr Anees Yaqoob, Iqbal Sallahud Din (grandson of Allama Muhammad Iqbal and himself a leading social entrepreneur) and Mr Auranzeb Suharwardi (lead management consultant) discussed various steps of the Iqbal printing project.
Dr Norbert, in addition to Allama Iqbal’s German connections, explained his wonderfully inspiring social sector developments project in the village Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka near OKARA where he has initiated various activities and small projects.
Read more »Labels: Dr Norbert Pintsch, Thatta Kedona
posted by Ume Farwa Shirazi @ 11:36 AM,
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Visit of Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch
By Omar M. Ali
Spring visit of Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, in Pakistan for the purpose of keeping in touch with people (Prof Dr Noor, S A J Shirazi, Prof Aamir Rafique, Arch Ghayyoor Obaid, Calligraphy and artist Anees Yaqub, Prof Dr Amir H. Malik, Prof Dr Rubeena, a.o.) and Institutions (PU, LSE, AFA, FPAC a.o.) always beings the plathora of activities in the Dolls Village and also in Lahore. Here are glimpses of some of the activities:
Visit to the AFA project in TGD
Students of the Punjab University visited the village under the supervision of Prof Aamir Rafique.
Read more »Labels: Aamir Rafique, AFA, Amjad Ali, DGFK, Peter Hecht, Prof Dr Marnix Dressen, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Prof Dr Rubeena Ashraf, Thatta Kedona
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Village Project on Express News
Monday, March 11, 2019
Labels: Documentary, Dolls of the World, Thatta Kedona
posted by Ume Farwa Shirazi @ 7:58 AM,
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German Society for the Promotion of Culture
Monday, March 4, 2019
The German Society for the Promotion of Culture e. V. , short DGFK e. V., is a non-governmental organization that was registered in 1973 at the Register of Associations Berlin-Charlottenburg . The preparations for the club foundation had begun in 1972. Founding members were u. a. Andre Warner, Norbert Pintsch, [1] Wilhelm Koessl, Manoocher Firoozan ( Iran ), Billy Aparicio ( Bolivia ) and SK Lee ( Korea ).
posted by Ume Farwa Shirazi @ 11:29 AM,
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Building Practice over Time
Saturday, February 9, 2019
By Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, IPC, FPAC
Notes on building in rural areas, incl. historic preservation
In non-industrialized times, one used the available resources of the respective environment. Due to growing population and concentration, resources were increasingly used up and destroyed.
In the micro-area of construction, dwellings are created, in the eyes of the builders, for a long period of time. This period was reduced over the course of the century, because the rule was meant to be generational; the growing elite built its buildings for many generations - meanwhile it has been reduced to one generation.
Read more »Labels: AFA, CAT, Cultura, DGFK, FBTC, FPAC, IPC, Norbert Pintsch, TM
posted by Ume Farwa Shirazi @ 9:16 AM,
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Village project on Dunya News
Monday, January 14, 2019
Labels: Documentary, Dolls of the World, Thatta Kedona
posted by Ume Farwa Shirazi @ 8:48 AM,
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اوکاڑہ کا نواحی گاؤں ڈولز ویلیج کہلایا جانے لگا
Monday, January 7, 2019
Labels: Amjad Ali, Dolls Village, Thatta Kedona
posted by Ume Farwa Shirazi @ 2:22 PM,
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About the basic misconception of NGO projects
Sunday, January 6, 2019
By Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch / IPC, FPAC, FBTC, DGFK
NGO projects are non-profit ventures, i.e. altruistic projects. The critical viewer quickly realizes whether the project is financially beneficial to the circle of contributors or a family.
If the facility is useful for a family and it finances the life of this family, which also applies to large families, so they should honestly convert it into private limited company.
The project carriers and the supporters of the project normally do not share this view, for which there are two reasons:
- the project carriers, the users and the suppliers, are simply too connected to each other to recognize this fact, and
- The supporters are too superficial, so that the of concealment is not perceived.
Another widespread problem is the inability of the participants to identify themselves as a project in the global and increasingly uniform world.
This means:
- Unknowingly, economic opportunities are transferred from A to B. These possibilities were in the past the results of colonialism, in the present it is the short-sighted spread of standards of so-called industrialized countries to the so-called developing countries.
Now it could be argued that life in a country is never one-sided, and in every country there is a gap between the upper and lower classes.
That is true, but the purpose of NGO projects is not to participate in the transfer of external values, but to preserve the peculiarities of the local values.
If this purpose is not shared by the project carriers, who operate under the cloak of selflessness, then the transformation into a serious private limited company should be undertaken and the principles of profit maximization followed.
The voluntary work, which was part of the long-term project work in various countries, was therefore discontinued and commercial consultation on usual rules for international business were offered.
Even if the above argument may seem antisocial to the reader, the rule remains: one and one is two, - not more, but also not less!
A wrong must be named as wrong!
Labels: CAT, DGFK, FBTC, FPAC, IPC, RUC, Tanto Mejor, Thatta Kedona
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