Transition
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Labels: AFA, Dr Norbert Pintsch, Dr Senta Siller, SES-Bonn DGFK-Berlin CULTURA-Nauen, SPARC, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:31 AM,
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Annual Housing Competition – 2015
Monday, March 30, 2015
One of the most cherished Spring activity in the village Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka is annual housing competition. This is an open competition and everyone in the village participates. Judges select the best mud house, best details and best exterior and cash prizes are given.
This annual competition keeps the Dolls Village spanking round the year in addition to keeping the cultural morals alive. This year Winner Bibi Bashiran was the winner once again. Professor Aamir Rafique gave the cash prize.
Compitition with aims of preservation of rural cultural, heritage and environment protection was supported by FPAC and SPARC in Lahore through students from Punjab University.
The students were so impressed, that they have collected additional money for the winners.
Labels: Culture, Environment Protection, FPAC, Heritage, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, SES, SPARC, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 1:07 PM,
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Distribution of Educational Material - 2015
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Punjab village Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka has history. And its history really started when SES volunteer Dr Senta Siller and Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch first visited this village some 25 years ago.
Thanks to SES volunteers, two government schools (one for girls and the other for boys have progressed visibly. Where else young scholars like Stephanie Walter or Sophie Kuppler come and teach English, where else teachers from government schools are trained by the NGOs (AFA), where else annual sports days are celebrated?
Education is very close to the heart of Farooq Ahmad and Farana for AFA. One unique tradition of the NGO is to distribute books, school copies and other educational material among students right in the start of academic year.
On Friday,, March 27, 2015, stage was set book distribution to students of two government schools. This year the support came from FPAC and SPARC-project in Lahore and through students from Punjab University.
Students of both schools look forward to this event and come in their best dresses for the occasion.
Labels: AFA, Distribution of Books, Education, FPAC, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, SES, SPARC, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:03 PM,
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New Possibilities of Cooperation
Friday, March 13, 2015
Dr Norbert Pintsch, senior expert from SES, Germany is back in Pakistan for the spring. He has a lot up his sleeves that will unfold in this space as it happens.
To start with, he had his first meeting with Prof Dr Malik - Hydrogeologist from COMSATS / IPC and Dr Saeed M. Chaudhry - President of DPF to discuss and have discussed the new possibilities of Appropriate Technology and chances of traditional medicine,including clean drinking water in mountain areas. This discussion is part of greater cooperation between AFA (NGO of Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka) and AFWA (NGO in rural area in the vicinity of Islamabad).
To start with, he had his first meeting with Prof Dr Malik - Hydrogeologist from COMSATS / IPC and Dr Saeed M. Chaudhry - President of DPF to discuss and have discussed the new possibilities of Appropriate Technology and chances of traditional medicine,including clean drinking water in mountain areas. This discussion is part of greater cooperation between AFA (NGO of Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka) and AFWA (NGO in rural area in the vicinity of Islamabad).
Labels: DPF Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Dr Saeed M Chaudhry, SES, SPARC
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:23 AM,
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University Students Come to TGD
Monday, April 14, 2014
Once again students from the University of the Punjab University visited the village TGD in order to obtain an impression about the life in rural area. They spent time in the building of the NGO as well as traditional mud houses.
As usual, the FPAC sponsored the purchase of books and pencils for school children at the start of the school year in the village school. The FPAC promotes education in the rural areas with emphasis on TGD as well a project for students of civil engineering, who should not only learn theoretically about mud architecture but also work actively with mud in given structures. Here are some of the images of the event:
Read more »Labels: Aamir Rafique, Farooq Ahmed, Farzana Zahoor, FPAC, Lahore, Norbert Pintsch, Punjab University, SPARC, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:01 AM,
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Spring Comes to Thatta Kedona
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Prof. Norbert Pintsch arrives in Pakistan this morning (April 1, 2014). He will be followed by Marlis Bartkiewitz. With the arrival of foreign volunteers spring activities of A-F-A (village NGO) will start.
Dr Norbert Pintsch will toggle between Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi while he organizes traditional activities in village Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka. He, along with students of different universities, will also be working building projects of SPARC.
Marlis Bartkiewitz [from SES] will be working in BHU and Kitchen Garden projects. This time Marlis is introducing herbal trees, creepers and bushes that are used for medicine. Marlis will also work in Government schools for boys and girls.
Dr Norbert Pintsch will toggle between Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi while he organizes traditional activities in village Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka. He, along with students of different universities, will also be working building projects of SPARC.
Marlis Bartkiewitz [from SES] will be working in BHU and Kitchen Garden projects. This time Marlis is introducing herbal trees, creepers and bushes that are used for medicine. Marlis will also work in Government schools for boys and girls.
Labels: BHU, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, SES, SPARC, Spring, Volunteers
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:17 AM,
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Thatta Kedona-Perzada Cultural Complex Cooperation
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Thatta Kedona has a long-term cooperation with the Perzada Cultural Complex. Since many years, Thatta Kedona has been participating in the puppet festival in Gaddafi-Stadium with a special exhibition stand of ethnological dolls made by the AFA (NGO).
Puppeteers from Perzada Compex took part in the opening ceremony of the TTTC (Men-Centre) in 1997 in Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka. In 2010, three one-room houses made of traditional materials were constructed with the support of local universities for the purpose of research in connection with the mens’ project in TGD. In 2011, like previous year, a special event regarding appropriate technology was arranged for children. In 2012, the NGO AFA invited these children to a 3-school event, with school children from Lahore, Okara and TGD.
Similar to the children’s festival at PCC, a 3-school festival has again taken place in 2013 in Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka.
Long live Thatta Kedona-Perzada Cultural Complex cooperation.
Labels: AFA, FPAC, Marlis Bartkiewitz, Monika Kuppler, Peerzada Group, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, SPARC, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:12 AM,
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Annual Sports Day
Monday, October 28, 2013, was a very eventful day in Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka. Brightly dressed students from different schools of Lahore, Okara and participated in sports and games organized by AFA, SPARC and FPAC under the supervision of senor Volunteers Dr Norbert Pintsch from SES.
Three teams took part in the day long competitions. Lahore Team was from Tufail Foundation School, Ram Kot Lahore (with teacher M. Javed), Okara Team was from Ahmad Jalal Kids Campus Okara (with Principal Rucksana Hussain and Vice-Principal Nosheen Ali) whereas our very own tean from Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka Village Government School (with all the teachers).
After games School Ground the team members had lunch in Women Art Center of AFA.
On this occasion, interviews for Internet-Radio-tv-thatta village were also carried out.
And, that is the beauty of the dolls village – the people. Here are some of the images of the day.
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Labels: Dr. Norbert Pintsch, Education, FPAC, NGOs, SPARC
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:44 AM,
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Mud Housing Project
Thursday, June 10, 2004
Labels: Mud Housing Project, SPARC
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:00 AM,
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