Thatta Kedona

Culture is a Basic Need

Repair Work in AFA Project of NGO in TGD
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Member of Supervising Board 3S, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch in TGD to check repair work:

-Front wall with mud and bricks

-White wash front and entrance

-Repair of shelves in kitchen garden of Women and Men Centres

-Cleaning work on drinking water plot,

-Floor repair work in office

3S is an informal, Senta Siller Foundation related platform from which funds are collected from home and abroad.

Labels: Dr Norbert Pintsch, Dr Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona, TTTC, Women Art Center

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Visit to Professional College, Depalpur
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Thatta Kedona is very popular in the areas around Dolls Village. Particularly students from schools and colleges in this historic trio-logy area come to the village and spend time there appreciating AFA (NGO) work in cultural preservation, appropriate technology and income generation for village women..

Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, a senior SES, AFA, German volunteer, along with Mr Amjad Ali / AFA, VoG, Mr. Farooq Ahmed / AFA, Manager TTTC Men and Mr M. Ilyas, Manager Marketing Thatta Kedona was invited by Professional College, Depalpur where they discussed matters of mutual interest and collaboration in the field of appropriate technology.

Labels: Amjad Ali, Appropriate Technology, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch, Rural Culture, SES, Thatta Kedona, TTTC, VoG

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Annual Repair
Sunday, October 18, 2015

Meeting with M. Iqbal from Harrappa in connection with the annual repair work for AFA (WAC and TTTC building) in Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka

Labels: TTTC, WAC

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Giants Wheel
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Labels: Appropriate Technology, Thatta Kedona, TTTC

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One Product One Village
Friday, May 8, 2015

Dr. Norbert Pintsch

The village project of the NGO A.F.A. in TGD with its image brand of TOY VILLAGE represents an income-generation method for the village population, which is based upon the traditional culture of the area.

The main local buyers are diplomats, experts and managers of international companies as well as tourists and other travelers.

The products are being successfully marketed within the country and even have excellent reputation in foreign countries. There are customers in USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Nuezeland, EU und the UAE as well as collectors in ethnological Museums in Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg, Leipzig and Berlin.

The village NGO has in the meantime integrated members from six other villages. Furthermore, it has sub-contractors in other parts of the country through six other NGO’s from Karachi, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Karimabad.

New products are being developed in order to integrate further women from other villages into the project.
It is very important to proceed in a particular way for such a project to be successful:

The products are not to be manufactured in large quantities so that the producers do not lose their traditional roots and move to the cities.
Quality control must be ensured with the help of trained staff.
The marketing must proceed hand in hand due to the specific way of production which again requires trained staff.

For developing new products in other villages (One Product – One Village) specially qualified staff is needed which is also ready to work together with the village population. Members of city culture may be more qualified but the preparedness to work in the village and to develop with the local residents is more important –this point is apparently the most difficult to overcome in order to achieve success.

Labels: Thatta Kedona, TTTC

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University Students in Thatta Ghulaka Dheroka
Saturday, March 7, 2015

Thatta Kedona, in addition to producing dolls, toys and other cultural handicrafts has been a center of leaning since its inception over a decade ago. Students from different universities have been visiting Thatta Ghulaka Dheroka for research, orientation and or for sightseeing.

Labels: Appropriate Technology, Students, Thatta Kedona, TTTC, WAC

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TTTC Products
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Volunteer Zephanja Arzt is working on a new product at TTTC in TGD. The images show various steps of the product development process.

Labels: Images, Products, TTTC

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Annual repair and maintenance
Monday, September 2, 2013

Village Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka – commonly known as Dolls Village – is a center of activities that range from dolls and toys making to research and a place where large number of local and foreign volunteers come and add value.

Thatta Kedona is a project, first of its kind, in rural area where handmade quality toys are crafted using all indigenous materials and traditional designs based on cultural and folklore themes. The workmanship of the dolls and toys has acclaimed international recognition through their participation in numerous international events, exhibitions, fairs and displays. These toys are the embodiment of dreams, hopes and most of all self-reliance of the hands, which breathe a part of their own soul into them.

Labels: BHU, TTTC, Women Art Center

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Handicraft in Men Center
Friday, March 1, 2013

New handicraft are produced in Men Centre of AFA at TGD. Air Glider is another tiny winy toy manufactured by Zephanja from October 2007 to January 2008.

Labels: Thatta Kedona, TTTC

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