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The importance of pse * project initiatives
Monday, August 9, 2021

Lessons in participation and perceptions of the SSI doll project

by Aaron Pinsker and Norbert Pintsch

For the theorist, theory is a merciless work program. Success means having created the appropriate and plausible phrases after doing intensive work. It's a good feeling to live with, mobile and pecuniary!

The society, represented by its heads, leaders, agents, honors this and uses the phrases in good faith and for good things. The country needs keywords!

The representatives, leaders, agents of institutions and organizations need this help in order to become active in their fields.

Even if we don't like it, the reality is quite different and dramatic. The more theory there is, the more theory grows out of it - it is almost like fertilizer; however this fertilizer is of an artificial nature and it sticks more and more to the practical problems , commonly referred to as Practice!

Globalization makes the problem frightening! The theory, actually a tool to understanding the problem on a local and regional scale, is used unknowingly for standardization and that neglects the particularities of the region. It is rather understood to be universally and globally applicable. Why does'nt anybody tell me that?, so the call of a resident of old-people home suffering from dementia!

The seemingly problem solutions are always based on the usefulness. Usefulness is a result of political-social-economic* compulsions, with the additional issue that we lose our feet on the ground. Taking on these compulsions is a mammoth task, which is therefore not touched upon. That would involve too great corrective measures.

There is no reason to leave it at that, there are even solutions available, but they do not fit into the conventional grid; the main reason: the lack of pse * benefits!

Initiatives that benefit the general public are rare. If there are some, then they are politically, economically and religiously based and financed. This means that selflessness in initiatives is practically impossible. A popular question in such rare projects is: Who is funding this? - If the answer is lacking a reference to religion or politics, this unsettles the questioner. It cannot be what cannot be! The participants in such projects have shown that a) there is this attitude of selflessness and b) this unites strangers to the pse * and makes possible what actually does not work for the reasons mentioned.

A tedious job, far from theory, adapted to the local possibilities and the local, traditional culture, which represents the wealth of a region and works even better when the "foreign" participants bring their skills into the effort without appearing to be missionaries!

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:42 AM, ,

SPARC Project News
Friday, April 2, 2021

2020 will be remembered as a special year.

Various problems have significantly influenced people's living conditions. This does not only apply to individuals, but also for the people involved in organizations and institutions.

The project work in the NGOs was also severely affected.

With the enclosed poster we remember the volunteers in 2019,


in Pakistan Peter Hecht and Norbert Pintsch,

in Cameroon Marlies Bartkiewitz-Schmitt, Peter Hecht and Norbert Pintsch,

in Colombia Renate Perner, Lutz Fluegge, Peter Hecht and Norbert Pintsch.

In the partner organization DGFK, the year 2020 was used for sorting, editing and archiving works.


Four books were added in the DGFK archive, which are shown in the enclosed poster.


These are authors which are directly or indirectly connected to the DGFK, partly also through the Foerderverein Cultura e.V.

Alexandra Schmitt with A Lifestyle,

Hans-Dieter Heckes with Laces,

Juergen Zeidler with Frans-Maria Ferchl and the Annals of Lithography,

Ronald Koob with Ludwig Koob, Illustration-Amgewandte Kunst

Anyone who browses through the DGFK archive, the Cultura archive or the PPP archive will find these four publications under publications by the DGFK in cooperation with Cultura e.V., which are shown in another poster.

3 essays

Project snacks

Almost sounds

Fast Views

Now, in 2021, it is important to continue after overcoming physical and psychological problems. However it will not be possible to be as before because a lot of work with new challenges and initiatives is necessary in order to continue or renew what has already been started.

The young generation is in demand and has to see how they can find solutions in spite of lack of practice from the ever-present digital technology.

Those with longer life experiences are gradually disappearing in the fog of yesterday, - the young generation is aware more of tomorrow, but that too is still waiting in the fog.

The time after 2020 requires calm and cautiousness from people - some will proceed according to the motto hectic-growth-mobility, others of the younger generation will recognize opportunities and new possibilities, - in any case: It will go on, one way or the other!

To support the SSDC project, there will be a work edition in 6 chapters, which will be published piece by piece in the TK blog, as well as in the DGFK-Archiv.de.

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2:28 PM, ,

What to do?
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Discussion event during a SPARC meeting in Lahore with Friends of the SSDC*** in TGD**.

While a lot is being said about freedom in a world of consumption, digitization and globalization, environmental protection and nature conservation in legal terms, but their implementation in an industrial environment is more than questionable.

Also, unselfishness and self-help may theoretically be mentioned, but practically it is not implemented.

The religion of wealth is not only believed in, but it is also practiced. Meanwhile, charitable models practically disappear in nothingness!

Self-involved and affected people in self-help projects behave as in the usual institutions and organizations, - regular income, leisure and progress are the criteria in urban life. This is in strong contrast to the goals of selfless-serving, philanthropy and self-help!

The impossibility of realizing this world-wide is not recognized at all, on the contrary, more and more resources are destroyed, preserved as values. The wealth of a country is based on industrial indicators. This affects the simple areas, including the rural area. Industry and mass production gain in importance.

Opportunities are not recognized or perceived and the orientation towards urban life and its prosperity psychosis grows.

New values and possible goals are ignored!

Projects that could give achieve such goals are not injected with man-power!

Wherever a cautious, sustainable development is possible, we close our eyes.

Modest touristic developments (guest houses, display of local history), cultural exchange (artists in residence, student visits from urban into rural), cooperation with other, similar NGOs, are not given importance. This is how the simple people in the rural areas help to cut down on the already little piece of economic independence they are sitting on.

What is need of the hour?

An unselfish, energetic person who sets a good example - who loves his traditional culture but thinks ahead of the ruling elites!

But in election this will not convert into votes ...... 

 * Anjuman-e-Falah-e-Aama 
 ** Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka 
 *** Senta Siller Design Centre

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 3:23 PM, ,

Logicalness as a special feature of SSi projects

by Omar M. Ali, Njini King Caro, Ricardo Coslez & Norbert Pintsch

Again and again, questions arise about what is special in SSI projects.

We have therefore made a list of characteristics for everyone interested,

although:

-the specialty should actually be logically self-evident:
-Local help with local resources
-Avoidance of migration, - to the urban areas or foreign countries
-Help should be holistic, so the problem solutions are not simply shifted to later time
-An NGO should never be a family clan, but open to all active members
-Help from the outside requires participation of concerned persons from the inside
-An NGO should always work with an open mind and be more flexible than government or private companies, etc.
-Local leadership should work as selfless as volunteers from outside
-An NGO is not a government organization or company; its products must stay below the BE point otherwise it will not be like a genuine NGO
-The head of the NGO must be on moral high ground; not enrichen himself , be communicative and possess broad experience!

Then why should not such head of the NGO work in a GO or Pvt Ltd company and earn better money?

Because ........ the benefit of the general public counts more!

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 1:25 PM, ,

She Project
Monday, March 13, 2017

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:59 AM, ,

Research on the HC model of Dr. S*
Saturday, January 21, 2017

by S A J Shirazi

The term HC model of Dr. S. * appears occasionally on the internet as the beginning of a scientific review.

It refers to a number of NGOs in rural areas in Pakistan, Cameroon, Columbia, for which the terms "experiment" or "project" actually do not describe the situation correctly.

The definitions of experiment (methodically applied to the empirical extraction of information) and the project (goal-oriented, one-time project) are derived from the western, urban point of view.
The HC model is holistic and heuristic, flexible and independent, thus completely against the mainstream thinking!

What started in the early 1990s had only the aim of showing that the usual form of aid in NGOs can also be handled in a different way, namely, with nothing, i.e. no organizational or financial help from outside! This means independence in the process!

Even if there are fundamental differences between NGOs (non-governmental organizations) and RO (governmental organizations) and Pvt. Ltds (business enterprises), the holistic approach of HC model is more than worth considering because growth, jobs, protection of the environment and resources is here decisive and an integral part.

Holistic is to be understood as an entirety approach, in which in the beginning the HC model was artisan based but even then contained parts of up to 16 sub-areas, which were processed like a classic NGO, which means that it developed gradually according to the possibilities and necessities without the usual procedure with calculation of budget and other financial plans.

In NGOs, manpower must be handled according to the given situation integrating whatever is possible in the context of an NGO without harming the traditional social sphere.

Aspects of the HC model * are sketched in different contributions (SPARC, SPATH, SPAET, SPOCA, SUTOL, SEMOL, etc).

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4:08 PM, ,

Dolls, Toys and More
Wednesday, May 6, 2015


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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7:00 AM, ,

Dolls, Toys and More
Tuesday, April 1, 2014


Download Dolls, Toys and More - free eBook by S A J Shirazi

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AHAN, Fashion Show 2012
Tuesday, April 9, 2013


Fashion Show by Saad Salmaan f560415578

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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:34 AM, ,


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