Paint removal and scientific cleaning of Rahguzar side of Denso hall was carried out. Thick layers of paint were carefully removed using soft plastic brush and organic retha soap procured from Makli village community.
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On Sundays, the life in Rahguzar is beginning to pick up after the introduction of traditional street breakfast set up at the paved area entered from Murad Khan Road.
Yasmeen Lari is also starting to gather friends at the venue who represent different walks of life.
On Sunday 6 March several socialites attended the breakfast served on the street. Among the guests there was a diversity which ranged from Senator Nasreen Jalil and diplomats German Consul General Holger Ziegler and Madame Ziegler to banker Shehzad Naqvi and his wife, and writer Dr.Saad Shajqat and his sister Sumaira, wife of famous Architect Murad Jamil, as well as children’s writer Shaha Jamshed, along with top bureaucrats Iftikhar Shallwani and DC Irshad Sodar, HF board member Shanaz Ramzi and her friend, as well as British Council partners Parvider Marwaha visiting from London, Michael and Ahsan from Karachi who mingled freely with Dani and her husband. Dani is the extraordinary creative artisan who can not only weild a saw and a drill but also make beautifully ornamented earthen Pakistan Chulah stove. Dani, along with the other chulah icon Champa will both go to London in Late May to build her unique designer stove in Granary Square near Kings Cross.
on 5th March Dani had received the Idol Award from Ladies Fund at the lawns of Governor House. Yasmeen Lari had introduced her to Ms. Samina Alvi, wife of President of Pakistan, who appreciated the work of Dani as she had the INTBAU Pakistan International Conference held at Zero Carbon Campus in 2018. On the occasion David Ireland, executive director had presented the World Habitat Award for the earthen Pakistan Chulah to president of Pakistan, who presented to Yasmeen Lari in recognition of Heritage Foundation contribution, who immediately passed it on to the chulah icon Champa as a sign of recognition of the amazing work that thousands of rural housewives had carried out due to Champa and husband Kanji’s efforts in furthering the cause of safe stove building and hygienic food preparation.
On the occasion a smart police band also played to the much amusement and entertainment of the people in surrounding areas and passersby. It is hoped that Sindh police will make it into a regular Sunday feature of the Rahguzar.
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Michael, Laila Jamil and Ahsan visited the Denso Hall Rahguzar and took the round of the street. During discussion the bamboo LOG built by female students from University of Lahore, DUET and NED in Karachi. This activity was part of the workshop conducted by Heritage Foundation and Zero Carbon Eco Centre to train students in Pakistan and Bangladesh as part of the joint British Council-Heritage Foundation effort to spread the lessons of Lari’s zero carbon video tutorials on YouTube to various countries.
Scott and his colleagues were served tea at Mai Karachi Baithak on the Rahguzar when he was apprised of the activities of Pakistan/UK season which would be launched in the evening at the British Deputy High Commissioner’s House.
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Encroachments have been removed from the passage on first floor of Quettawalla building facing Marriot Road.
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Mr Naheem Hussain Shah, Project Manager & Master Trainer visited the village, Pono Colony, Mirpurkhas to initiate the construction work for a zero carbon village workshop, that will be used for training of the local community and subsequent self-construction of Lari OctaGreen (LOG) shelters.
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A laptop was provided at the newly constructed World Habitat Centre at a village; Pono Colony, Mirpurkhas, Sindh. Centre was constructed by local community members based on Yasmeen Lari’s zero carbon complaint Lari OctaGreen (LOG) structures.
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Preservation of Kharadar Police Chowki was initiated by persons provided by DIG, Mr Sharjeel Kharal. Which trained and lead by an artisan from Heritage Foundation of Pakistan. Initially block masonry interior walls are being removed. Cement plaster from exterior and verandah area is also being scrapped to reveal the original stone masonry surface.
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Architect Yasmeen Lari's 2022 Nabeel Hamdi Lecture on Right-Based Development for Climate Migrants
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Eminent Researchers from Vienna in Karachi and Makli
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