Dear NVPians,
We are pleased to announce that The Citizens Foundation (TCF), one of our many registered Beneficiary Institutions, is about to begin a new session of their Rahbar Programme.
Volunteer are required to mentor and assist 8th and 9th grade students from April 8th onwards. If you are interested, please click on the link to apply.
The number of seats available are limited so don’t let this opportunity go to waste! Enroll now!
Dear NVPians,
Greetings to you all!
It is with great pleasure that we present to you all the 9th Issue of NVP Newsletter!
As always, your comments, suggestions and contributions are most welcome. Looking forward to hearing back from you all!
Warmest Regards,
NVP Team
The Ra’ana Liaquat Craftmen’s Colony (RLCC) Youth Career Fair
“Volunteers with respective industry experience proved to be of immense help for our students. We wish to affirm this relationship by inviting volunteers again in our next academic year –Hamida Rahman Khokar (Project Administrator)
Ra’ana Liaquat Craftsmen’s Colony (RLCC), a partner Beneficiary Institution of National Volunteer Programme held a Career Fair on the 26th of February 2017. This programme aimed to empower the youth by creating awareness and provide career opportunities, scholarships and skills training programmes. The event was held to allow all grades from class VII to Intermediate level and surrounding areas interested community members and parents, to gain career related guidance and scholarship opportunities by visiting the exhibits of invited partner institutions. The institutions that took part in the event besides NVP were: Hashoo Foundation, DIMC, Hunar Foundation, Hands Org., Institute of Clinical Psychology, Aga Khan University, Allama Iqbal Open University, Aman Foundation, Dr. Essa Laboratory.
The National Volunteer Programme inducted volunteers as Career Counselors for the event. NVP volunteers, Majid Akhtar, Fida Muhammad, Kashif Qasim, Muhammad Arslan and Jawad Khan Unar, with majors in the field of Banking, IT, Media services and the Armed forces, shared their experience with secondary students of RLCC and guided them along their career path. Not only did the volunteers guide the students but they also spent time counseling the parents where they engaged them in one-to-one conversations.
Overall it was a splendid event and NVP looks forward to participating in many such events in the future!
Personal & Professional Development
I worked at DoctHERs as a finance officer; my role was to basically take care of the audit work, since a lot of the funding is from USaid and other agencies, so they need an audited record of where the funding is being utilized. My experience with them was in two parts, the first one was relevant to my qualification and some professional development. The other part was being part of a team which is making a significant progress in providing quality, accessible healthcare to the marginalized communities. Since not everyone can afford quality healthcare, I think this is a very noble cause. It allows us volunteers to pay back and help our community.
I feel blessed that I was given the opportunity to learn and grow with the hardworking staff of DoctHers, I learned a great deal about the finance function under the supervision of the finance manager, Mr.Sarfaraz, who was very cooperative and supportive throughout my term. Not only did I grow as a professional, I got the opportunity to observe and become familiar with the culture of a start-up which is well on its way to success. I would like to specially thank Makkiya Jawed and Mr. Sarfaraz for their support throughout my internship. It was a joy working and spending time with Dr.Sara, Dr.Iffat, Mehak, Zohaib, Adil, Asif and Khalid bhai. I will InshaAllah stay in touch.
Farhan Awan – Volunteer Finance Officer at DoctHERs