Jobs for 120 people with a disability in Pakistan

Summary of Achievements February 2013 has been a low hiring month in terms of PWDs being hired. No PWDs were placed in employment. 16 are in the pipeline and they will start their work in the middle of March 2013. What was achieved this month? NOWPDP met some new companies that seemed interested in hiring PWDs. What are we...

January 2013 has been a low hiring month in terms of PWDs being hired. 1 PWD was placed in employment that started working for Skills Development Project (NOWPDP). 18 are still in the pipeline and they will start their work in the mid of February 2013. In addition, more people employment is planned in the future. What was...

December 2012 has been a below average month in terms of PWDs being hired. 5 people were placed in employment that started working for Skills Development Project (NOWPDP). 13 are in the pipeline and they will start their work in the start of January 2013. In addition, more people employment is planned in the...

Summary of Achievements: October 2012 has been an average month in terms of PWDs being hired. A total of 9 PWDs were placed in employment. What was achieved this month?  9 candidates commenced work in the month of October. What are we proud of? Evaluation of 12 people with hearing impaired was held and their CVs sent...

Summary of Achievements: September 2012 has been an average month in terms of PWDs being hired. A total of 9 numbers of PWDs were placed in employment. 7 people commenced employment at Cresox (socks factory), 1 person was hired by Shahbaz Garments as a Textile Engineer and 1 person with a physical disability was selected in...

Summary of achievements This month seemed favourable  as far as recruitment is concerned of PWDs. A total number of 12 persons with disabilities were employed in a sock factory as machine operators and 1 employee selected in Ace Consultant (IT Consultant Agency) in the 2nd week of this month. 2 meetings were held with...

Summary of achievements Due to some slow movement by companies and the coming of the Islamic month of Ramadan, progress in July was slow with only 1 candidate placed. What was achieved this month 1 candidate was placed at Green Fingers Nursery as a rickshaw driver. What are we proud of Strong pipeline of jobs at the...

The month of June seemed not very prolific, as 6 persons with disabilities were employed in various areas of work. 3 months back we introduced a recruitment fee to companies that employ/use our services for recruitment; so far we have had a few companies agree to pay, but have not had their staff commence work. The NOWPDP...

Summary of achievements The month of May seemed favourable as far as recruitment is concerned of PWDs. A total number of 13 persons with disabilities were employed in various areas of work. However, since the re-launching of our employment programme, which is now known as NRS (NOWPDP Recruitment Services), we have...

Summary of Achievements: March 2012 was spent mostly in preparing and holding our launch event of the rebranded Recruitment Services. This service has always been part of our programme but we realised that not many around us were aware of the fact that people with disabilities could be hired directly from NOWPDP. Hence we...

What Was Achieved 10 deaf people were hired by Artistic Milliners 1 physically challenged person was hired for research by Y2k  What Are We Proud Of Our employment programme is hosting an event in March to attract new companies, for which this month is dedicated to work towards it. A HR conference was held, in which...

January was a good month as far as placements are concerned. 8 people with disabilities were hired in various companies and they commenced employment in the mid week of  January 2012. 3 employees are waiting to start at Gul Ahmed textile mills. In addition, 3 interns at Gul Ahmed completed their internship in Creative...

December like always has been a non favourable month in terms of employment, since it's the ending of the year and most companies do not offer new inductions during end year times. Many new companies were contacted on phone, but only few amongst those contacted consented to a meeting. A lot many candidates were...

Summary of Achievements: November 2011 was considerably a good month as far as employments are concerned. NOWPDP met 3 new companies, and all turned out to be our potential employers. A total number of 9 candidates were selected and commenced their jobs during this month. Quite a few number of CVs were sent to us by...

October has not been a favourable month in terms of placements of PWDs. A total number of 3 placements were made. The project team is working to identify companies that are more receptive to hiring people with disabilities, through partner organisations. Events will be held to engage multiple potential employers at once, to...

September has not been a favourable month in terms of placement. The month was spent in chasing potential new employers. Evaluation camps were held for the Hearing Impaired and other disabilities.  What was achieved this month? 6 candidates with hearing impairments were selected by Artistic Milliners. 16 candidates...

August 2011 was a slow month for PWDs being hired due to Ramadan, where companies have shortened work hours and are generally less productive. What was achieved this month? 7 PWDs were placed in employment: 3 at Gul Ahmed, 3 at Gul Bahao as telephone operators and 1 at National Foods What are we proud...

In July, there were some delays with the hiring of candidates that were interviewed during the month, who will commence their work in August. In addition, more people are in the pipeline that will start their employment in future. What was achieved this month? 2 people with disabilities commenced employment as a machine...

June 2011 has an average month in terms of PWDs being hired, but other activities pertaining to the employment programme took place. A total number of 9 PWDs were placed in employment. 2 organizations from the banking sector were met, and resulted in them committing to hire PWDs from NOWPDP. What was achieved this...

May has been a successful month in terms of placing PWDs in gainful employment. A total number of 12 candidates across 3 types of disabilities were employed, namely deaf, intellectually challenged and physically challenged. Some new multinationals were approached, who were very keen on hiring in the future.  What...

April has been a favourable and eventful month in terms of placements of PWDs. A total number of 14 placements were made and another 18 PWDs underwent a week training as call centre representatives. New companies were approached, and for the first time the armed forces was contacted too. Once again NOWPDP was approached by...

March has not been a favourable month in terms of placement. The month was spent in chasing potential new employers and reconnecting with the already existing but dormant or slow paced companies. Evaluation camps were held for the MR and other disabilities. A few interviews were held, and candidates were shortlisted but...

Summary of Achievements: February has been a slow month. Most of the people who started during this month are the ones who were supposed to have started employment in January to reach our target of 10 placements per month. A meeting was held with KFC, who already run an outlet in Karachi with hearing impaired staff. They...

In January 2011, progress was made with an existing employer, Artistic Milliners, and a new employer, Agility Logistics. A meeting was also held with Unilever, who were very positive and encouraging for future hiring of people with disabilities. What was achieved this month? 5 people with disabilities commenced...

Summary of Achievements: December has been a good month as far as placements are concerned. 8 people with disabilities were previously waiting to commence employment at Artistic Milliners, and they commenced employment in the first week of December 2010. 7 employees waiting to start at Gul Ahmed commenced their...

November took off as a good month as far as interviews, evaluations and selection are concerned. However all the candidates selected were put on hold by the concerned companies, for commencement in December.  What was achieved this month? 14 persons with a hearing impairment were interviewed at Artistic Milliner,...

October 2010 saw some delays with the hiring of candidates that were interviewed. The candidates will commence their work in November. Nevertheless, progress was made with both KESC and Renfro Crescent (both existing employers), who employed a total of 5 additional staff in October. What was achieved this month? 2...