Jobs for 120 people with a disability in Pakistan

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 to Cresox Pvt Ltd.
• Evaluation of 8 people with hearing impaired was held in the first week October and sent their CV to Hobnob (Bakers).
• Planning out a session in which NRS team will teach time management Skills to their candidates (hearing Impaired).

What companies did we meet?

 NOWPDP staff met with 4 companiee:

• E2E supply chain management
• Altouq group
• Elixir Securities
• OBS pharma

Monthly Goals:

• Number of companies met: 4 (planned: 4)
• Number of applicant CVs sent to employers: 31 (planned: 30)
• Number of applicants commencing employment: 9 (planned: 20)
• Number of applicants selected but not commenced: 7 (for the NOWPDP Rickshaw Project)

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 the first week of September 2012 as a designer at MILF.

What was achieved this month?
- 9 candidates were selected in total in the month of September.

What are we proud of?
- Evaluation of 6 people with hearing impaired was held and their CVs sent to Cresox Pvt Ltd.
- Evaluation of 4 people with hearing impaired was held in the second week September and sent their CVs to Express Tribune (newspaper).

What companies did we meet?
NOWPDP staff met with 4 companies and both seemed keen on the idea of hiring PWDs.
- Naveena Export
- Soneri Bank
- Afroze Textile
- Express Tribune

Monthly Goals:
- Number of companies met: 4 (planned: 4)
- Number of applicant CVs sent to employers: 29 (planned: 30)
- Number of applicants commencing employment: 9 (planned: 20)
- Number of applicants selected but not commenced: 2

October 17th is GlobalGiving's "bonus day"!
- 30% of any donations made on the day will be matched by GlobalGiving, which means that your donation will go 30% further!
- Additionally, the organisation that raises the most funds and the organisation that has the most donors on the 17th will receive $1000!
If you, a friend or a family member would like to contribute to our job placement programme, Wednesday 17th is the day to do so!