Recent Activities – Weaving People to Grow Foundation

25Oct 2023 by Kiran Peter

WPTGF Youth Discussion Forum

WPTG Foundation held two Youth Discussion Forums with its youth network in September and October 2023 on Professional Goal Setting and Techniques of CV Making and Job Hunting. The key note speakers were Mr. George Chughtai and Mr. Peter Paul Bob respectively for the sessions. During the goal setting session the speaker strongly emphasized on defining a goal or destination before starting your journey to a profession. Secondly, setting SMART goal is important indicating where you are going and in how many years. Similarly, in the discussion forum on CV Making and Job Hunting the speaker explained in detail how to prepare a CV relevant to a job announcement and how to apply through job search sites e.g. Brightspyre, Rozee PK, Indeed etc.

29May 2023 by Kiran Peter

Launching of WPTG Foundation’s Youth Network

Recent Activities

Weaving People to Grow Foundation launched its Youth Network on May 29, 2023, at the premises of St. Catherine’s Boarding where WPTG Foundation office is located. The network aims to empower youth through education, engagement and employment for the promotion of peace and prosperity within the country. A total of 25 Youth attended the ceremony. During the ceremony, the youth was explained about the vision of WPTG Foundation for the development of youth in Pakistan and why the development of youth has an integral role in the promotion of peace and prosperity in the country and around the globe. The youth who has already been working voluntarily with WPTG Foundation shared their experience of harnessing their skills and knowledge, particularly public speaking and networking skills through this platform. While the…

15Apr 2023 by admin

Food Bags Distribution among the Vulnerable Families

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Weaving People to Grow Foundation (WPTG Foundation) in collaboration with Alkidmat Foundation distributed Food Bags among 200 deserving and financially vulnerable families. The event was organized on the premises of St. Catherine’s Girls Hostel, Lalkurti Rawalpindi. WPTG Foundation’s office is also located on this premises. There were a total of 173 women and 27 males out of a total of 200 beneficiaries. The beneficiaries included widows, persons with disabilities and diseases particularly women suffering from chronic diseases such as cancer, families with accident patients and jobless persons starving at home due to zero earnings. The event had two rounds; 1) Keynote speeches by the Honourable Guests and 2) Food Bags Distribution by WPTG Foundation’s Team among the 200 beneficiaries. The first round comprised of a panel speakers; Mr. Rizwan Ahmed…

04Mar 2023 by admin

One-Day Interfaith Women’s Cricket Match

Major Activities

Weaving People to Grow Foundation (WPTG Foundation) in collaboration with Global Neighbourhood for Media Innovation (GNMI) under its social initiative PeaceFlix organized a One-Day Interfaith Women’s Cricket Match “PEACE NOT-OUT” on March 4, 2023, at Qadeer Hockey Ground, Jhang Syeda Islamabad. The cricket match was played between the Guardians and the Supernovas teams; the match was won by the Gaurdians team. The purpose of the event was to promote interfaith harmony among diverse faith players and community members and to increase women’s representation in sports. A total of 100 community members attended the event. The first round of the event was comprised of knowledge sharing and reflections on peace and harmony through the keynote speakers including Mr. Riaz Afridi the Former Test Cricketer, Col. Zaffarrul Din the Social Activist, Mr.…

01Dec 2022 by admin

WPTG Foundation’s Scholarship Program

Recent Activities

Weaving People to Grow Foundation (WPTG Foundation) initiated its Scholarship project in December 2022 with the generous contribution of Murree Brewery Pakistan, Peace and Reconciliation Network, an individual donor from Australia and WPTG Foundation Board Members and Volunteers. The Scholarship Program is being implemented under the project titled “Empowering Lower Socioeconomic Communities through Education in Pakistan”. It aims to empower youth and children belonging to lower socioeconomic communities to continue their education in mainstream educational institutions without the stress of educational expenses. The project has been helping these students by paying their monthly school fees and providing food items to two girls belonging to ultra-poor families. Currently, the project is supporting four students to continue their education. We are glad to share that the project has supported a 20 years…