Skills Training of 100 Persons with Disabilities

“I was born with a hearing and speech disability which always made life hard for me. I was sidelined at school and mocked at my inability to hear. As I grew up and the burden of financial stability fell on my shoulders, I knew I needed to do something to earn for my family. I enrolled at the NOWPDP Training Center and learnt Graphic Designing. I am proud to say that now I work at 10Pearls, a leading software company. Thank you to everyone who helped me in my journey to independence.”

Pakistan is home to millions of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) but the opportunities that they are provided with are next to nothing. They are not treated as equal citezins and suffer both at the micro and macro levels due to a lack of facilities, accessible infrastructure, and equal oppurtunities.

We asked for your help in supporting these PWDs so they may have a brighter future than the one they see now, and you delivered. With the assitance of well-wishers like you, we are pleased to say that we have already imparted skills-training to 84 PWDs and facilitated the job placements of 40 PWDs since the start of 2022.

We thank you for your continued support and hope that together, we can make a difference in more lives.

We are grateful to you for playing a pivotal role in mainstreaming one of the most disenfranchised communities of Pakistan – persons with disabilities – and facilitating them in transforming their lives. With the support of well-wishers like you, we managed to train 374 persons with disabilities and facilitate job placements of 205 individuals in 2021.

NOWPDP’s Center of Excellence provides market-relevant skills training, which increases the probability of the beneficiaries securing jobs. This is based on extensive research that NOWPDP has conducted across Pakistan, commissioned by the British Council, which mapped in-demand skills for persons with disabilities. Moreover, trainees are also facilitated in seeking employment through the Center, which ensures that the functions of the Center remain all-encompassing and extensive

Some of the most common companies where our trainees are placed include, Abu Dawood, JS Bank, PTCL, Sybrid, KFC, Total Parco, Tri-Pack, and Jubilee Life.

The person featured at the top is our past trainee, Adnan. When we met Adnan for the first time, he had a warm smile on his face and greeted us with a beautiful poem he had written himself. Working as a salesman at a car workshop, Adnan’s pay was less but the work was demanding - more so for him because of the inaccessible workplace. He worked hard to earn a living for himself and his three young children but with increasing expenses, Adnan’s income was nowhere near sufficient. He had to depend on others to support his family which he did not want. He got training for operating a retrofitted Rickshaw from NOWPDP. Not only this, he just got a hand-controlled rickshaw and he is all set to kickstart his new journey through your support.