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P&G Pakistan encourages and facilitates employee volunteerism as it strongly believes that financial contribution has to be strengthened with the investment of time and effort. Volunteerism is part of P&G’s mission to enable employees to engage very closely and personally with the long-term causes that P&G is committed to. Employees volunteer their time, effort and skills in building confidence, communication skills and fueling creativity within children benefitting from the ‘Keeping The Hope Alive’ and ’Safe Schooling For Building Futures’ projects. Employees have also had a chance to volunteer their time for diversified causes such as educating children at a children’s cancer ward in Jinnah Hospital and spending time with deaf and blind children at Ida Rieu
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During times of crises, employees are engaged through donations (where appropriate and possible), which are then matched by the Company.
In the past 2 years alone Pakistan employees have contributed more than a 1000 volunteer hours toward the company’s community projects.
P&G Employees Volunteering with HOPE Children
P&G Pakistan employees have continuously engaged with P&G-HOPE school children by taking them on educational trips and spending time building their creativity and confidence. Over the years, employees have led the children on various fun educational trips to museums, cultural heritage, nature and wildlife conservation sites including the PAF Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site Makli Hills, WWF Pakistan’s Wetland Centre and local amusement parks.
Saroop Gul and Saad Rao, P&G employee volunteers, share: "Its a world of a difference when you donate your time rather then material belongings. We tried to create an emotional connection with the kids while taking them through the Makli tombs. The highlight was making a difference by explaining to them the history of Makli, an opportunity which they might not have had otherwise."
P&G Employees Paint and Decorate P&G-READ Foundation Schools
P&G employee volunteers have travelled to Muzaffarabad to personally paint the three P&G-READ schools in Azad Kashmir and rural Islamabad, plant trees and engage in drawing and painting competitions as well as glass painting with the P&G-READ school children. P&G employees, including senior P&G management have personally painted colorful murals on the walls of the P&G-READ Foundation schools.
The idea behind employee engagement with the P&G-READ school children is to enable the children to gain valuable extra-curricular experience in order to open their minds and help P&G employee volunteers connect with the “Safe Schooling For Building Futures” program.
Child Aid Association Volunteerism Drive
Established in 1999, the Child Aid Association is an NGO at the National Institute of Child Health, treating a number of child cancer patients each month for free. Cancer patients, during chemotherapy, get prone to infection and it is important that these children practice good hygiene habits.
P&G Pakistan employee volunteers conducted an intensive hygiene awareness campaign about handwashing with soap in Child Aid Association's Children Cancer Ward. They played educational games with young children suffering from cancer to build good hygiene habits amongst the children.
P&G volunteers work with Ida Rieu School Children
P&G volunteers brought joy and warmth into the lives of some very intelligent visually challenged and hearing impaired children at the Ida Rieu School for the Deaf and Blind.
More than 30 P&G volunteers dedicated their Saturdays to spending time with children from the school, painting their faces with bright, colorful masks and playing special games with the children.
P&G Intern Volunteerism Event
P&G introduced the concept of “Intern Volunteerism Day”, the aim of which was to bring to life P&G’s community projects to interns. P&G prides itself on its Summer Internship Program which gives students across Pakistan the unique opportunity to work at P&G for a summer, undertaking real-life projects at P&G Pakistan.
P&G interns spent a day with the school children of P&G-HOPE schools, playing educational games with the children, and leading a number of fun public speaking and educational activities. The overwhelmingly positive response achieved from the interns as well as the bright smiles that were seen on the faces of the HOPE school children were highly empowering and rewarding. As a result, P&G Pakistan has made Intern Volunteerism Day an important element of every year’s Summer Internship Program.
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