Pakistan

The results we’d like to see

We want to:

Provide basic literacy, enterprise and skills training to approximately 5,000 children and adolescents through 15 existing and 10 new child centres in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Quetta and other commercial centres with high numbers of child labourers
Provide approximately 200 children involved in rural sharecropping in the Thatta district of Sindh province with a structured primary education
Develop an accelerated learning and skills development programme for 1,000 young people with little or no formal education
See 800 young people enhance their communication, representation and leadership skills by taking part in the youth assemblies

About the partnership

Barclays has joined forces with UNICEF to help children and young people around the world achieve a brighter future for themselves and their communities. The partnership will undertake projects in more than 10 countries and commit US$10 million in addition to employee volunteering time over three years.

The partnership aims to develop the skills of young people in the communities where Barclays operates by focusing on opportunities for education, employment, entrepreneurship and enterprise. The individual projects will help disadvantaged young people across the globe access education, find employment and start businesses.


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Home About the partnership About UNICEF Downloads Press release Conceptual paper Acrobat PDF reader	Overview Who we are helping What we are doing The result Pakistan The results we’d like to see We want to: Provide basic literacy, enterprise and skills training to approximately 5,000 children and adolescents through 15 existing and 10 new child centres in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Quetta and other commercial centres with high numbers of child labourers Provide approximately 200 children involved in rural sharecropping in the Thatta district of Sindh province with a structured primary education Develop an accelerated learning and skills development programme for 1,000 young people with little or no formal education See 800 young people enhance their communication, representation and leadership skills by taking part in the youth assemblies About the partnership Barclays has joined forces with UNICEF to help children and young people around the world achieve a brighter future for themselves and their communities. The partnership will undertake projects in more than 10 countries and commit US$10 million in addition to employee volunteering time over three years. The partnership aims to develop the skills of young people in the communities where Barclays operates by focusing on opportunities for education, employment, entrepreneurship and enterprise. The individual projects will help disadvantaged young people across the globe access education, find employment and start businesses.	Our projects around the world You need to have Flash Player 8 or above to see this page.
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