KARACHI: Microsoft Pakistan has organized its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) drive ‘Microsoft Pakistan Partners Ecosystem CSR Outreach’ with the commitment of facilitating the needs of people in all communities.
The motive behind Microsoft philanthropies is to invest the strongest assets to drive greater inclusion and empowerment of people not having access to technology and the opportunities it offers and enables.
Shahzad Khan, Country Head has said the employment forums were robust platforms which could enable revolutionary enrichments in the society, by empowering the youth, to find effective solutions for the various challenges faced by the society. Microsoft also aims to connect the Microsoft Solution partners with the NGOs/INGO’s, private academia and donors, ultimately benefiting all segments by aligning each other efforts.
In this initiative, around about 40 NGOs, 40 plus partners and 10 private academies gathered to explore the future possibilities.
Rizwan Ulhaq from Worldvision International Pakistan expressed his opinion about Microsoft Solutions and Worldvision’s collaboration on employability portal and enabling youth for national development and next steps.
Ms Laura Sheridan at United Nations Developmental Program (UNDP) participated in the event and stated, “We are really excited to be a part of this wonderful and pioneering initiative with Microsoft. UNDP is the UN’s global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life”. Ms Rohma Labeeb, Grants Coordinator at Human Development Foundation said, “This is a great initiative taken by Microsoft which is directly in correlation with the mission of HDF, The area’s targeted by this initiative will be; social mobilization, education and literacy, primary health care, economic development, and sustainable environment.
Published in Daily Times, June 30th, 2017.
