The Motivated Volunteer Empowerment Program (MOVE) is an innovative leadership training program which has empowered over 10,000 youth across Pakistan to take action and respond to needs in society.
The program involves youth ages 15 to 25 in Community Services by training them to design, fund and manage their own Social Action Projects. In the process they learn how to analyze community problems, brainstorm solutions, give presentations, create strategic plans, resolve conflicts in a team, raise funds, write reports, manage a budget, and more!
Impact
Over the past 10 years, the MOVE Program has trained over 10,000 youth who have implemented close to 1,500 Social Action Projects. These projects have reached over 200,000 beneficiaries across Pakistan and have provided valuable services in fields such as:
Education: setting up libraries, teaching at underprivileged schools, providing art classes and other extra-curricular activities.
Health: providing sports activities, setting up heatstroke stands, organizing personal health and hygiene awareness campaigns.
Environment: planting trees, renovating public spaces, doing street cleanup
Advocacy and Awareness: organizing child labor awareness campaigns, anti-smoking and drug campaigns
Micro-enterprise: providing sewing machines to deserving women and promoting women’s cottage industries
Visitation: visiting orphanages, elderly homes and centers for people with disabilities to carry out enriching activities
Uplift: repairing and renovating public facilities like schools and hospitals
So far MOVE has reached Karachi, Lahore, Sukkur, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Peshawar, Hyderabad and Tando Allayar (Rashidabad)
How to Join
We carry out the MOVE in partnership with schools, universities and other youth-focused organizations. If you represent such an organization we would be happy to meet and discuss how to implement the program for your youth. We are also available to conduct a free orientation for any young people who are considering joining the program.
If you are interested in the program or would like to meet to discuss your requirements, please write us at [email protected].
“The format and process of the MOVE training was very thought provoking and engaging for us and we are looking forward towards developing our own social action projects”
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S. Zubair Zaidi
Trainee from Ghulaman e Abbas School “I have learned a lot from working with a team on our project. We had trouble communicating in the beginning but since I joined this program my communication and presentation skills have greatly improved”
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Sundus Naz
Trainee from Royal Educational Grammar School
“I felt a strong sense of achievement when I was working on my project and I saw how my neighbors were willing to join hands with me and my team and help us plant trees in the area. I realized that I can make a difference in my area.”
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Humaira Naz
Trainee from Little Flowers English School
“The MOVE has been my best volunteering experience so far. Setting up a library was quite a difficult job, but it helped me learn a lot and now I feel proud that we have set up a library on our own. I hope that my name will be remembered in the history of my school”
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Faizan Sajid
Trainee from Korangi Academy
“With the help of this project, I learned to face an audience. I also learned how I can solve difficulties and problems on my own. These skills will be very helpful for me in the future”
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Ameer Hamza
Trainee from Korangi Academy
“The program has changed my attitude towards society and our problems. Before I felt that I couldn’t do much, but now I realize that I can approach anyone of any age and communicate with them and get people to help out”
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Munesh Kumar
Trainee from Korangi Academy
“There are many disagreements that come up when you work in a team, and in the program I learnt how to show a great deal of cooperation. Before it wasn’t easy for me to face others, especially elders and speak with them, but this project enabled me to speak to them with confidence”
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Sumair Ahmed
Trainee from DCTO Academy
“After doing this project I am not afraid of saying anything anymore. I want to be a social worker and a public speaker, so this has been a dream come true”
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Sohail Ibrahim
Trainee from Korangi Academy
“My problem solving skills have been greatly enhanced with the MOVE program. In it I learnt to be motivated to take prompt actions to solve our own problems”
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Kashaf
Trainee from Liaqat Model School
“I enjoyed learning fundraising tips with you and was surprised to see the contributions which the community members gave when we raised funds for our project”
