Pond’s Miracle Journey
concludes two day workshop to mentor young women across Pakistan
Pond’s, a leading skincare brand, known for
the “Pond’s Miracle Journey” formerly underwent an exclusive
meet-and-greet on the 17th
of November 2017, premised at Movenpick Hotel in Karachi.
Over a span of
three years, the Pond’s Miracle Journey has celebrated over
300 women in the fields of health, social
activism, entrepreneurship, beauty, professional training and
education. These women achieved exemplary success and
displayed openness and leadership skills:
whilst defying society and all odds. This year Pond’s Miracle
Journey aims to leverage the strength of the past honorees to enable
the younger girls via a Mentorship program which allows one-on-one
interaction between the younger mentees and industry leading women.
The Pond's Miracle Journey Mentorship Programme is
designed for women to turn struggles into success; develop work-life
balance and learn from some of Pakistan's trailblazing women.
“Pond’s
Miracle Journey has honored Pakistan’s most pioneering women for
the last 3 years, and we’re thrilled to build on that history by
giving our audience of young women a chance to hear directly from our
miracle women through these workshop and college sessions,” said
Samir Sultan, Senior Brand Manager Skincare Unilever Pakistan.”
“PMJ believes
that with the right guidance, advice and support, the movement can be
a possible leaf turner for the next generation; a dream inscribed
into reality.”
As a first step,
30 candidates were selected out of the 2000 applicants and
shortlisted as follows: 10 in Entrepreneurship, 5 in Health, 5 in
Social Activism, 5 in Beauty and 5 in Education. The mentors included
Vaneeza Ahmad, Model and Entrepreneur of Vlawn; Nilofer Saeed, owner
of Ne’cos and Hobnob; Saima Saeed, owner of
Sam’s Kitchen; Nazli Akbar fashion designer; Lubna
Shahzad, owner of Rain Tree Spa; Hiba Masood from Drama Mama;
Afreen Shiraz, owner of Ellemint Spa & Salon; Humaira Bachal, an
activist; Sadia Sheikh, coach for Diya Women's
Football club; Aneela Darbar, assistant professor of Neurosurgery at
AKUH; Dr. Fehmida Arif, a dermatologist and Farhat Rasheed, president
of Show You Care. The main focus was to
transfer knowledge and expertise from the experienced, working
women to the novice professional in a 2 day workshop held at
Movenpick.
“The second
phase of PMJ is definitely a better phase for me because I am giving
back. These girls with dreams and aspirations are getting the right
kind of guidance from an early stage and honestly this is something
that I wish I had in my life when I was younger because with this
guidance you’re bringing forth so many more career-driven women.
Hats off to Pond’s for making this happen,”
said former model and now entrepreneur, Vaneeza Ahmad during her
mentoring session.
“Considering we
don’t really have proper career counselling available at
universities, this is why such promising initiatives are exactly what
young girls entering into the work field require. I for one, feel
great to be a part of this empowering movement,” said Nilofer
Saeed, the owner of Ne’cos and Hobnob during her mentoring session.
As the Journey
enters its fourth year, the vision has definitely widened. Women are
taught a reliance upon the self via interpersonal skills that help
them attain professional gains. These include packages such as
college and mentor sessions, training modules and workshops. The
talks and workshops will soon be available
online.
online.
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