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Thursday, December 19, 2019

PepsiCo organises evening of purpose, inspiration

LAHORE: PepsiCo organized an event titled ‘With Purpose’ at a local Hotel Lahore. The event showcased PepsiCo’s sustainability efforts in four key areas; next generation agriculture practices, access to safe water, women empowerment and youth employment.The evening also served as a platform for four brilliant young speakers to share their vision of purpose and social impact. Najeeha Farooq, Co- Founder Roshni Rides, spoke about her journey of setting up a professional, comfortable and reliable transport solution for women and children.Rizq a social enterprise committed to ending hunger in Pakistan was represented by one of it’s co-founders Musa Aamir, Musa spoke candidly about the challenges and triumphs that come with running a non-profit.Faiza Saleem, one of the first female standup comedians in Pakistan added some insightful humor to the mix about breakings myths in a male dominated genre.The fourth speaker was Annum Tariq, a graduate of the PepsiCo – Amal leadership program. Her talk was about the struggles fresh graduates go through in finding a job and how the youth program helped her in gaining an edge with prospective employers.***

from The News International - Karachi https://ift.tt/2S3Lk5H