Empower Sports activities Academy unveils landmark CSR initiative to form Pakistan’s future feminine olympians

KARACHI: Empower Sports activities Academy efficiently hosted a high-impact press convention right here at a five-star resort earlier as we speak, formally unveiling its mega challenge and strategic partnerships geared toward remodeling the way forward for feminine sports activities and schooling in Pakistan. The occasion was well-attended by main media homes, company companions, sports activities professionals, educators, and stakeholders from throughout the nation.
Hosted by journalist, social activist and PR practitioner Shanaz Ramzi, the occasion opened with an introduction by Alisha Junaid, a younger national-level volleyball participant and the founding father of Empower Sports activities Academy. She outlined the imaginative and prescient behind the institution of the Academy and offered a visible showcase of the spectacular proposed facility. Talking on the event, she stated, “Throughout my journey as a national-level volleyball participant, I repeatedly encountered extraordinary but untapped expertise amongst younger women throughout Pakistan. It was heartbreaking to understand that the one barrier between them and success-both nationally and internationally-was the dearth of alternative. Decided to assist change that actuality, I joined arms with worldwide coaches and establishments similar to Stanford College and Vak?fBank, in addition to our personal native Olympians like Islahuddin, Hassan Sardar, and lots of nationwide heroes, to develop the Academy as a platform that gives women with world-class teaching, schooling, self-discipline, and pathways to world alternatives.”
On the convention, Malika Junaid introduced a landmark partnership between the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP) and Empower Sports activities Academy to launch a nationwide initiative that may establish, prepare, and empower 10,000 younger feminine athletes yearly throughout Pakistan, increasing additional within the years to return.
Talking on the event Malika Junaid stated, “Right now marks a brand new period for ladies’s sports activities in Pakistan. By means of our partnership with PMYP, we’re creating alternatives that may unlock the potential of 1000’s of younger feminine athletes – giving them entry to world-class teaching, competitors, and a transparent pathway to nationwide and worldwide success.”
Representing the Chairman Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, Sindh, Coordinator Fahad Shafique expressed his delight on the progress made up to now by Empower Sports activities Academy, and performed a video message from the Minister and Chairman PMYP, Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan.
Within the message Rana Mashood stated, “This initiative displays our authorities’s unwavering dedication to uplifting younger girls via sport. By reaching out to 10,000 women this yr and increasing even additional within the years to return, we’re broadening entry to coaching, mentorship, and aggressive alternatives. These younger athletes will change into the champions who proudly characterize Pakistan on world levels.”
Malika additional added, “Empower Sports activities Academy has already begun working with women from throughout Pakistan together with women in cities and underserved communities in distant villages of Balochistan, northern areas of Pakistan, Punjab, and Sindh – together with women who had by no means stepped exterior their properties earlier than. The programme ended with an attention-grabbing question-and-answer session, adopted by excessive tea.