Powering lives reviewing 2022

SHELL PARVAAZ

Shell Parvaaz has been designed in collaboration with Shell Retail to provide employability skills to Shell service champions.

Shell Tameer partnered with the SOS Technical Training Institute to provide vocational training to 15 service champions, with the vision of upskilling them to increase their ability of securing better livelihoods for themselves. The participants were trained to work as automobile and motorcycle mechanics, electricians, plumbers, computers operators etc. The successful graduates received certification from SBTE – Sindh Board of Technical Education.

Under the Tameer banner, the Parvaaz program also introduced the concept of entrepreneurship to the service champions to develop their soft skills. Also, the participants who qualify from this program will be further trained in Enterprise Development by Tameer.

To facilitate their participation and commute, the participants were given a stipend to attend the program. After the successful Shell Parvaaz pilot in Karachi this year, the Tameer team plans to expand the program to Lahore, Islamabad and Multan next year.

SHELL TAMEER STARTUP BOOTCAMPS

The fourth cohort of Enterprise Development Bootcamps kicked off in collaboration with Karachi’s NED University of Engineering and Technology and Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, to train 41 aspiring entrepreneurs.

Conceived with the idea of helping young enterprising individuals be able to utilize their creativity to build profitable business ventures, the Bootcamp incorporated 7 modules and 14 hours of learning. The modules comprise of content developed by Shell LiveWIRE to disseminate enterprise-oriented learning globally and include topics such as Business Model Canvas, Business Legalities, Finance & Cost Management, Social Media Marketing, Business Pitch Perfection etc.

Leading professionals and experts from Shell Pakistan and the Tameer network facilitated the interactive sessions conducted over a three-month period to assist aspiring innovators in understanding the dynamics and requirements of their markets and how they can tailor their products and services according to market demand.

The Bootcamp concludes with pitch presentations conducted in front of a panel of experts, who gives them insights on how they can improve their ideas and pitch skills for investors.

COMMUNITY SKILL DEVELOPMENT

In line with its vision of enterprise development at the grassroots level, Shell Tameer conducted the Train the Trainer (ToT) program at 5 campuses of The Hunar Foundation (THF) across Karachi.

Under the program, 20 master trainers were trained, who further trained 82 youngsters in Enterprise Development enrolled in various vocational training programs at THF.

ToT is a strategic initiative by Shell Tameer to create a larger impact via enabling individuals already carrying out teaching, training and mentoring activities within communities to expand the circumference of enterprise development. These mentors further train and empower youngsters at the grassroots level to use their skills and enhance their livelihoods, while contributing towards community development.