February 21, 2011

Telenor’s ‘Karo Mumkin’ opens window of ideas


STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: The Telenor Pakistan’s ‘Karo Mumkin’ initiative has opened a window of opportunities for the people of Pakistan to earn their bread and butter.

The company has announced the next phase of its ‘Karo Mumkin’ initiative. The two winning ideas that emerged from the recently concluded campaign will now be turned into projects and launched later this year.

To implement their ideas, the two winners will establish NGO’s with the names ‘Sabz’ and ‘Edvolution’,

At a press conference held at Telenor Pakistan’s head office here, the two winners Fariha Ambreen and Abdul Haq Mohiuddin shared details of their projects titled ‘Recycle Paper to Provide Notebooks to Schools for Under Privileged Children’ and ‘Donate Rs100 from your Monthly Salary to Make Education Possible for Street Children’.

“We are is providing the funds, the means and the tools needed for the projects to reach completion with the confidence that they will benefit the people of Pakistan. It has been a fulfilling journey and I am sure the spirit will inspire others to launch similar initiatives,” Usman Javaid, Director Marketing Telenor Pakistan said on the occasion.

Fariha said, “I am in talks with 50-plus organizations which will become collection points for waste paper.”

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