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Standard Chartered Bank announced the completion of five successful years of its flagship Goal Programme in Pakistan.
Goal is the Bank’s award-winning, sport-for-development programme that provides financial education and life-skills training to girls aged between 10 and 24.Theobjective of the Goal programme is to empower young women as economic leaders. Goal was launched in Pakistan in 2016 and since its launch, wehave impacted more than 16,000 adolescent girls’ lives in Pakistan. It is present in 47schools across Karachi and Islamabad and more than 3700 girls have been benefitted just through the COVID-19 initiatives.
Along with our implementing partner Right To Play International, the Goal programme has implemented sports and life skills training to empower and equip young girls with the confidence, knowledge and skills they need to be integral economic leaders in their families, communities and societies.
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SCB’s Goal plan completes 5 years
July 14, 2021
KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has announced the completion of five successful years of its flagship Goal Programme in Pakistan.
Goal is an award-winning, sport-for-development programme that provides financial education and life-skills training to girls aged between 10 and 24. The objective of the programme is to empower young women as economic leaders, a statement said on Tuesday.
Khadija Hashimi, Head, Corporate Affairs and Brand & Marketing, Africa and Middle East & Country Head, Pakistan, Standard Chartered Bank said: “Since the launch we have impacted more than 16,000 girls across the country.