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Vacancy Announcement- Punjab & Islamabad Based

JOB Advertisement

A Reputable non-government & non profitable organization invites application for Job Vacancies based in Punjab and Islamabad. We are seeking committed and energetic candidates for the following positions as mentioned below:

Duration One year (Can be extended subject to performance)

Position Vacant:

1. Business development / Communication Officer -01

Location: Islamabad (Willing to travel out of city)

Duration: 1 Year (Extendable)

Minimum Experience 03 Years

2. Grants / Liaison Manager -01

Location: Islamabad

Minimum Experience 03 Years

Duration: 1 year (Extendable)

3. Doctor (Nutritionist / Medical)- 02

Location: Punjab (Willing to travel out of city)

Duration: 1 year- Extendable

Minimum Experience 03- 05 Years

4. Project Manager- 01

Location: Punjab

Duration: 1 year- Extendable

Minimum Experience 04-05 Years

5. Assistant Finance Manager- 01

Location: Islamabad / Punjab

Minimum Experience 03 Years

Duration: 1 year (Extendable)

6. Community Mobilizers – 08

Location: Punjab (Willing to travel out of city)

Duration 1 year -Extendable

Minimum Experience 02 Years

7. Assistant HR/IT - 01

Location: Punjab / Islamabad

Duration: 1 year

Minimum Experience 03 Years

8. Data Entry Operator- 01

Location: Punjab

Duration: 1 year

Minimum Experience: 03 Years

9. Interns

Location: Islamabad / Punjab

Duration: 06 Months

Closing Date: COB, 25^th December 2014

An interested candidate, who meets the requirements please send their application and CV to jobs_pak15@yahoo.co.uk

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LWP Alert: Baldia factory fire-Families demand PM fulfil his promise

"Nawaz Sharif, when he was in the opposition, had announced Rs0.3million as financial aid to those affected by the tragic fire on behalf of the Punjab government," said Nasir Mansoor, the deputy general secretary of National Trade Union Federation (NTUF), while speaking at a meeting of NTUF and Association of Affectees of Baldia Tragedy on Dec 4 at Pakistan Medical Association House. "So far, we have received nothing."

Read full story: http://labourwatchpakistan.com/baldia-factory-fire-families-demand-pm-fulfil-his-promise/

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Hiking vs Trekking

We've often heard the terms hiking and trekking used interchangeably. We all know they're both outdoor recreational activities. But are they really the same?

Hiking is an outdoor activity of walking in beautiful natural environments on pre-charted paths called hiking trails. There are day hikes and overnight hikes.

Trekking is a long journey be undertaken on foot in areas where there are usually no means of transport available. Trekking is not necessarily mountaineering; it is walking for a number of days, usually on uncharted paths, in challenging environments which are likely to be hilly or mountainous.

Contents: Hiking vs Trekking

Equipment

Depending on the weather and if the hike is for a day, a few hours or overnight, the equipment one carries varies. For a simple hike, good hiking shoes (preferably water proof), weather-appropriate clothing (hat, sunscreen, and waterproof jacket), a trail map, compass, sunscreen, water, food and basic medical kit can be carried. The weight and bulk limit the amount of equipment that one can carry. The Leave No Trace policy also requires that equipment have multiple or alternative uses. Apart from what one would take on a day hike, overnight hikes and treks require a backpack, tent and sleeping bag for camping, fire lighting tools either flint or matches, food, water, survival kit, water purifying tablets, a compass, flashlight, map, insect repellent, A trekking pole or hiking pole which look like ski poles can be used in challenging treks can also be used. Equipment carried is to mitigate the dangers associated with hiking and trekking such as getting lost, dehydration or hypothermia, sunburn or frostbite, animal attacks, internal injuries like ankle sprains.

Trekking requires all of the above and a good supply of food.

Terminology Around the World

Hiking is known by many names over the world. What is known as hiking in the U.S and Britain is called tramping in New Zealand, and bush-walking in Australia. Bushwhacking is a term used specifically for hiking through dense forest where vegetation needs to be whacked for slashed with a machete in order to advance. Thru-hiking is a term associated with long end-to-end hiking (hiking a trail completely in sequence in its entirety) on a trail specifically, the Appalachian Trail.

Location of Trails

People usually go hiking in places of natural beauty. Hiking trails usually guide people through these areas which may be signposted so people do not lose their way. Whereas while trekking, the path is usually not marked and may not be previously charted. Trekking can take place in areas of great natural beauty but unlike hiking, not exclusively so. Trekking can also be a means of necessity in places where there is no vehicular transport. Hiking is a popular holiday experience especially in Europe, New Zealand, Chile, Costa Rica and Hawaii. Trekking is popular is the Himalayan foothills in Nepal, Bhutan and India and in the Andes in South America.

Environmental Impact

Hikers and trekkers follow a Leave No Trace policy to reduce the impact of their presence on the natural environment. A number of hikers over years on the same trail can cause unexpected damage on the environment such as wood depletion, wood fires. Fecal matter and non-biodegradable materials can contaminate the watershed. Some hikers have complained that pole use leaves a visible impact on the surrounding trail, poking visible holes in the ground and damaging adjacent vegetation. The most common complaint is that the carbide tips leave visible white scratches on rock, and make scraping sounds.

References

· Wikipedia: Hiking

· Wikipedia: Trekking

· Wikipedia: Hiking equipment

TRAINING OF SCHOOL VAN DRIVERS – A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT OF ROAD SAFETY

TRAINING OF SCHOOL VAN DRIVERS – A SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT OF

ROAD SAFETY

Population and vehicle ownership are the two important factors that are directly dependent on the increase in the victims of road traffic accidents or severe crashes. There are different types of road users exist in the traffic stream of Karachi. It includes Rider, Pillion rider, Passengers, Pedestrians, Drivers, Push carts or animal driver vehicles etc. Apart from that diversified nature of drivers and riders are available that makes the situation more hazardous and unpredictable. Unfortunately, the risk of driver crashes are higher enough comparatively to the other type of road users, although it is dependent on the number of vehicles increasing every day in the metropolitan city, Karachi. The traffic crashes are more prominent to the face due to the number of causes including over speeding, overtaking, negligence of drivers and riders, improper road and infrastructure facilities provided, absence of infrastructure facilities, wrong way issues, novice and overage driving, vehicle fault, medical illness etc. All the contributory factors come under the head of three broader divisions namely Human, Road/ Infrastructure and Vehicle contributory factors. It may leads to the lack of two-prong phenomenon of traffic safety which resembles as inappropriate enforcement actions implicated and drivers training and management issues. In this era, there is the emendable need of training of drivers for a specific road user group starting with the severity of particular type. By having the contrast situation, now a days, the vulnerable road user group is the school van drivers, as timely injuries and fatalities are receiving in the couple of months.

Social Research and Development Organization (SRDO) working efficiently in the area of Traffic Management and Road Safety is capable enough to impart in the training programs of school van drivers. As reported by the President SRDO, Mr. Abdul Qadir Bullo, during two months three serious crashes are reported related to school van drivers, included two severe injuries and one on spot fatal accident. According to him, training programs should mandatory not only for school van drivers but for all type of road users. The organization is primarily working in the launch of seminars, as first drivers training program in Pakistan has been organized for various transporters and logistics on 26^th September, 2011 while the centre is planning to introduce more training sessions for specific organizations in the future. The respective program was designed in a manner to produce some fruitful and recommended results at the end.

It is the usual practice that the school van drivers are in hurry and not taken into considerations the facts of driving controls. The thing which is more susceptive to the driving is the control on the over loading which in reaction provides the centrifugal force on the road geometry (curve effect, sharp turnings or at Junctions) and ultimately worsening the situation. There should be proper check and balance management and monitoring system by the concerned enforcement agencies. At the preliminary stage of issuance of license, proper training of school van drivers should be the mandatory part that would ultimately correspond to the safe and sound traffic management system of Karachi. It is quite evident that school van driver bears the high responsibility of the assets of our country on his shoulders and they can assure their responsibility in lieu of traffic safety mechanism.

Source: SRDO

JOB OPPORTUNITY AT ISLAMIC RELIEF PAKISTAN - Mardan based

Dear Readers,

Greetings from Islamic Relief.

Islamic Relief is implementing humanitarian and development programmes across Pakistan. Islamic Relief invites potential candidates to apply for following Mardan based positions:

Assistant Training Officer (Female)
Site Supervisor

Islamic Relief is offering market competitive remuneration packages along with all associated fringe benefits like Gratuity, Medical, Annual Increments (both Performance and Inflation), paid Leave etc. Please find attached advertisement for details.

Last date for application's submission is 30^th November, 2014.

Regards

Arbab Niamatullah Kasi

Senior HR Officer

Islamic Relief Pakistan

Phone: +92 937-880197 | Fax: +92 937-880198

Cell: +92 300 8637960

Skype: arbab.niamatullah.kasi

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Vacancy for the post of "People & Operations Manager"

Greetings from VSO,

We have the position of PEOPLE & OPERATIONS MANAGER vacant in our office. Kindly circulate the attached job advert, far and wide as possible.

All the qualifications/experience/requirements and how to apply is given in the advertisement attached.

How to apply

If you're interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we're looking for. To submit your application, click on the link below:

http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage?jid=a0mD0000005qFHBIA2

and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

Thank you

Best regards,

Khalida Zeb

Finance & Admin. Officer

VSO Pakistan

t: + 92 [0] 51 2104214/5

khalida.zeb@vsoint.org

www.vsointernational.org

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Are You Doing What It Takes To Be Great?

by Robert Allen on November 6, 2014 in Goals, Happiness, Success

The Universal Truth about Fear: it affects everyone one of us.

But when was the last time we stopped to really analyze our fears? Not only to see what they are but also to see what they stop us from becoming.

How many opportunities do we miss out on by avoiding things we’re afraid of?

The reality is we’ll never know.

There could be life-changing jobs, friendships and business connections, just waiting to be taken or formed.

And that’s the scary side effect of letting fear control our lives: we never know what we’re truly capable of achieving.

We risk years of regret, what-ifs, and should-have-dones by giving fear the keys and letting it decide our ultimate destination.

Despite all its uncertainty, fear does make a few guarantees:

Fear kills dreams.
Fear holds us back.
Fear distorts our world.
Fear determines our success or failure.

We can’t let our fears stop us like this, if we want to achieve at the highest level. In fact, top-performers learn how to act in spite of their fears. They crush fear before it has a chance to fester and destroy.

Let’s take a look at a couple of examples:

Michael Jordan: Arguably, the greatest basketball player of all time.

Do you remember how he began his career? He didn’t even start on his college basketball team. He wasn’t just handed a plate of basketball talents and told “Enjoy!” Not at all. He worked his ass off until he reached the pinnacle of success. He knows what it takes to overcome obstacles and barriers.

What does he say about fear?

“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

Fears are just an illusion. Something we create in our heads that stops us from achieving at the highest level.

Look where this belief got him in life: Hall of Fame, greatest player of all-time, and still getting multi-million dollar endorsement deals, years after playing in the NBA.

Another great example: Warren Buffett, the best investor of our time. He’s amassed so much wealth from savvy investing that he’s literally bailed out entire countries on the brink of bankruptcy. Our government and top CEOs around the world turn to him in times of crises for investing advice

What’s one of his basic tenets of investing?

“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”

Translation: His greatest investments have come from taking huge risks in the face of fear. When there’s blood on the streets and nobody can think clearly about their investments, Buffett’s out there buying stocks, hand over fists. He doesn’t let fear stop him; in fact he uses it to his advantage. And he’s one of the wealthiest people of all time.

Successful people leave clues for us. So what are top-performers, like Buffett and Jordan, showing us?

Face your fears, and you’ll get the payoffs.

Without taking risks, without facing our fears, and without pushing ourselves outside our comfort zone, we can never reach our true potential.

It’s really that simple.

So why don’t more of us do exactly that?

Because a lot of us hear advice like this and think “Ha! Easy for you to say! You don’t have [insert disadvantage], and I don’t have [insert excuse about time or resources].”

Immediately, we react with how our situation is SO special, SO unique, and SO different than everyone else.

It’s an automatic defense mechanism that flares up.

What’s really happening here?

We’re creating a story for ourselves. We’re rationalizing our fears and inaction. Nobody wants to feel like a fool; I get that.

I used to feed myself story after story. “I don’t have time,” I used to say, “I’ll work on that tomorrow.” I hated feeling bad about myself, and stories created quick fixes to feel better.

In reality, I was hiding from the truth.

So let’s be honest with each other

The truth makes us uncomfortable, especially when it exposes weaknesses inside ourselves. It makes me cringe when I think back on the laundry list of excuses I used to delay facing my fears.

In fact years ago, I had dozens of books about personal development filled with tactic after tactic, scattered all throughout my room. I had no excuse not to follow through, yet I allowed fear remain in control. I’d go chasing another tactic, claiming I wasn’t ready yet; I needed to work on just one more thing. And nothing got done.

I did this for years; until I realized we have power to make decisions, and we empower ourselves by taking actions toward our goals, no matter how daunting they may seem today.

No matter how fearful we might be, we never improve by continuously consuming information alone. You have to go out in the world and try things.

You can have disproportionate rewards in life.

100x your next closest competitor. I’m talking about absolutely crushing your goals; Defying your wildest expectations, with regard to every area of life achievements.

But to do that, you must escape the shackles of fear.

Behind every fear is the person you want to be. If you tackle your fears, you can become the person of your dreams.

Yoda said it best, “Named your fear must be, before banish it you can.”

And that’s exactly what we must do if we want to improve ourselves: Banish fear. For life.

For years, decades even, you may have walked around, letting fear guide you, letting it beat you down and make you its victim.

Today, let’s turn the tide. Flip the script and make fear your slave.

Today, let’s face fear head on and empower ourselves to break free.
Your challenge for today: start crushing your fears in five simple steps

1) Specific goals: Make a list of five things you’ve really wanted to do but haven’t because fear has been holding you back. It can be anything, even something as simple as saying “Hi” to a colleague when you walk past them in the hall all the way to trying something completely new.

Be creative and don’t hesitate to write anything down. If you want it, list it. Even if you think it’s silly or you can’t do it just yet, don’t let that stop you for now. Just write it all down, and we’ll get to that later. Ideally, you should spend 2-3 minutes brainstorming things you want to do, but it may take you a less time.

Once you have your list of 5 things, move on to the next step. But don’t skip ahead. Be thorough here. I promise if you go through the exercise correctly, you’ll reap the rewards.

2) Selection: Now that you have your list of 5 things/action items, take a second to review it. Really go back over it and make sure you don’t want to add anything else. Okay, what you’re going to do next might shock you, but I want you to select only ONE goal on that list you’d like to achieve. Shelve the other four things for now. You’re going to focus all of your mental energy on this goal. This one should be the utmost important to you. Something that, if you accomplished it, would make you incredibly excited, overjoyed even. Circle just one. It’s better to accomplish one small thing than having hundreds of ideas floating around in our heads that we never get around to doing.

Keep moving, now, to the next step.

3) Systematize: Here’s where get very strategic in our approach. Anyone can make a list of goals and feel good for a moment. For most people, goals go into a pile of dreams and wishes to remain unfinished. We differentiate ourselves by creating a plan to follow through. So now, let’s create a simple set of action steps to help achieve your goal. For example, if my goal was to start a conversation with a colleague, I’d include the time of day I planned to talk to them; I’d make sure to plan on starting the conversation on day when I wasn’t pressed for time so I could be more present and authentic; I’d even go so far as to script out a conversation, not only with what I’d plan on saying to initiate a quick chat, but also, what I’d say to exit the conversation, if I started to feel uncomfortable.

When you’re done crafting your plan, move on to the next step.

4) See: Create a vivid vision of yourself following through on your goal and conquering your fears. Let the positive emotions wash over you that come from taking this action. Allow yourself to enjoy this moment, and see yourself as truly being successful. Remember, our minds can’t tell a vision in our head apart from something that actually happens to us. So you can use this to your advantage and practice in advance, without actually having to take action just yet. The more vivid and real you can make your vision, the more powerful this exercise becomes. So include, how things look, smell, and feel in your visualization.

5) Lastly, start fulfilling your dreams, today. Go out and take action toward your goal. Now that you know what you want to do, how to do it, and have seen yourself be successful, there’s no reason not to give it a shot.

Most people don’t work on their dreams. They just let things happen to them, and fear ruins their lives.

What will you do?

Let me know what happened when you tackled your first fear in the comments section below.

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Job Opportunity in Bedari

Job Opportunity

Bedari is women and Child's rights NGO with its national office in Islamabad, and projects in many districts including Muzafargarh, Multan, Bahawarpur, Vehari, Chakwal, Multan and Lodhran. Its work focuses on addressing gender based discrimination and violence against women and children.

Bedari is now looking for dynamic individual to fill the position of Program Officer based in Islamabad:

Qualification/ Experience:

Master Degree in Social Sciences with 3-5 years of relevant work experience in government or development sector. .

Core competencies: