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National Financial

Literacy Program

for Youth (Oct-Dec,

2021)

For yet another year, NFLP (Y) continued on
achieving milestones and living up to
expectations. National Financial Literacy
Program for Youth, an initiative to harness
Pakistani youth with the essential cum basic
financial education, completed another year
for lightning up more minds and brightening
more futures. Since the very beginning of
the project, it has proved itself to be the touchstone for downloads. Since its launch, PomPak - Learn to Earn had
being a solution to a barely discussed problem owing to earned a reputation of a well thought of and finely put
the lack of awareness among Pakistani citizens on the together educational app, as it maintained the top position
subject matter. Thus far, it has not only disseminated in ‘educational games category’ in Google Play Store in
awareness regarding importance of financial literacy but Pakistan.
has also been furthering its expansion defying all odds Acing the pace in an attempt to reach every nook and
amid covid. corner, we introduced another landmark initiative in the
Much like previous years the Covid pandemic could not form of Pakistan’s biggest Virtual Internship Program,
halt NFLP-Y’s project activities. Observing all SOPs, this motivating our youth to be the resolution and voice
year our team of Master Trainers and District Coordinators towards a sustainable future. Under this initiative student
conducted 1000 face to face sensitization sessions from any registered School, TVET, College or HEC
covering more than 60 districts and producing a mass of Recognized University within Pakistan and AJK, can apply
60000 financial literates. However, the enrollments on for the position of Student Brand Ambassador. The
Pakistan’s first e-Learning game PomPak – Learn to Earn program attracted a big portion of youth from all across
buoyed up to 320000 with more than 2 million App Pakistan and AJK. Till date our ambassadors have
surpassed a total of 6000
and registrations have not
been called off yet.
Be the metropolitan big
cities or the countryside
areas we are seeing success
stories emerging from all
parts of Pakistan, making us
proud to see youth
especially women giving in
their words for drafting out
family budgets, planning the
whole budget themselves,
coming up with unique
business ideas. While it
shows a novel path to
endless possibilities, the aim
is to ensure that
contributions of youth are
not devoid of creativity and
meaning. Among the many
success stories that we are