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Letter from the Amal Team"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

These were words that we shared to the inaugural class of Amal Academy Fellows

at their Certificate Ceremony in mid July. Over the two month program, the 28

Fellows proved that they really are a committed group, investing over 120 hours,

participating in 18 half day workshops, and completing 18 challenging projects,

united by the common goal of developing their business and professional acumen

and pursuing their dreams and aspirations.

They also proved that this type of commitment (and teamwork) does in fact lead

to profound change. Perhaps Sadaf Nabi, an Amal Fellow from Shakargarh (rural

Punjab), said it best: "the Amal Fellowship changes me and makes me a person

now who has a firm confidence and bullish attitude to explore this world of

opportunities and make my dreams come true."

Dale Carnegie once wrote that "the life of many a person could probably be

changed if only someone would make him feel important." This was our primary

goal through the Amal Fellowship: to take a first step at changing our Fellows'

lives by making them feel important and giving them tools to act on that

importance.

And we are thrilled to see some amazing progress towards that first step (i.e.,

getting a job): just a little over a month after graduation, over 70% of the

Fellows already have job offers for full time positions or internships.

We're elated to see this type of progress, equally excited to be launching the next

class of Fellows in two weeks, and beyond grateful for the Amal Community who

has made all of this possible.

Although the list is truly endless, it goes without saying that the Amal Fellowship

would not be possible without:

As a small expression of our deep appreciation, we have put together the

following report, in hopes of sharing our gratitude and some of the

learnings/outcomes from the Fellowship. We couldn't be more grateful for your

support, and are striving to return even a fraction of your generosity through the

impact of the Amal Fellowship and beyond.

With profound gratitude and excitement,

The Amal Team

The Punjab Educational Endowment Fund and Punjab University, who hosted

us, helped us get 699 applications, and provided invaluable human resources

The various industry experts from Abacus, Acumen, AISEM, Akhuwat, Allied

Bank, ITU, FINCA, Naqsh, Packages, Standard Chartered, Unilever etc, who

each hosted timeless sessions with the Fellows and continue to give them

tremendous confidence, access and guidance

Our advisors, mentors and investors, who have given us the perfect example

of what it means to believe. support, guide and invest in someone (an

example we hope to pass along through our role with the Fellows)

And all our friends and supporters, who truly are the backbone of Amal

Academy.

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63%Job offer(s) Final Interview(s) Early Interview(s)

Amal Fellowship: by the Numbers

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$PDO�7HVWLPRQLDOV�1. Shahneela Kiran 2. Fahad Islam3. Saleema Nawab4. Hassan Raza5. Sadaf Nabi6. Ahmed Shabbir

Punjab UniversityMBA, Banking & Finance Hometown: Kasur DistrictJob Offer: Ruba SEZ Group

Shahneela Kiran

"Amal improved my confidence,communication, leadership skills and

fluency in English. It will definitely help meto work better as a team member at my job as

well as to become a motivational speaker. Theseare the things which are not focused much in

universities...

Many experts from different fields of HR,Bank, Change Management and motivationalspeakers addressed us, we could have never

thought of such an excellent exposure."

Fahad IslamPunjab University, BComHome town: GujranwalaJob Offer: Enrichers Private Ltd.(Commodity brokerage)

"The most unique thingwhich I observed from the

Amal Fellowship program is'Give hope to the others,' because

when you give hope the other person will definitely reach his/her

destination.

The Amal Fellowship program giveme a hope and tell me who I am

and what I can do."

Punjab University, BScHuman Resource MgmtHometown: ChitralJob: Naqsh School of Arts(Babar Ali Foundation)

"Before this fellowship, Iwas having so many questions

in my mind regarding my career.Amal gave me the chance to explorequestions with the help of the bestprofessionals working in industry.

This fellowship provides greatlearning opportunity and it's the best

incubation platform that I havewitnessed which helped me find

the job of my interest.

Saleema Nawab

University of Engineering & Tech.Electrical Engineering

PEEF Scholar Hometown: Kot Sultan

Job Offers: Power PlannersInternational and Schlumberger

Hassan Raza"Amal has helped me develop mybrand by making me realize myhidden skills. It helped me to giveeffective interviews and helped meto realize the leader inside me.

Amal is the platform which helpspromising youth to refine theirdirections and enables them toutilize their potential at utmost."

University of EducationHometown: ShakargarhPEEF ScholarJob Offer: Interviewing at Packages Ltd & Akhuwat

Sadaf Nabi"The uniqueness of the Amal

Fellowship is it changes me andmakes me a person now who has a

firm confidence and bullish attitude toexplore this world of opportunities and

make my dreams come true.

It makes my hidden abilities to comeout of shell and change me. In reality

I do not have words to explain thisamazing fellowship."

"Amal is a great opportunity to polish

your skills and to see lifefrom different perspective.It changes me, makes mebest and able to compete

in this world.

It's a great place to growand blossom, to achieve

your dreams."

Punjab UniversityBBA, Business & FinanceHometown: Faisal TownJob Offers: Soneri Bank, AmalAcademy Internship

Ahmed Shabbir "I am definitely recommendingmy juniors to participate in the Amal

Fellowship, because Amal is bridgingout the gap between the education

sector and industry and workingas a liaison for young students."

Next steps: Fellows' Feedback Although we are humbled and thrilled by these early results, we also realize there is significant opportunity for improvement. In order to

strengthen the next Fellowship (which launches at the end of August) we have collected feedback from current Fellows, including the following:

I would like to share that fornew batch there should bemore visits at differentcompany sites like we didPackages, because Ipersonally think it is greatlearning and awareness ofpractical work.

I would prefer to conductadditional mock interviews inthe presence of professionalsfrom various national andmultinational organizations.Because in this way eachfellow comes to know aboutwhere one needs to improveand where one is good at.

Please provide internship toFellows in your affiliatedcompanies. It is easier toconvert internship into fulltime job than seeking fulltime job... Also, every Fellowshould present in everysession for one minute.

You should have all fellows dovideo creating, not just thosestudents who are absent. As itwas an activity in whichfellows made differentcreative videos and can learnfrom each other better... Alsomake sure you give weeklyfeedback for assignments.

It would be good if whenfellows are presentingsomething and the audiencegives the feedback (which isalways helpful) it would begreat to give that personsome seconds so that he/shecan perform on the givenfeedback and improve it.

Make teams of 3 to 4members with a leader, andassign a project to them sothey can work in groupsother then during thesessions. This way they canexperience leadership andteam play.

Muhammad Shakeel

Faizan Anjum Muneeb Shaf Sonia Gulam

Chandni SaleemJunaid Arshad

Next steps: Second Fellows Class

Next steps: Fundraising Workshop

amalacademy.org/leadershiptoolsMore info at:

On behalf of the Amal Team & Fellows, our deepest gratitude and thanks!

Gratitude: Without your support, the Fellowship would not be possible.

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For more information on our upcoming Fellows' class, hiring an existing Fellow,corporate trainings, a video of the Fellowship and more, kindly visit: amalacademy.org