Ladies’ Welfare Center
Giving women the skills they need
Being one of the country’s largest MNCs has not made us at ICI ignorant to the plight of our people. We realize that we operate in a third-world country, and with this in mind we take our Corporate Social Responsibility very seriously. Pakistan lacks in high quality education, and we always aim at providing the best not only to our customers but to our people as well. Therefore, we have set up a Ladies’ Welfare Center in order to improve upon the almost non-existent education available to women in rural areas. Set up at our Soda Ash Plant in Khewra, the primary purpose of this centre is to hone the skills of women living nearby. A trained workforce of female instructors teaches these women skills such as cutting, stitching, knitting, embroidery, cooking, and how to read the Holy Quran. Since its inception, our Welfare Centre has trained 1,153 students with current enrolment at 45 students.