GILGIT: The GB Freelancers Association successfully concluded its “GBFA Freelancing Bootcamp Baltistan” at the Government Girls Inter College Khaplu in the Ghanche district of the Baltistan region.
This four-day event was held in collaboration with The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) Pakistan and with technical support from the Special Communication Organization and NEEDS Online. It saw the participation of a total of 840 youths, professionals, and college, and university students from districts Skardu, Shigar, Kharmang, and Ghanche.
The closing day of the boot camp witnessed enthusiastic involvement from over 200 youths and college students. Renowned freelancers and mentors from GBFA shared crucial insights and skills with participants, covering topics ranging from freelancing basics to niche analysis, profile optimization, client communication, and protection against online scams.
During the event, GBFA President Ghulam Rehman expressed gratitude to AKRSP for their invaluable support in youth development and skill enhancement projects in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral.
Dr. Sna Ullah, Area Manager of AKRSP, praised GBFA’s initiatives in empowering youth throughout Gilgit-Baltistan and highlighted AKRSP’s efforts in promoting youth empowerment and entrepreneurship in the Ghanche district.
The closing day witnessed active participation from more than 200 youths and college students. Top Rated freelancers and mentors from GBFA imparted essential skills to the participants, covering topics such as freelancing fundamentals, niche analysis, profile creation and optimization, client communication, and safeguarding against online scams.
While speaking to the camp, GBFA President Mr. Ghulam Rehman extended gratitude to AKRSP for their support in youth development initiatives and skill development projects in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral. He also expressed appreciation to the SCO for supporting freelancers in GB and acknowledged the continued technical support from NeedsOnline to GBFA.
Dr. Sna Ullah, Area Manager AKRSP, commended GBFA’s efforts in empowering the youth across Gilgit-Baltistan and highlighted AKRSP’s initiatives to youth empowerment and entrepreneurship in district Ghanche.
Following the rapid growth in the online freelancing industry, GB Freelancers Association has been launched to facilitate existing and potential free-lancers across Gilgit-Baltistan.Having more than 200 women and men registered members from all districts, the association aims to promote freelancing in GB to make youth, especially women financially independent.
The executive committee of the association is led by President Ghulam Rehman, who is the founder of Needs Online Pvt. Ltd, following Senior Vice presi-dent Nadia Iqbal, who is a national award winner freelancer and Co-Founder of Tech Alphalogics Pvt. Ltd.
The members of the executive committee in-clude Sania Hussain, Amjed Ali, Aafyat Nazar, Raja Rizwan Hassan, Faheem Akhtar, Shafqat Karim, Jilbaz Karim, Muzaffar Faqir, Wasim Ullah and others.
According to a press release issued to the media, the association president said that the prime objective of GBFA was to promote and protect the interests of freelancers and motivate potential youth fe-male/male through advocacy, education and train-ings for their successful entry into the global free-lancing industry.
Rehman said the freelancing industry was “rapidly growing in Gilgit-Baltistan” and assured that the association would protect the interests of freelancers and empower the educated youth with soft skills by conducting specialized training in all districts of G-B.
