Pakistan Jobs Project, funded by USAID is designed to improve the competitiveness of the Pakistani economy by strengthening systems for workforce development, encouraging Pakistani companies to invest in human capital, and improving access to training, jobs and business opportunities for women.

Domestic help is a very large but informal segment of the services industry in Pakistan. Many people are employed by households in pay for work engagements. Since this is not a regulated sector, wages are low and work conditions are less than satisfactory. On the other hand, demand for trained domestic workers results in expatriate workers from Philippines and Sri Lank among other countries, working in Pakistan. By equipping the participants with the necessary housekeeping and domestic help skills, we can enable them to fill the gap in supply and demand of trained workers and earn a better living.

Xavor Pakistan, as one of the implementation partners for the Integrated Work and Learning component of the Jobs Project, is responsible for carrying out skill gap assessment, developing curriculum, conducting trainings and helping in the placement of 300 young women through a "Domestic Help Workers" capacity building program. This capacity development program aims to equip women from low income backgrounds in Pakistan with the necessary skills for them to be employed as domestic helpers, demand higher wages and improve their standard of living.

Upon completion of this capacity development program, it is expected that participants will be able to use the skills and techniques imparted to them during the course of the training to find jobs as domestic help workers at comparatively better salaries.