Meet a woman from Rohsulfi village who turned to be a quick learning micro-entrepreneur
Sancharak is a targeted district under the project of “Reducing poverty and gender disparity in Sarepul Province of Afghanistan by improving household incomes and financial resilience for rural women through enterprise and job creation” which is co-funded by DFID and Hand in Hand International. Agriculture represents...
Because her husband had no stable job, 48 year old Fatima – mother of six children - was looking a way out to give a helping hand for family’s expenses. But she was illiterate and had no vocational skill. This all changed, she found a micro-entrepreneurship idea when she joined Gul-Sahar Self Help Group of Hand in Hand Afghanistan in her...
Bellows are summery of the major activities taken place during January 2016 in Shortepa and Kishindeh districts of Balkh(1) province, Balkhab, Sancharak and Gosfandi districts of Sarepul(2) Province and Dar-e-Suf Bala and Dar-e-Suf Payeen districts of Samangan(3) province:
31 (female) members completed the four modules of the Microfinance Training Package
5378 (3,777 female and 1,601 male) members were trained in eight modules...
Raised in a poor farmer family and then married to a farmer, 47 year old Romia – mother of 4 children - was never given a chance to go to school and learn how to read and write. But, she decided that her children must not face the same experience she did. She knew from the beginning that the dream she...
Hand in Hand Afghanistan conducted Stakeholders Meeting for “Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship and Promoting Women’s Socio-conomic Empowerment” project that is implementing in Dar-e-Suf Bala and Dar-e-Suf Payeen districts of Samangan province. The purpose of the meeting was to give stakeholders a brief of current achievements in the province, present 2016 action plan and receive feedback and suggestions for HiH AF operations in Samangan province.
The meeting...
Hand in Hand Afghanistan (HiH Af) is a not-for-profit and non-governmental organization registered with Ministry of Economy of the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan/ under the (License # 890) dated 21 December 2006 working towards elimination of poverty through creation of enterprise and jobs.