Success Stories

Bakhtawar, 56 years old widow, lives in Mir Qasim Jan, a village of Chimtal district, Balkh province. She has two married daughters and one married son.

I stich women coats for a market shop and earn around AFN 10,000 per month now, my son- who is in high school and is 17 years old- has learned...

8 women have come together and established a business, creating job and generating decent income to support their families.

Noor Bibi, 47 years old, widow and mother of 6 kids, lives in a joint family with her married son in Chil Dokhtaran village of Dehdadi district. She says “we...

Shayesta, 18, mother of a kid lives in Yakatoot, a village of Dehdadi district, Balkh province. She says “I got married in a young age [17 years old] and my...

AFGHANGUL BEATS POVERTY AFTER BUSINESS TRAINING From starving to working on agricultural fields, from no income to earning AFN 6,000 per month, she has gone through it all. Afghangul, 47,...

ZARA EARNS INCOME AND CREATES JOB OPPORTUNITY Zara, 50 years old, mother of 6 kids, lives in Mir Qasim Jan village of Chimtal district. She says “My husband used to...

MEET ROZI KHAL: AN IDP WHO RUNS A POULTRY FARM Rozi Khal is 45 years old and mother of 7 children, she says “my eldest son got injured during the...

MEET ZARNEGAR, A PROUD AND HAPPY ENTREPRENEUR Zarnegar, mother of 3 kids is 34 years old and lives with her husband’s parents in Elderaz village of Balkhab district, Sarepul province....

AN ADDITIONAL ENTERPRISE IMPROVES INCOME AND LIFE Mohammad Qasim is 36 years old, father of 5 kids, lives in Tajik Elatan village of Sholgara district, Balkh province. He says “I...

MEET GULBUDDIN, THE CARPENTER WHO DREAMS BIG Gulbuddin is 33 years old, married and has 2 kids, lives in Taziyan village of Gosfandi district, Sarepul province. He says “When I...