Success Stories

February 6, 2020
MEET MEENA, PICKLE PRODUCER

Meena is 30 years old married and has 5 children, 2 daughters and 3 sons. Her husband collects fruits from Khulm district and sells it to the neighboring provinces. He...

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January 9, 2020
MEET, TAHERA

Tahera, an Afghan women whom was born and raised in Iran, She with her husband and her two years old daughter migrated to Germany in 2016. They returned back to...

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December 11, 2019
MEET, ANISA

Anisa, 38-years-old, lives in Deh Meskin village in Bagram district of Parwan province with her five daughters, two sons and husband. Anisa went to school only until she was 12-years-old,...

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November 10, 2019
MEET, SAMAR GUL

Samar Gul 28 years old, a widow lives in Hayet Qul Baay village of Khulm district. Samar Guls’s family consists of four kids (two girls and two boys). Her eldest...

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October 23, 2019
SABRO, THE SHOPKEEPER

Sabro 45 years old, mother of 8, lives in Asyabe Sharaf village of Chimtal district. She says all of my kids are young and most of them are married. She...

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September 5, 2019
FAHIMA, THE POULTRY FARMER

“I joined Tabesh Self Help Group and attended regular group meetings and received poultry vocational skills training to build a backyard poultry farm. I was always interested to have my...

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August 15, 2019
FREBA, The Photographer

FREBA, THE PHOTOGRAPHER Freba is 21 years old, married and lives at her father in-law’s house in Shahrak Ulia village of Mazar-e-Sharif. Her husband is a labor with irregular income....

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July 17, 2019
 PARMINA’S STORY

 PARMINA’S STORY Parmina is 28 years old, married and living in Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani village of Nahre Shahi district.  She has 4 kids, a son and three daughters. Her...

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June 12, 2019
MEET FRESHTA, AN EMBROIDERESS

MEET FRESHTA, AN EMBROIDERESS Thanks to Hand in Hand Afghanistan and all supporters for the program, I received business service training and received support to establish embroidery enterprise. These enabled me...

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May 15, 2019
MEET: SHABOO, THE POULTRY FARMER

 “I joined Parwana group and received poultry training, I learned how to run a poultry farm and how to contribute in family expenses through selling eggs. I also learned how...

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April 18, 2019
BAS MARO

Bas Maro, The Poultry Farmer We lived in Pakistan for more than thirty years and returned to Afghanistan around eight years ago.  We did not have anything here and didn’t...

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March 20, 2019
LAILA, GIVING A HELPING HAND TO HER FATHER

LAILA, GIVING A HELPING HAND TO HER FATHER “We used to live in extreme poverty, my father -the only breadwinner of the family is unskilled labor, mother is housewife and...

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