Success Stories

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...

Hand in Hand Afghanistan implements ‘Village Uplift Program’ in Shahrak Ulia village of Mazar-e-Sharif. Aqila is one of the 110 women recognized eligible and she joined the program about a...

Dur Begum, 60, a mother of four children and internally displaced person from Khost-o-Fering district, Baghlan Province.

Jan Mohammad used to work in agricultural fields as unskilled labor and help his father in feeding the family

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...