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In partnership with Boumi Company www.boumi.com
a small privately owned company producing home decorating products for export with raw materials made in Afghanistan, AAE would like to create a sustainable economic program for Afghan families in the villages.
The goal of the program is poverty reduction and promotion of sustainable livelihood.
As part of its mandate, AAE would like to contribute to the country's economic development through training and sustainable employment. With this program, AAE will be enabling Afghan communities to produce export and domestic quality goods,
providing Afghan families with basic tools on how to operate a business, as well as leadership and literacy training.
This program will train and educate 60 Afghan families to become business owners within six months. Most of the trainees will be unemployed villagers and returnees from Pakistan and Iran who have at least five to nine children.
This program will benefit over 360 Afghans.
This training can also be used as a pilot project for other NGOs to participate in support of the private sector which in turn will bring overall sustainable economic growth, and stability for the country.
AAE will be using this project as a pilot project to assist in sustainable economic development in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
Description of the Project
- Hand embroidery articles will be produced by the ladies. Young men will also be encouraged to produce these items.
- This pilot project will be implemented on the outskirts of Kabul.
- Sixty families will be selected by the community immobilizers in various areas outside of Kabul.
- Literacy and business management training will be provided two hours per day by trained supervisors.
- Families will be required to take a small loan from one of the micro finance institutes to purchase the embroidery kit from Boumi Company. They will be assisted in this process by our supervisors.
- Project Manager with the help of the accountant will identify micro finance institute.
- Project Manager will make sure these meetings take place and the families receive required funding on time.
- Community mobilizers will contact the community to provide the space for literacy and business training.
- When the embroidery pieces are ready in accordance to Boumi quality expectations, they will be purchased by Boumi Company, integrated in production of its cushion covers to be exported.
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