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Afghan. Small Business. Development Institute. www.AfghanSmallBus.org. Rebuilding Afghanistan by. Building self-sufficient people and communities with various economic development tools. capital,. education, incubation,. and trade. Afghan. Women. In Business.
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Afghan Small Business Development Institute www.AfghanSmallBus.org
Rebuilding Afghanistan by... Building self-sufficient people and communities with various economic development tools... capital, education, incubation, and trade.
Afghan Women In Business www.AfghanWomenInBusiness.org
Rebuilding Afghanistan by... Empowering women with... capital, skills, and knowledge to attain self-sufficiency.
Focusing on Women... • Who are poor, • Who are widowed, and • Who lack a wage earnerin their homes.
Our mission is... To equally assist the people of Afghanistan in becoming self-sufficient through the development of income-generating opportunities using current economic development practices of micro-financing, small business education, business incubation, and trade. …stressing... • Self-sufficiency • Quick impact projects
We achieve our mission by emphasizing key program dimensions...
(1) Micro-Lending To bring badly needed credit directly to the most vulnerable people (the poor and women) in rural communities.
(2) Education To provide focused, short-courses and advice that assist business owners and managers succeed.
(3) Business Incubation(skills, education, consultation) To increase the likelihood of business success (especially for women) through an incubation program that provides: • Shared Resources • Shared Facilities • Access to Business Expertise during on-going, day-to-day operations.
(4) Trade To enhance the knowledge and capacity of merchants in distributing goods and services through Import and Export relationships.
Implementation of our programs occurs in increments, establishing centers in major cities then expanding into rural communities through satellite offices…
Centers & Satellite Offices Mazar-e-Sharif (~2011-12) Starting in Herat (Pilot: 2003-2004) Kabul (~2008-9) Qandahar (~2013-14)
Afghan Small Business Development Institute... …is rebuilding Afghanistan at the people level! www.AfghanSmallBus.org