Peace Through Prosperity

After the mini-MBA and weekly coaching in Chakra Goth, Karachi, Muhammad Nawaz saved enough to open a second business. This post is written in Urdu.

A peace group conference at the Karachi Press Club brought small business owners together, with prizes for top beneficiaries. This post is written in Urdu.

A joint workshop in Bilal Colony brought together about 48 micro-entrepreneurs from two areas to review use of mini-MBA lessons. This post is written in Urdu.

Muhammad Anwar sold chana chaat in Karachi before the mini-MBA. He now runs his own shop and earns PKR 600 to 800 a day. This post is written in Urdu.

The Peace Through Prosperity social grievance helpline in Karachi takes twelve to fifteen calls a day. One of them ended in a job for an unemployed caller.

Haji Younis from Korangi, Karachi, sells samosas and pakoras. After the mini-MBA he opened a second stall and employed a helper. This post is written in Urdu.

After mini-MBA classes in Karachi, PTP field staff began coaching and consulting, and many participants now keep cash books. This post is written in Urdu.

Lead trainer Babar Waseem on four years of delivering the five-day mini-MBA to street hawkers, and what he learnt from the micro-entrepreneurs he taught.

Team leader Nasir Shah on the 2016 mini-MBA project in Karachi, and what small entrepreneurs told the team after their classes had finished.

Mashkoor, a PTP team supervisor in Karachi, on the mini-MBA in Hijrat Colony, Masan, Sultanabad and Raitti Line, and the changes he saw after day 3.