The record

Field notes

The work began in 2011 with a survey of 444 street cobblers across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These notes were written as it happened, from July 2012.

Coaching and Consulting

A Peace Through Prosperity programme photograph

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.

Working for Progress at Peace Through Prosperity – a team members perspective

A Peace Through Prosperity programme photograph

A team member who joined PTP in May 2014 as social media editor describes moving into fieldwork in Karachi and how the mini-MBA teaches record keeping.

2015 a brief recap of transformation delivered

A Peace Through Prosperity programme photograph

A 2015 round-up: 1,498 individuals in 7 communities, 15 new jobs created and financial independence for 76% of beneficiaries, with a revenue and profit chart.

Peace Through Prosperity: Building small businesses, livelihoods and peace at the same time

Cover of the Peace Through Prosperity Karachi case study 2014 to 2015, with a shop banner blurred for privacy

Announces PTP’s report on its largest project to date: 214 participants across seven violent and volatile neighbourhoods in Karachi, Pakistan.

Testimonials from a Group Workshop – Building brighter futures

An empathy map covered in notes from a Peace Through Prosperity group workshop in Karachi, 2015

Three testimonials, in Urdu with English subtitles, from mini-MBA participants at the first combined group workshop for Sultanabad and Hijrat Colony.

Jameel Ahmed a Barber in Chakra Goth – financially independent and upwardly mobile

An empathy map from a mini-MBA group workshop in Karachi, 2015

Jameel Ahmed, a barber in Chakra Goth, Karachi, raised daily profits from PKR 200-250 to 250-400 after the mini-MBA and moved his children to private school.