Coaching and Consulting
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.
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.
Lead Trainer Babar Waseem Views on Mini MBA Training
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.
Mini MBA Training Blog
A project manager’s account of five days of mini-MBA training across Karachi, with local political and social workers attending the final day.
Field Operator Mashkoor Experience in Mini MBA Training
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.
Field Manager Nasir Shah Experience in Mini MBA Training
Team leader Nasir Shah on the 2016 mini-MBA project in Karachi, and what small entrepreneurs told the team after their classes had finished.
Working for Progress at Peace Through Prosperity – a team members perspective
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 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
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
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
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.
Field notes by email
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