Feature in Cutting Edge – UK’s trade magazine for Today’s Shoe Repairer
Cutting Edge, the UK trade magazine for shoe repairers, featured the PTP street cobbler project in the same fortnight the Haripur project began.
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.
Project Haripur is off the ground and we are running on fumes
PTP started its Haripur project with a first cohort of 30 street cobblers and a welcome pack including an Urdu sales ledger and business growth manual.
Testing the waters with the big boys
A PTP visit to Kacha Lodhran, Muzaffargarh, through PPAF partner Mojaz Foundation, to meet 22 female and 15 male khussa artisans about a mini-MBA.
Impact of the wrong kind of government interventions
What the Capital Development Authority’s clean and green Islamabad campaign did to street traders, including a cobbler whose revenue had grown 200%.
Peace Through Prosperity on PTV World – Perspectives with Faisal Qureshi
A video of Peace Through Prosperity’s appearance on Perspectives with Faisal Qureshi, arranged by one of PTP’s advisers in Pakistan.
Impact of our mini-MBA program on Livelihoods – Niaz Ali
Niaz Ali, a 22-year-old street cobbler in Islamabad, raised his daily earnings from $4.50 to $8.15 over four months after the mini-MBA, with a video interview.
Impact of our mini-MBA program on Livelihoods – Jaan Baaz Khan
Street cobbler Jaan Baaz Khan in Islamabad raised his daily earnings from $4 to $10 over four months on the mini-MBA, with 12 dependants relying on him.
Impact of our mini-MBA program on Livelihoods – Atta-Ullah
Atta Ullah, 26, a street cobbler at Tariq Market, F-10/2, Islamabad, supports four dependants and was in the third mini-MBA cohort. Includes his growth data.
Impact of our mini-MBA program on Livelihoods – Shah Khalid
Shah Khalid, a street cobbler at G-11 Markaz, Islamabad, raised his daily earnings from $6 to $11.55 after the mini-MBA, with a video interview.
Impact of our mini-MBA program on Livelihoods – Ihsan Ullah
Ihsan Ullah, a 19-year-old student and street cobbler in Islamabad, raised his earnings from $6 to $9.95 a day over four months of the mini-MBA.
Field notes by email
One email a month: what we ran, what changed and what did not work. No other mail, and you can unsubscribe from any of it.