Haripur, KPK – Cohort 1 mini-MBA program

A Peace Through Prosperity programme photograph

PTP spent a week building trust with street cobblers and local leaders in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, then started the first five-day mini-MBA on 9 September.

Feature in Cutting Edge – UK’s trade magazine for Today’s Shoe Repairer

A Peace Through Prosperity programme photograph

Cutting Edge, the UK trade magazine for shoe repairers, featured the PTP street cobbler project in the same fortnight the Haripur project began.

Project Haripur is off the ground and we are running on fumes

The mini-MBA participant pack: the Business Growth Manual in Urdu, a notebook and pen, thread and a cobbler’s awl

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.

Impact of the wrong kind of government interventions

Peace Through Prosperity staff talking with villagers in Muzaffargarh, Punjab, 2013. Faces blurred.

What the Capital Development Authority’s clean and green Islamabad campaign did to street traders, including a cobbler whose revenue had grown 200%.

Impact of our mini-MBA program on Livelihoods – Atta-Ullah

Ptp Mini, a mini-MBA participant, at their business in Pakistan

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 – Jaan Baaz Khan

Ptp Mini, a mini-MBA participant, at their business in Pakistan

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 – Niaz Ali

Niaz Ali, a mini-MBA participant, at their business in Pakistan

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.

Peace Through Prosperity on PTV World – Perspectives with Faisal Qureshi

Peace Through Prosperity

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 – Batal Khan

Batal Khan, a mini-MBA participant, at their business in Pakistan

Batal Khan lost his Karachi shoe shop in 2012 riots and restarted as a street cobbler in Islamabad. After the mini-MBA his revenue rose 58%, the post reports.

Impact of our mini-MBA program on Livelihoods – Ihsan Ullah

Ihsan Ullah, a mini-MBA participant, at their business in Pakistan

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.