Transforming the Landscape – Skilling up Karachi’s entrepreneurs
How PTP surveyed street vendors and cobblers in seven Karachi neighbourhoods in 2014, building trust before selecting participants for the mini-MBA.
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Peace building through micro-entrepreneurship development – this is what we do
Since early 2014 PTP has been running surveys and its mini-MBA in Karachi, aiming for 400 surveys and 275 micro-entrepreneurs. This post re-introduces its work.
Haripur – Changed Livelihoods and Lives
Results from Haripur: 63 of 70 street cobblers stayed with a one-week mini-MBA and 12 weeks coaching, averaging revenue growth of 51% and profit growth of 83%.
Word from Dara Adam Khel
A video interview with a young professional from Darra Adam Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on life, Taliban recruitment and poverty, after the October 2012 bombing.
Demographics of Street Cobblers Surveyed – Their age range
PTP’s 2012 pilot survey of street cobblers found 47.39% were aged 12 to 28 and 70.14% were aged 12 to 40, reflecting Pakistan’s youth bulge.
The Mochee Project (Street Cobbler Project)
An outline of the Mochee Project for street cobblers in Pakistan, after surveys in Chichawatni, Rawalpindi, Haripur and Darra Adam Khel.
Why street cobblers?
Why PTP chose street cobblers: one cobbler’s story from Haripur and a pilot survey of 444 cobblers in four areas of Pakistan that shaped the project.