Micro Entrepreneurs

From street cobbler to shoe shop owner

A SWOT analysis wall from a mini-MBA group workshop in Karachi, 2015

A video in which a street cobbler from Qayyumabad, Karachi describes moving from mending shoes in the open to owning a shop over an eight-month period.

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.

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.

1498 lives changed for the better

A vegetable stall in Karachi under a Peace Through Prosperity banner, with the stall name blurred for privacy

A Karachi update: 214 direct and 1,284 indirect beneficiaries across seven areas, with average profit up 80% in the latest mini-MBA batch in Qayyumabad.