From street cobbler to shoe shop owner
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.
Peace Through Prosperity
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.
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.
1498 lives changed for the better
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.
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.
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%.
Bahawalpur Needs Assessment – creating an environment for peace through livelihood development
Findings from interviews with close to 500 micro-entrepreneurs in 2012 and 2013, and why rural and semi-urban households in Bahawalpur need more than one trade.
Improved Livelihoods in Haripur (KPK) – update
The Haripur project ended in November 2013 after 70 Entrepreneurs of Circumstance took the mini-MBA and 12 weeks of consulting and coaching.
Haripur – one to one coaching for entrepreneurs of circumstance
A short post on one-to-one coaching and consulting for street cobblers in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with two photographs from coaching visits (faces blurred).