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.

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.

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.

Transforming the Landscape – Skilling up Karachi’s entrepreneurs

Participants at a mini-MBA cohort in Karachi, Pakistan

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

A Peace Through Prosperity programme photograph

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

Participants at the close of a mini-MBA cohort in Haripur, Pakistan

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

A Peace Through Prosperity needs-assessment meeting with men in Bahawalpur, Punjab, 2013. Faces blurred.

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

Mini-MBA cohort 1 in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2013. Faces blurred.

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 Peace Through Prosperity coaching visit to a participant’s business in Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2013. Faces blurred.

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).