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Word from Dara Adam Khel

18 September 202614 October 2012
A hand-stitching awl of the kind street cobblers use

A video interview with a young professional from Darra Adam Khel, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on life, Taliban recruitment and poverty, after the October 2012 bombing.

Categories Micro Entrepreneurs, Mochee Project, Peace Through Prosperity Tags Darra Adam Khel, economic development, KPK, Malala Yousafzai, Micro enterprise, Pakistan, Peace, poverty, Poverty Alleviation, Taliban, youth bulge

Business Growth Manual for Street Cobblers – The field test log

18 September 20264 October 2012
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Field test log from 3 to 7 September 2012: four street cobblers attended five evening sessions on business planning, marketing, pricing and record keeping.

Categories Micro Entrepreneurs, Mochee Project, Peace Through Prosperity Tags business growth, economic development, Peace, poverty, Poverty Alleviation, street cobblers, youth bulge

Business Growth Manual for Street Cobblers – The field test

18 September 202623 September 2012
A Peace Through Prosperity programme photograph

In September 2012 PTP field-tested version 1.1 of its Business Growth Manual, then in Urdu, with four street cobblers over five two-hour evening sessions.

Categories Micro Entrepreneurs, Mochee Project, Peace Through Prosperity, Pilot Project Tags business growth, economic development, Micro enterprise, Peace, poverty, Poverty Alleviation, street cobblers, Timpson group, youth bulge

Demographics of Street Cobblers Surveyed – Their age range

18 September 202614 July 2012
A street cobbler at work in Pakistan

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.

Categories Micro Entrepreneurs, Mochee Project, Peace Through Prosperity, Pilot Project Tags Chichawatni, Darra Adam Khel, demographics, Haripur, KPK, Pakistan, Poverty Alleviation, Rawalpindi, street cobblers, youth bulge

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