Ms. Fatima Nasiri in 2014 got to know the Tashabos subject in her high school Abul Qasim Ferdawsi located in Kabul City; with completion of Tashabos program she graduated from high school in 2016.

Small Business Start-up: She said, “I was struggling to find a way for our livelihood, for the first time with the AFN.20 that my father gave me, I weave a small hand bag and sold that for AFN.200 in the Tashabos students entrepreneurs’ products exhibition in our school; I gained AFN.180 as profit. I got the motivation for the work by studying Grade 10 Tashabos textbooks in which there was a story of a wife and husband (Omid and Lima), Lima woven a jacket and gifted to her husband in his birthday”.

My products are: knitting/woven products and decoration of the used items such as; kids’ cloths, earring, bracelet, decorative items, and lately I started work on the decoration of the pottery products. Tashabos Educational Organization (TEO) placed a basis of positive motivation for me with the implementation of Tashabos program and gave me confidence that females can do a lot of things.

Business Expansion: during first three months of my work I was able to expand my business step by step; increase products, employ workers fortunately I was able to provide the working opportunity for 20 other women (housewives).

During the Spring and Summer seasons due to decrease of demand for the knitting/woven products, I thought to find the alternative products for sales so based on the market assessment I started designing of pottery products and am selling these products in the first semi annual period of the year; I have good income from the sale of these products.

Ms. Nasiri was interviewed by journalists/media and they made documentary about her achievements and small business. To mention some of the media; National Radio Television (RTA), Shamshad TV, Zhwandoon TV, Pakistani Independent Urdu Network, Al-Jazeera, and Radio Killid. https://www.independenturdu.com/node/127461

For improving her career and development of her business Ms. Nasiri attended in various capacity building programs as; United State Embassy, Sun power Management Consulting (SMC), Canada Embassy, Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC), School Enterprise Challenge Award, USAID Afghanistan Trade and Revenue Project, DACAAR, and other. She is attending the national exhibitions widely. Before the government change in the country she attended in the many events and program which were arranged by the embassies.

She says that many of the high rank governmental and non-governmental authorities purchased form her in the exhibitions that were hold in Intercontinental and Serena Hotels in the Kabul city; the Minister of mines promised her for providing of land for the purpose of improvement of pottery industry.

Impacts of Business: Eventually, Ms. Nasiri told that my business had very positive impacts on my-self, my family, and even others that I was as a model for them. She said that at first and during her work initial phase the villagers had negative and bad thoughts about me and my work but with finding information about this that a girl take responsibility of caring her poor family with gaining of halal income, they rapidly changed and now they are appreciating me and my work.

Currently she has 20 thousand followers/subscribers in IMO and 1500 subscribers in WhatsApp; she receives online orders through these social media.