SABAH Afghanistan changed Diba's life

Name:Diba

Live in: Shakardara District, Kabul, Afghanistan

Marital status: Single

My name is Diba. I live in the in Shakardara district of Kabul with my family. I joined SABAH Afghanistan in October 2014. After 65 days of training I started work and helped my family through production work in garment production at SABAH Afghanistan.

During the conflict in Afghanistan we were living in Afghanistan. My father worked as farmer and before joining SABAH I felt weak and ineffective because I didn't have any skills. I also wasn't able to continue my education.

After training I worked with the group of HBWs in Shakardara CFC, but now I'm sewing at home and my monthly income is around AFS.4000.

I'm happy with my current life and thankful of SABAH and SDF for the facilities that they have created and provided for poor and needy women like me.

Fatana's exemplary life journey

Name:Fatana

Live in: Shakardara district, Kabul, Afghanistan

Marital status: Single

My name is Fatana. During the war, my family and I didn't leave Afghanistan because of our economic problems. We went through a very bad time during the war as there weren't any jobs available.

After the war, my father tried to work in our apple orchard but the income was not enough. I tried to find a job to help my family but I couldn't due to the cultural sensitivity towards the working of women in our district.

When I heard that SABAH organization came to our district and they provide vocational training for poor and needy women I thought this was a good opportunity for us to learn some new skills. I participated in the garment training and after training I worked in my home. Now I have AFN.5500 monthly income and this is good income for me as I can support my family.

We are very thankful and I am so happy because of positive changes that have happened in my life due to SABAH.

Anisa's sweet story of pickles and jams

Name: Anisa

Live in: Shakardara district, Kabul, Afghanistan

Marital status: Married

My name is Anisa and my life has been full of problems. One of those problems is that my husband lost his eyes during a mine blast and he became blind. After that we had economic issues and I am responsible for the entire family.

I am an illiterate person so the number of jobs available are limited. I was working in other people's home.

When I joined the food processing training of SABAH in Shakardara I got to know that how I can work from home and still bring in proper income. The food processing training taught me how I should prepare the pickles, chatni, jams and how I should sell my products not leaving my house. During the 25-day training I learned how to work within a group. After training I started my small business of making pickles and jam in my home and my sons sold them in the neighborhood and the market. I am really thankful to SABAH Afghanistan for providing a useful training course to meet the skills need of the women living in the district and village.

Belqis's journey as a refugee

Name: Belqis

Live in: Shakardara district, Kabul, Afghanistan

Marital status: Married

I am Belqis. My family was in Pakistan during the war, we were weaving carpet there. This was hard and difficult for us, all my family member did it. My husband, kids and I did carpet weaving but the income of this work was not enough and my children couldn't go to school because they had to work full time.

We were refugees in Pakistan for 8 years. When we came back to Afghanistan my husband was jobless, so I started tailoring in Shakardar district but my tailoring was not very good.

When SABAH came to Shakardar district I joined the garment training and I tried to cover all my weak points. Fortunately, I completed the training during the 65 days and I learned many things that have helped me today to do the best sewing at home. The culture in the village where my family and I are staying forbids women to go out for work, so this is a good opportunity for women like us.We really appreciate the SABAH organization for supporting the illiterate, poor and needy women. It has enhanced the role of women in the family as an income earner.