Development Works - Social Enterprise in Afghanistan

'Social Enterprise' is often described as business for a community purpose. Beyond profit, success can be measured by community and environmental benefit.
'Sustainable Development' delivers social and economic activities that satisfies todays needs without making things worse for future generations.
'Aid' or 'Development' Aid is short term humanitarian relief. Development primarily seeks to reduce poverty by improving economic and social structures.
'Humanitarian Aid' save lives, alleviates suffering and promotes human dignity. Activities are short term and urgent, often in response to war or natural emergencies.
Development Works - Opportunities for Women
Women in Kandahar lack true opportunity.

As part of a long-term effort to develop jobs for women, Development Works is supporting a government program that is training 120 local women in sewing and embroidery skills.

In time, it hopes to intensify the training to enable the launch of nascent garment and apparel industry in Kandahar province.

In rural Kandahar, it is working with a community to establish a training centre, that would teach potentially lucrative tailoring skills to women.

The agency is also starting a pilot project to provide poor rural women with training and material necessary to have a small poultry business.
More than 120 women are learning marketable skills




Our work in Kandahar