In partnership with DACAAR, a Kabul-based NGO, ARZU initiated a water-filtration system production pilot program to train apprentices in this trade. You can read the specifics behind the initiation of this program in the past STIR blog post, “Afghan Women Hard at Work.”
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Water Filters: Benefiting ARZU Families and the Local Community
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Connie K. Duckworth / September 2nd, 2010 / posted in afghan women, afghanistan families, social programs, social responsibility / no comments- Friedrich Nietzsche
What is amazing about Afghan women is that they are still standing after all they’ve seen and experienced. With a life expectancy of 44 years, life is short and harsh. Yet, despite the daily hardships of grinding poverty and insecurity, they have a resiliency of spirit that inspires me every day.
Tags: afghan women Afghanistan afghanistan families ARZU STUDIO HOPE ARZU weavers children Dr. Raquel Cohen empowerment hardships inspiration life in afghanistan Social Benefit Programs social programs weaversMix It and Stir It and Pat It in a Pan
Connie K. Duckworth / April 26th, 2010 / posted in afghan women, social business enterprise, social programs / 1 commentARZU STUDIO HOPE is creating a new economic model for self-funding community development by economically empowering women at the bottom of the pyramid. We are proving out this model in arguably one of the world’s most difficult venues–rural Afghanistan.
Tags: Afghanistan alternative livelihood opportunities artisan rugs ARZU STUDIO HOPE average Afghan income baking apprentices bottom of the pyramid Dragon Valley Bakery Social Benefit Programs Social Business Enterprise sustainable empowermentSustainability, Transformation, Innovation mixed with Reality
Connie K. Duckworth / March 1st, 2010 / posted in afghanistan families, afghanistan people, afghanistan women, economic sustainability, jeff skoll, skoll foundation, social business enterprise, social corporate responsibility, social entrepreneur, social responsibility, sustainable economic development, triple bottom line / no commentsEconomic SUSTAINABILITY is the core premise of ARZU’s social business enterprise model. SBE is sometimes called the new “fourth sector,” as compared to the three recognized sectors of the economy: public, private and non-profit. Currently, no single definition exists for this emerging field. The Skoll Foundation (www.skollfoundation.org), a recognized leader in the social entrepreneurship movement, was created in 1999 by eBay’s first President Jeff Skoll to “pursue his vision of a sustainable, peaceful and prosperous world.” I like his description of a social entrepreneur as “society’s change agent: a pioneer of innovations that benefit humanity.”
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