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Community
Empowerment in Mardan:
One Person at a Time
Jamal Bibi lives in Akbarabad village,
which is situated on the outskirts
of Mardan, with little in the way
of resources. Most of the people derive
their income from whatever they can
grow and sell on their small plots
of land and in their livestock. Unfortunately,
there is no facility in the area of
diagnosis of problems or even vaccinations
of the animals.
 Jamal
has five children, and her husband
was jobless, so the entire family
was getting by on what she could earn
sewing clothes for people in the village—which
wasn’t very much at all.
When
HDF arrived on the scene, one of the
first thing to happen was the formation
of a “Development Organization”
(DO) to help the residents start making
decisions about their community. Jamal
was one of the first people to join
the DO in Akbarabad, and was subsequently
elected Secretary.
One
thing the members of the DO noticed
was that almost every household kept
poultry birds. The DO asked for some
way for people to get training in
poultry management. HDF worked with
the Department of Livestock and Animal
Husbandry in Mardan and set up a three-day
poultry management training session.
Jamal
attended the course, which covered
not only basic information about poultry,
but also practical demonstrations
of proper vaccination techniques.
After training and acquisition of
her new vaccination skills, Jamal
started poultry vaccinations in her
village and now performs this service
regularly. She purchases the materials
on her own, and was able to begin
saving a small amount by providing
the service.
Encouraged
by her success, Jamal also requested
livestock training, and completed
a course in that. Following her graduation
from that course, HDF provided her
with a RS.15,000 loan to purchase
a buffalo. She was easily able to
make the installment payments on the
loan by selling milk from the buffalo.
Jamal was thus able to pay off that
loan even faster than anticipated.
 She
next turned her attention to helping
her husband start a business. Taking
out another loan from HDF, Jamal and
her husband were able to start a small
business that has grown more than
four times in size in a little over
a year, raising their monthly income
over Rs. 6,000!
Each
payment Jamal makes on her loan goes
back into the community, so the next
entrepreneur can have a chance to
lead a self-sufficient live and provide
for his or her family and children.
HDF’s programs work!
Training
in Poultery Management
Date/Time Last Modified: 9/30/2006 10:38:23 AM
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