Posted on October 20, 2008 - by lincolnw

Microfinance changing lives of Afghan women

KABUL, Afghanistan — Plump and jovial, with a grin running ear to ear, 35-year-old Nasreem operates a successful carpet weaving and embroidery business with the help of her two daughters.

The Kabul family is of moderate means. Her husband Korban works as a government security officer.

They were spared the harsh years in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, having fled to Pakistan where she worked as a carpet weaver in Peshawar.

Upon their return to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, she once again began working for others until she learned of MISFA — the Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan, and its partner agencies that are making small-business loans available to the country’s poorest entrepreneurs…{click this link to read the rest of the article}