“We lived in Pakistan for more than thirty years and returned to Afghanistan around eight years ago.  We did not have anything here and didn’t know anything about Afghanistan. I am married and all my kids were born and raised in Pakistan. Later we were forced to leave Pakistan.” Says Bas Maro, 56, mother of 7, living in Hassan Khail Zorkot, a village just outside Aiybak city, Samangan Province.
Bas Maro used to be a housewife, her husband is old and can’t work, her eldest son works in Iran as labor and send money occasionally to feed the family. She says, “My son struggles in Iran because there is no work here.
His income is not sufficient to feed the family but we didn’t have any other option or idea until I heard about the poultry project, I joined Spozhmai group and everything started to change. I received poultry training and learnt about generating income staying at home.” Read more...