Taiba Ghafoori
February 8th, 2010 Posted by adminNAME: Taiba Ghafoori
COUNTRY: Afghanistan
BUSINESS: QAFILA (handicrafts)
Taiba, 23 years old, runs QAFILA, a handicraft business that specializes in clothes, scarves, curtains, cushions, sheets, purses and more.
Taiba is a member of the Afghanistan Women Business Federation, and in addition to running her business for the past six years, she currently works for the Ministry of Finance in Afghanistan.
Taiba and her business partners decided to start QAFILA after they had seen so many women who were unable to turn their talent to a profit, because they were either financially unable to purchase the raw materials or their families would not allow them to have any contact with people at the market.
QAFILA provides women with the raw materials for handicraft production and also takes the products to the marketplace, paying the women their deserved wages.
Taiba hopes to make her business her one and only full-time job by increasing its profitability and finding more markets for her business’ products. It is for these exact reasons she applied for PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS: to learn how to generate more revenue and increase her marketing. She also wants to develop her business management skills.
Taiba considers her strengths to be showing initiative, responsibility and dedication. Though she is still working to develop QAFILA, Taiba’s entrepreneurial spirit has her already thinkig of her next enterprising – either producing sugar or stating a kindergarten.
