Asma Ataie owns and operates BDS (Business Development Services) and Small Business Development company, teaching women business courses and improving their business skills is Asma’s goal. Courses taught by her company include “How To Start a Business”, “Business Plans”, “Management Skills”, “Business Management”, “Finance”, “Logistics”, and “Market Studies.”
Asma’s company started in 2006 with three partners: Society Empowerment Organization, ARD/LGCD and NSDP. They have 12 employees.
Andeisha owns and operates Afghan Child Education and Care Organization in Kabul.
This is a non-profit company founded in 2008 for the purpose of working for Afghan Children. AFCECO provides food, clothes and shelter as well as education, health care and help in finding them a safe environment in which to live by insuring that quality orphanages, schools and clinics are available.
She tells IEEW that she was inspired by “watching the people in her country bleed for 3 decades of war, knowing women and children are the first victims.”
Andeisha and her partner, the Child Sponsorship program (www.charityhelp.org/afceco) have 30 employees.
Razia Sajjadi and her partners own and operate Geo Map Company in Kabul.
She offers professional land surveying services to the engineering, real estate, energy, transportation and utility sectors. She has over 35 employees which include 12 charted professional land surveyors and surveying technicians.
Prior to this business, she worked as a mathematics teacher in Marefat High School and as the finance officer for Geo Map Company.
‘Enterprising Women’ spotlights PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS program and 2009 graduate
The latest issue of ‘Enterprising Women‘ showcases information regarding our 2011 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS program, as well as an in-depth article featuring Sarah Mukandutiye, a 2009 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS graduate. Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of the publication, has been a longtime supporter of the Institute. Click here to read Monica’s Publisher’s Note and the [...]
Nonprofit leader is working to help Afghan women, girls Q: What’s happening with the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council? You and other members recently met in Washington with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other dignitaries. A: The council was sanctioned in 2002 by President George W. Bush and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. I was appointed to [...]
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Betty, a 2010 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS graduate, co-owns Solidarity Academy School, a secondary private school in Rwanda. Mentored by Dr. Freda Deskin, Founder of ASTEC Charter School, Betty has been paying forward the education and training she received from our program and was kind enough to share it with us! Good morning Terry, I am [...]
Business hall of fame to honor Neese Terry Neese of Oklahoma City will be presented the 2010 Women’s Business Enterprise Hall of Fame award on Thursday in Dallas. The national award honors individuals, companies, and organizations for leadership and support in the success of women’s business initiatives. “This is an exceptional award to bring home [...]
Oklahoma Lt. Governor Jari Askins receives Afghan gift
Lt. Governor Jari Askins accepted a hand-made, personalized soccer ball from Terry Neese, President, IEEW. Terry delivered the ball on behalf of 2007 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS graduate Taj Sirat. Taj’s company, Greenway Manufacturing produces all types of balls, employing over 250 Afghan women. Taj wished to express her gratitude to Lt. Governor Askins for her [...]
Razia Sajjadi and her partners own and operate Geo Map Company in Kabul.
