Low-cost poverty alleviation programmes for micro-entrepreneurs in marginalised, conflict-affected communities, and agile programmes for youth. No grants.
ہر مہینے رشوت، پھر بھی تعاون نہیں۔ اسلام آباد کے ایک ٹھیلے والے کی بات، 2013۔
An Islamabad stall holder on monthly bribes to officials, and having no other work to turn to. 2013.
https://t.co/9zq5clcJHk
بارش، ٹپکتی چھت، اور پھر بھی کام جاری۔ سڑک کنارے ایک موچی کا دن، 2013۔
A rainy day at a roadside cobbler's stall, under a shelter that leaks. 2013.
https://t.co/aP1IiTRoYQ
مٹیاری، سندھ: کبھی پیاز یا مرچ کے ساتھ روٹی۔ 45 سال سے جوتے سینے والے موچی مہنگائی پر بات کرتے ہیں۔
Mithiari, Sindh, 2012: cobblers on inflation, hunger, and the tools that would change their work.
https://t.co/pqB8uxJSjk
درہ آدم خیل کے ایک پڑھے لکھے شہری کی زبانی: جنگ، طالبان اور غربت۔ ان کے نزدیک حل تعلیم ہے۔
A resident of Darra Adam Khel on conflict, the Taliban and poverty, and why he sees education as the remedy. 2012.
https://t.co/n9t4oN01sR
دن بھر میں 250 روپے کمائے، شام کو پولیس والا لے گیا۔ اسلام آباد کے ایک موچی کی آپ بیتی، 2012۔
Rs. 250 earned in a day, taken as a bribe by evening. An Islamabad cobbler on police, loans, and a nephew who never went to school.
https://t.co/RUuiKzAoEN
2012 کی ہماری فلمیں، روزانہ ایک۔ آج ہری پور اور چیچہ وطنی کے موچی: کبھی 100 روپے، کبھی کچھ نہیں، اور سر پر قرض۔
From our 2012 archive, one film a day. First: street cobblers in Haripur and Chichawatni on earnings and debt, before any training.
https://t.co/bXtcoOx8RW
Not every result is good news. In Yemen, 2019 to 2021, across 483 participants, average revenue fell 30% and profit fell 37%. We report it separately from our headline averages and publish it in full: https://t.co/NOXDPAqQVj
Across 974 mini-MBA participants with digitised results in Pakistan and Egypt, 2012 to 2022, average revenue grew about 18% and profit about 85% over the coaching period. Low starting profits inflate the profit figure. Cohort by cohort: https://t.co/nGq3vqWMnH
Challenged on who a private racquet club left out, two young people in Karachi moved their phone-free sessions to free public parks. They present tomorrow, with two other teams: 12:30 London, 14:30 Arusha, 16:30 Karachi. Free, online. https://t.co/dIN1lJPiep
Two young people in Karachi set out to get their generation off their phones. Their first plan opened with paid padel. Then they saw who that left out. See what they found, and what didn’t work.
Friday 23 Oct: 12:30 London · 16:30 Karachi
One hour, online, free.
link in our bio
In Bangata, near Arusha, five students mapped what twelve households knew and lacked, predicted who should meet, made the introductions, then returned to test. They got the Village Executive Officer's written authorisation unasked. Friday 23 October: https://t.co/dIN1lJPQ3X
Half the marks in our internship scoring guide went to how a team handled its own evidence and consent, not to how good the result looked. Five reviewers, four from outside the programme, scored the work. Friday 23 October, online: https://t.co/dIN1lJPQ3X
The result got smaller every time the method got better. One intern team measured comfort across community lines twice, tightened its method, then tested how much rested on one participant. It reported that check beside its headline number. https://t.co/VesvURG3Fa
Five students near Arusha added a column to their kanban board that nobody asked for: What we learnt.
Then they wrote down six predictions and went back to check.
See what they found, and what didn't work. Fri 23 Oct, 12:30 UK, online, free:
https://t.co/dIN1lJPQ3X
Twelve young people. Three teams. Four weeks and no budget. On Friday 23 October they show what they did in Tanzania and Pakistan, what they found and what did not work. One hour, online, free. 12:30 London, 14:30 Arusha, 16:30 Karachi. https://t.co/dIN1lJPiep