Shahnaz Bibi
a resident of Bahawalpur was living a financially stressed life with her
husband and two children. Her husband was the only bread winner for her family
but he too was unable to earn sufficient amount of money to smoothly run the
everyday household expenses. Financial issues were the main obstacles which
barred her from getting a formal education – a vicious cycle which was now
resulting in her children being deprived of education as well.
Having a strong resolve to secure a
financially sound future to her family and children, she decided to start a
crop cutting business to share her husband’s financial burden. The first
consideration to start any venture is securing the necessary finances to
purchase equipment - in this case it was a crop cutting machine. The second
obstacle was psychological- societal disapproval for a woman to involve herself
in any business activity.
Braving the second storm as she went,
she sought out Khushhali Bank Limited, the pioneer bank in micro-finance sector
to secure the initial capital for starting her business. Khushhali Bank not only
accepted to her loan request but also provided her the business consultancy to
get her started.
Today, with the help of Khushhali Bank,Shahnaz Bibi
is successfully running her business which not only enables her to generate
finances to smoothly run household expenses -but her children are also getting
education from the best school in town. She is a great role model for other women
of the society who desire to change the fortunes of their families for a bright
future free of financial woes.
