04 February 2010
Razia Parveen runs a successful milk collection business in her small Punjab village in Pakistan. Her life has been turned around since qualifying as a lady livestock health worker following training from a project supported by UKaid from the Department of International Development.
It was when Razia decided to leave her violent partner that her life took a turn for the worse – she was shunned by her family, and found herself without a job and a home. Things were not looking good until she heard about Livestock Development and Credit (CELDAC), a project, which helps marginalised women learn how to make a living from livestock.
Razia’s business is well run and so she’s been able to improve the incomes other villagers receive for their produce – and share her livestock management expertise with local unemployed women so they can benefit too.
More than a thousand women like Razia have qualified as lady livestock workers thanks to UKaid, which has also helped fund the Rural Support Programme Network, providing women with small loans, health and education.
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