- Were skilled and wanted to work for economic empowerment
- Were either widows or divorcees and wanted to earn a livelihood for their children
Members are selected after mutual consultation of a committee comprising of three members, including the Imam of the mosque. The selection is based on the Shariah guidelines.
AMNA BAJI
Amna baji lives with her son in a small, one roomed, rented house in Ghaziabad, Lahore. Due to some feud, her family forced her to take divorce from her husband. Since her family is also not very well off, Amna baji decided to live separately with her son and earn her living. She knows stitching, but her problem was that she did not have a sewing machine. Asasah decided to help her with Qarz-e-Hasna and bought her a machine as well as the other required stuff. She is now working hard, supporting herself and her son and wants her son to be highly educated.
MAHAM BAJI
Maham baji lives in a two roomed house in Islampura, Swat. Her husband worked as a private security guard who died during one of the bomb attacks in 2007. She has two sons and three daughters to feed. Her in-laws are also not very well off and cannot support her on regular basis. She knits woolen sweaters and in order to fulfill her domestic needs she started acquiring orders from her close neighbors and relatives. After some time she realized that she can increase her income if she had a knitting machine. She contacted Asasah and was selected for the Qarz-e-Hasna from which she was able to buy the machine. Now she makes sweaters in the winter season and earns upto Rs 10,000 per month.
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