Ajay Banga and his wife show keen interest in the enterprises, appreciate the quality and creativity of women’s crafts, and recommended scaling up and replicating such initiatives in other areas
Larkano, Sindh
During a visit to Mohen Jo-daro, Larkano on Wednesday January 4, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga, along with Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, visited women-led enterprises and craft stalls supported under the People’s Poverty Reduction Program (PPRP), funded by the Government of Sindh and implemented by the Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO).
The WB President visited all stalls, interacted with women entrepreneurs and artisans, and received firsthand information about their enterprises and initiatives. CEO SRSO Muhamad Dittal Kalhoro welcomed the dignitaries, facilitated their visit to the stalls, and provided an overview of the PPRP interventions with help of displayed wall of success and outreach map.
He briefed that under the PPRP, more than 1.4 million poor households have been organized & graduated out of poverty across 15 districts of Sindh through PKR 6.14 billion in interest-free enterprise loans and PKR 947 million in grants, along with support in vocational skills development, low-cost housing, kitchen gardening, and physical infrastructure development etc.
On the occasion, women entrepreneurs and artisans showcased their work, including Handmade crafts, live demonstrations of handloom weaving, traditional charpai making, khees weaving, and khadi-based fabric production, traditional relli quilts and other indigenous crafts, soap production and other small-scale enterprises. And organic papaya farming. They shared details of their craft enterprises and highlighted the positive impact on their lives and livelihoods.
President Ajay Banga and wife showed keen interest in the enterprises, appreciated the quality and creativity of women’s crafts, and recommended scaling up and replicating such initiatives in other areas to further promote women’s economic empowerment.
Provincial Minister for Planning & Development, Provincial Minister for Culture, and other senior government officials were also present on the occasion. (Press Release)
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