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Frozan Raufi
July 14th, 2009 Posted by admin

Frozan Raufi

Frozan, a 30 year old businesswoman from Kabul, Afghanistan, is using her medical background to bring a chance of hope to her fellow countrymen and women.

Frozan spent the majority of her educational experience training to practice medicine. But when she married, she had to temporarily forfeit the idea. But under the encouragement and guidance of her husband, Dr. Obaidullah Raufi, Frozan has reopened her dream.

In 2007, Frozan and her husband opened their clinic, the Family Medical Clinic.

Despite their skeptics, their business is booming. They have already exceeded their initial business expectations and they have even started to expand. They now are responsible for their main clinic and several other health missions in neighboring villages and provinces.

The joy of success, however, has come second to the sense of satisfaction Frozan feels from helping those who haven’t always been helped.

“I have [so] many patients and people coming to my clinic…and as you know we are [working] in a field that starts off with very little income and that is in a very poor country. I am so happy with my business and wish that one day we can help not only people in my country, but all over the world.”

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