Razia Arefi*
March 5th, 2009 Posted by Catherine NeillRazia owns and operates a pottery and sewing company in Istalif district Kabul province- Afghanistan
Her company produces table runners , table cloths, bags, and dresses in the sewing section. The pottery section creates horses, pots, candle pots, kemal, plates, etc. which are both useful and decorative.
The business first opened in of March 2003, with Razia joining later. Her partners are two women from Mothers for Peace project. Razia and her partners employ 21 women.
Razia hopes that the Peace through Business®2009 in-country training will teach her how to grow her business.
* Denotes that student has been selected to travel to the US to participate in Leadership Development at Northwood University in August 2009
