The Mission of PARWAZ is to empower the women of Afghanistan to rise from poverty by enabling them to build micro businesses, increase their income, reduce their vulnerability, and to become economic agents of change in their families, communities and country.

Carefully planned and run completely by an experienced Afghan staff, PARWAZ provides financial services in the form of credit and savings to disadvantaged and poor women so they can start their own micro businesses and thus take a step towards improving their socio-economic situation. PARWAZ was one of the first organizations to provide Microfinance in Kabul. The strength of the PARWAZ lies in the fact that it is a local NGO for Afghans by Afghans and is managed by experienced Afghan Microfinance practitioners, which enables it to understand the cultural values of the people and foresee potential problems and to take preventative measures when designing the methodology and selecting target groups for its program. The methodology of delivery of micro credit is designed with first hand knowledge of Afghan cultural boundaries and nuances combined with Microfinance best practices.

Micro-Finance