Ep.4-Hasina Aimaq: Growing Up in Her Brave Mother's Burqa
Release Date: 11/05/2019
Ep. 42 - Positive Self Care in the Workplace and Home: Joy Gihana
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
Did you know that an estimated 6%-7% of full-time workers in the US experience major depression, costing employers an estimated $44 billion per year in lost production time? Joy Gihana is the Founder and CEO of Family Life and Beyond and holds a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology. You will get many tips for handling the stress of COVID and everyday life.
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Ep. 34 - Mozhgan Wafiq Alokozai: Empowering Women in Afghanistan
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
How do you economically and socially empower oppressed women? Education. By arming women with knowledge, they are able to develop themselves and their households. Mozhgan Wafiq Alokozai has a passion that continues driving through adversity again and again. She’s lived under the Taliban regime in Pakistan, she has provided training programs and opportunities for women in Afghanistan. She has tried and failed and gotten up again to try another avenue.
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Ep. 40 - Drs. Sharifa Hesarnaee /Susan Chambers: Two Brave Doctors
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
Dr. Sharifa Hesarnaee of Kabul, Afghanistan, tells about struggling to maintain the OB/GYN department in a Kabul hospital dealing with both COVID-19 and a horrific terrorist attack on the hospital. Dr. Susan Chambers of Oklahoma City, OK, is her mentor who has continued to be a friend to Sharifa during all this as well as work herself in a hospital in the United States during COVID. You will know what they mean by "security" being their biggest worry. The comparison of the environments is a "must listen!"
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Ep. 39 - Barbara Crain: Dairy and Beef Farming in Oklahoma
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
Barbara Crain, along with her husband, pioneered grass-fed dairy and beef in the state of Oklahoma. Together they have taken a tired, underproducing wheat farm and turned it into a profitable, environmentally responsible value-added grass-fed dairy farm. She would like to be an example of how a small farm can be profitable, sustainable, and a viable option for the next generation. Barbara has hosted PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® women from both Afghanistan and Rwanda.
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Ep. 38 - Michel Buthion: Restaurant Creativity!
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
Michel Buthion is considered a fine food and wine aficionado not just in Oklahoma, but around the globe. Other ventures have included turning a vintage theatre into a dining and event center, building and managing the first boutique hotel food and beverage concept in the City, taking over a favorite Italian eatery in town, and finally, developing and managing that long dreamed of saloon and chop house in Stockyards City. Hear about the fun events he orchestrated to keep his business alive during COVID-19!
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Ep. 37-Manizha Wafeq: The Real Afghanistan Today
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
Manizha Wafeq graduated from the inaugural PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® class in 2007 and is currently teaching her 13th year of the program in Kabul as the In-Country Facilitator for Afghanistan. In this role, she has taught and mentored more than 400 Afghan businesswomen in Kabul and other smaller provinces. She tells us what is happening in Afghanistan with the hospital attack and the coronavirus. LISTEN to her full story on Episode 7 of Peace Through Business Podcast.
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Ep. 36 - Mohsina Saqeb: Creativity in Clothing Manufacturing
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
Ms. Mohseni Saqeb is the Founder and President of Jama Saqeb Design and Production Company in Afghanistan. She is a skilled business woman with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Jama's products in the clothing design sector combine new, classic and local designs such as formal, local and traditional clothing, handbags, pillow covers and mobile phones with new, classic and local designs. The company now provides services in different provinces and countries in America, Australia, Europe and Asi
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Ep. 35 - Florence Isaro: Reading in Rwanda
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
Florence Isaro is a passionate linguist who works as a translator with two bachelor’s degrees. As an adult in Rwanda, she has seen firsthand how challenging it is for parents to get their children to and from the public library. Her very inspiring objective for her business, Books and Brains is to create an enterprise that will not only help kids discover the power of books but will also make those books more accessible to those children who don’t have the luxury of a public library in their neighborhoo
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Ep. 34 - Barbara Umumoza: We Are Feeding the People
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
Barbara Umuhoza is a pastor and the owner of Eclat Communications. She’s particularly dedicated to helping her country become a regional conference hub for east Africa. Her company has a wide spread of services, such as translation, content production, and social media usage. She talks about how COVID has changed the pastoral mission. She also has a new television station channel! LISTEN to her full episode 16 on Peace Through Business podcast.
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Ep. 33-Sylvia Scott: Building the Girls CEO Connection
PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS®
New work led her to coordinating a mother-daughter entrepreneurship summit, and it was the springboard for a desire to help teen girls find a path to entrepreneurship. Her organization, the Girls CEO Connection, offers coaching, mentoring, and regular conferences that connect girls with business leaders and training in how to own their success. Her help hasn’t stopped there, as she also has been connected with women in Afghanistan through the Peace Through Business program.
info_outlineHasina Aimaq’s father died in Afghanistan, leaving his wife and a daughter. Girls were not allowed to go to school or study under the Taliban. Her mother took her to a house who taught children and always hid Hasina under her burqa since both would have been killed if discovered. She talks about how men feared educating women because “they might not listen to us anymore.” Finally, when the Taliban left, she was able to go to school. her mother sat outside the school gate all day for 12 years, waiting for Hasina. At one point, she raised her burqa to see and “they beat her with wooden things.” Hasina says her mother is her role model. Hasina now has a food business, specializing in selling desserts her mother makes.
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