OneDayinAfghanistan Housework; the Only Option for Women Golsum Bibi is an illiterate Afghan woman in her mid-twenties. The sweet dish she makes is famous among villagers but Afghanistan’s recent economic crisis has put a damper on her business.
Economy The Traveling Pitcher Salesman Abdullah Noorzai is an elderly pitcher salesman who takes care of his large family by walking several kilometers every day, striving to turn a profit and feed the mouths waiting at home.
OneDayinAfghanistan The 102 Year Old Afghan Leathersmith One of the oldest man in western Afghanistan’s Herat province keeps one of the most ancient professions alive.
OneDayinAfghanistan Her Studio is Her Whole World Diba Naseri’s world and her place of imagination is the tiny room she spends her time painting in. She is happy when she is painting, and nothing, not even the errors and mistakes in those paintings can take her out of her happy place.
OneDayinAfghanistan Camels Leave No Time for Tea Camel herder Habibullah Baloch spends at least half a year herding the animals in the deserts of southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province.
OneDayinAfghanistan Weaving a Life From Reeds and Straw Small, agricultural-based businesses are suffering the impact of Afghanistan’s economic crisis and the persistent drought devastating communities across the poverty-stricken country.
OneDayinAfghanistan The Apple Farmer Serving Travelers Mahram Ali’s farmstand is the last stop before reaching a popular park along a highway connecting two of Afghanistan’s western provinces, Herat and Badghis, make it popular for tourists and locals alike.
OneDayinAfghanistan Grapes Feed Families Basir Ahmad Darwishi has worked as a raisin processor in western Afghanistan’s Herat province for the past 20 years. His business employs over a dozen locals annually, a vital resource considering the country’s economic situation.
OneDayinAfghanistan Ten Years’ Hard Labor, Feels Like One Hundred Zumarai Ahmadi has spent years working as a construction material salesman in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, selling everything he finds there; sand, gravel and rock.
OneDayinAfghanistan A Midwife with 40 Grandchildren In Badakhshan, where experience still rules over formal education, Alim Nesa has served her community as a home-based #midwife for the last 30 years.
OneDayinAfghanistan No Education, No Play, No Childhood Three teenagers work at a shade making workshop in Afghanistan’s Nimroz province. The teens say they have no choice but to be their family's breadwinners.
OneDayinAfghanistan Villager Establishes His Own School Abdul Qader saw no educational facilities upon return to his hometown of Qader Khan, a village in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. So he took it upon himself to open one.
OneDayinAfghanistan A Day with a Broom Maker Mah Sultan is a woman making the brooms in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province in order to help take care of her family. She barely makes enough from the business, but has no choice in the matter.
Child Labor Children Without a Childhood The number of families putting children like Mohammad and Mustafa to work is increasing across Afghanistan as poverty in the country marred by an economic crisis rises.
OneDayinAfghanistan Profitable Profession to Barely Making By Jewelry smith Humayoun Khashi has been in the business for the past 25 years. He owns a store in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, taking care of his family through the business.
OneDayinAfghanistan Family Lives on Scraps The Gala Bacha family are farmers who work on a melon farm in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province. Droughts over the past several years have hit them hard, forcing the family to ponder over the viability of their future in this village.
OneDayinAfghanistan Brick Maker: Work or Sell Your Children Saleh Noorzai is a brick factory employee in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province who works 12 hour days just to earn a meager wage that barely keeps his family fed.
OneDayinAfghanistan Honey; There is Honey Guncha Gul Karimi is an inspiring businesswoman who started a honey production & processing factory in western Afghanistan’s Herat province 13 years ago.
OneDayinAfghanistan Contrary to Tradition, This Rancher is a Woman Karima is a hardworking Afghan woman who has spent most of her childhood and adult life tending to livestock. But she has made a business out of that skill now and takes care of her family through that.
OneDayinAfghanistan Female Baker Makes Famous Cookies Sakina Jamali is a 40 year-old baker who has been in the business of making the famous Badakhshani cookies for the past 16 years in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province.
OneDayinAfghanistan Distillery Hopes Afghans Go Local Afghan factory producing distilled products hopes that business revitalizes throughout Afghanistan. The factory owner says support for local produce is needed for factories to stand on their feet.
Women Embroidery; the Delicate Art of Resistance Nargis Mahmoodi and her five children work every day as embroiderers to earn livelihood for their family in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province.
OneDayinAfghanistan A Farmer's Day Abdul Basir Baqizada has been a farmer since he was 15. He has provided for his family’s expenses through this trade/skill for the past 25 years.
OneDayinAfghanistan When Art is Your Only Means of Escape Mixed media artist Mohammad Rafiq Sadiq is a businessman from Afghanistan’s southwestern Nimroz province who uses art as an escape from the continuous conflict that has torn his country apart.
OneDayinAfghanistan No School for This District Chinarto, a district in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province has no access to education and hasn't for the last four decades, according to its residents. Children here have grown up illiterate for generations.
