Ba-Ikhtyar, meaning “empowered”, is a vocational training implemented by HEADS and funded by PPAF, designed to build economic independence among women in District Chitral. Through a one-month training in tailoring, stitching, and fashion designing.
50 women from deserving families gained practical, market-ready skills at a local vocational training center. Each participant received a formal certificate upon completion, opening doors to home-based enterprise and sustainable income generation.

Project Objectives

• Equip women with vocational skills to generate independent income
• Enhance employability and entrepreneurial capacity of vulnerable women
• Promote socio-economic well-being through skills-based empowerment

Key Activities

• Community mobilization and beneficiary selection
• One-month vocational training in tailoring, stitching & fashion designing
• Enterprise development and home-based business guidance
• Certification and Mobile Phones Distribution ceremony for all 50 Trainees