Creating Livelihoods.
Changing Lives
“The program has been an amazing success and a symbol of progress towards building bridges for women in Afghanistan to walk towards a future where they can thrive.” Sourosh Cina (Vice President, Mahboba’s Promise)
Launched in 2023 in collaboration with the GIM Foundation, Strings of Hope is a unique capacity building program.
It empowers women across Kabul and Panjshir Provinces (Afghanistan) through seamstress and tapestry training, allowing the most vulnerable women them to become self sufficient and secure their economic future.
Launched in 2023 in collaboration with the GIM Foundation, Strings of Hope is a unique capacity building program.
It empowers women across Kabul and Panjshir Provinces (Afghanistan) through seamstress and tapestry training, allowing the most vulnerable women them to become self sufficient and secure their economic future.
An Inspired Beginning:
How it Started
Launched in 2023 when a group of 30 women received tailoring skills training from local experienced instructors, the Strings of Hope program has gone from strength to strength in a short time. In addition to the training, the 30 women were provided with equipment and materials such as sewing machines, fabrics, and needles to apply the skills they learned. The rest, as they say, is history!
A Proven Model for Empowerment
Building on the success of our first program, we’ve gone from strength to strength. Some 78 women have now reached economic stability for themselves and their family by learning new skills. 500 traditional Afghan bags produced by these women were sold in Australia. We now have partnerships ready to go, and many more women to help.
Transform Afghan women’s lives. Commit to monthly gift today
Offline Donation Options
Via Phone:
Call our office on
+61 2 9887 1665
between the hours of
10 AM -3 PM
Monday to Friday.
Via Direct Deposit:
Mahboba’s Promise Inc
Bank: Commonwealth Bank
BSB: 062 320
Account Number: 1017 6256
SWIFT Code: CTBAAU2S
Use the reference “Water Well Appeal 24”
and your name.
Via Mail:
Send a cheque, money order or
cash to:
Mahboba’s Promise
PO Box 6234
North Ryde NSW 2113
Mahboba’s Promise is an Australian non-profit committed to aiding underprivileged women and children and other vulnerable groups in Afghanistan and Australia.
Founded in 2001 by Mahboba Rawi, an Afghan refugee who is now an Australian citizen, the organisation was established based on her firsthand experience of the profound impact of decades of war and civil unrest on her home country.
For 22 years using her deep understanding of the challenges in Afghanistan, Mahboba’s Promise has been able to deliver responsive, adaptable and impactful assistance directly to orphans and widows in the country and surrounding regions.
Strings of Hope is a proud program of this unique NGO, helping Afghan women stand gain crucial self-sufficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
A Strings of Hope sponsorship is a monthly commitment you make as a sponsor to this innovative program. Strings of Hope is a unique program that helps vulnerable Afghan women gain the skills they need to become economically self-sufficient.
The program teaches traditional carpet weaving methods and advanced tailoring techniques to vulnerable women, enabling them to become more self-sufficient than before, and in turn secure their economic stability in the process.
At this stage, we are unable to offer annual, lump-sum payment options. For our work to succeed, we prefer that you choose a monthly, recurring sponsorship option. It really does help our work go that much further!
We describe further above on this page what each option allows us to achieve. Some giving options focus on providing classes; others allow us to buy the raw materials needed to allow Afghan women to learn these crucial skills.
If you cancel your sponsorship, we will stop debiting your bank account for your monthly sponsorship in the month immediately after your cancellation.
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