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Mozzam Guru giving presentation on procurement protocols that selected SBS candidates need to follow while making purchases.

Javeed Ahmad Lead Youth Development explaining monitoring and evaluation to 20 selected candidates of Small Business Support

Dr Zahida Shah - CHINAR's board member shares her thoughts with the audience. #CHINARSmallBusinessSupport #CHINARYouthDevelopment

Dr Mushtaq Margoob - CHINAR's board member and renowned psychiatrist of the valley congratulates the top 20 candidates selected for #SmallBusinessSupport . Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai #CHINARSmallBusinessSupport #CHINARYouthDevelopment

Felicitation ceremony #CHINARSmallBusinessSupport #CHINARYouthDevelopment

Certificate distribution to top 20 candidates for #SmallBusinessSupport #CHINARSmallBusinessSupport #CHINARYouthDevelopment Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Irfan - one of the selected candidates shares his thoughts with the audience. #CHINARSmallBusinessSupport #CHINARYouthDevelopment

Irfan Shahmiri - Global Executive Director congratulates top 20 candidates selected for the Small Business Support at the felicitation ceremony. #CHINARSmallBusinessSupport #CHINARYouthDevelopment Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Zahoor Ahmed Ganai from Baramulla presenting his idea of selling Ladies suits. #smallbusinesssupport #Day3oftheevent

Irfan Ahmad Shalla from #Downtown #Srinagar. Business idea - Grocery store. #CHINARSmallBusinessSupport #CHINARYouthDevelopment Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Mehraj-ud-din from #Budgam presenting his business idea of diary farm to the panelists. #CHINARSmallBusinessSupport #CHINARYouthDevelopment Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Closing comments of the day by Prof. Saad Parvez (Head of incubation cell- NIT, Srinagar) #smallbusinesssupport #day2oftheevent

DONATE GENEROUSLY IN THE BLESSED MONTH OF RAMADAN Almighty Allah offers numerous spiritual rewards during the holy month of Ramadan! SHARE your blessings this Ramadan! Donate generously to help underprivileged children, youth and families in Kashmir. OUR ZAKAT ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS: 1) CHILD DEVELOPMENT - Sponsor A Child ($420/Year/Child) - Educational & nutritional support for orphans/children in poverty 2) LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT - FOR GUARDIANS - Sponsor A Guardian’s Livelihood ($1,000/Family - one time) - Helps guardians of sponsored children become self-reliant 3) SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT - FOR YOUTH - Sponsor A Small Business Support ($2,000/Youth - one time) - Helps Marginalized/Unemployed Youth

CHINAR PROVIDES SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT TO MOHD. RAJAB MALLA FROM PATTAN BARAMULLA Mohd. Rajab Malla (28), a specially abled yet impassioned young man belonging to Aaram Mohalla, Pattan is the sole provider for his family of 6. He runs a small barbeque shop from a room in his house to earn his livelihood but the meager income hardly meets his family's financial needs of food and medicine. His struggle intensified during the COVID lockdown and the financial constraints completely crippled his Small Business. #CHINAR reached out to him and enrolled him under the #Small Business Support (SBS) Project. He was provided a #Kiryana Shop as an extension to his Barbeque shop. Considering the need of such an establishment in the area, the business idea is marketable and he expects to earn good profit. We wish him luck for a successful business.

CHINAR enrolled students shine in Class 10th examinations. Twenty-four students from five districts of J&K- Srinagar, Shopian, Pulwama, Kupwara and Doda qualified the #Class 10th exams with excellent results. Most of these children belong to destitute families and are mostly first generation learners.

Annual Distribution held in Srinagar #CHINAR held an annual distribution for district #Srinagar where 125 children enrolled under the #Child Development Program received necessities like stationery, winter casuals etc.

A proud moment for #CHINAR International as students enrolled in #Child Development Program show outstanding performance in Class #12th examinations.

Heartiest Congratulations to ZAHID BASHIR for scoring an outstanding 91% in his class 12th Examination. The CHINAR team feels elated to witness the growth and success of Zahid Bashir, one of the first beneficiaries of CHINAR International. Zahid, an orphan, was enrolled under the Child Development Program in the year 2011. After the death of his father in 2009, the financial condition of his family deteriorated so much that they were not even able to meet their basic needs of food and shelter. However, CHINAR came to the aid of his family by providing Livelihood Support to his mother, Dilshada, in the form of a sheep unit so as to make her self reliant. While the sheep unit was in its starting phase, CHINAR took up all expenses of Zahids' education and ensured his holistic development. Once a stable source of income was established for his family, Zahid was able to focus on his education. His dedication and drive to do better in life made him score 401 in his Class 10th Examination. Now once again, Zahid has outshined everyone and secured an outstanding 455 marks in his 12th Class Examination. He has once again made his mother and CHINAR proud of his achievements. We wish him more success in his life ahead.

#Videostory. Shafkat Ali Bhat (23)- lone bread earner of the family lives with his parents and three sisters at Gadakhud Sumbal, Bandipora. He dropped his studies after 12th and did mobile repairing technical course which helped him to earn meager income. To grow his income, he always wanted to start a mobile repairing unit on large scale and selling of electronic items. But due to lack of financial resources it was not possible for him to fulfil his dream. When CHINAR International started its Small Business Support initiative, without giving any second thought he applied and luckily he made it to top 10. CHINAR International launched his unit and provided him with all the necessary equipment’s for mobile repairing and electronic items.

Altaf Mir- a professional electrician lives with his wife and children in a single room in the Handwara area of Kupwara. Altaf has studied till 12th grade and after that left education to support his family financially. Since Altaf has experience of 6 years as an electrician, he always wanted to start a unit where he can sell electronic items and provide electrical services as well. Due to lack of finances, he was never able to do so. When CHINAR started the initiative of small business support, he applied and presented his idea to the team of experts. Altaf got shortlisted and CHINAR launched his unit by providing him with all the necessary items. CHINAR wishes him all the very best for a successful venture.

TWO-DAY EXPOSURE TRIP WITH SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS CONCLUDES SUCCESSFULLY CHINAR International had a fantastic ending to 2021 through a two-day exposure trip with a fresh batch of 43 social work students from Kashmir university. The trip covered intervention sites in Srinagar, Bandipora and Baramullah. All the students had a healthy discussion with the CHINAR beneficiaries where they learnt about their challenging journeys and inspiring stories. It was an exciting journey full of learnings, thought sharing, ice-breaker activities and fun-filled space. It was a whole new experience for students to connect with the pain and sufferings of children and families coming from low socio-economic backgrounds. Post two-day trip, we regrouped and had a follow up session with students at Kashmir university to debrief and share reflections of the trip.Time management, food and comfort and beneficiary satisfaction were highlighted by students during feedback session. Dr. Shazia, HOD also praised CHINAR's interventions and applauded team for making it a productive trip for students. Thanks to department of social work for giving us an opportunity to organise this trip and we look forward to many more in future.

#Videostory Zahida- a passionate and hard-working woman from district Baramulla had clear thoughts about her business idea and wants to do everything possible to make it work. Coming from a very humble background, Zahida always wanted to support her father in managing family expenses. She is a graduate and wants to pursue her dream of becoming a change maker in her society. Zahida’s idea is to start a venture by the name of PALAV VAAN where she will sell designer and customized clothes for ladies and kids. When she came to know about the initiative of Small business support, she applied and got selected out of 154 applicants. CHINAR provided her with all the necessary items to launch her unit.

#videostory Firdous Ahmed Reshi- an energetic man coming from a humble background from district Budgam is a post-graduate and was struggling hard to get a job. After going through all the struggles, he decided to start something of his own instead of relying on Govt. jobs. He approached CHINAR international through its program of Small Business Support and made it to the top 10. Today we launched his unit and provided him with all the material to run his business. Firdous was very happy and pledged to do all the hard work to make his business successful. Firdous is one of the most deserving candidates who was in dire need of CHINAR's support. CHINAR wishes Firdous all the very best for a successful venture.

CHINAR INTERNATIONAL PROVIDED SMALL #BUSINESS SUPPORT TO DILAWAR HUSSAIN FROM PATTAN Dilawar Hussain from Nowgam, #Bandipora is one of the Top 10 winners of CHINAR International’s Small Business Support initiative. Dilawar who is in his thirties is a young and energetic man who always dreamt of starting his own publishing house, but due to financial constraints, he couldn’t. Besides having a low economic background, he has seen a lot of other struggles in his life. When CHINAR International came up with the initiative of Small Business Support, Dilawar applied and made it to the top 10. Dilawar masters the skill of publishing, graphics designing, photo, and video editing, etc. Dilawar currently lives in a tin shed and desires to construct a beautiful house for his family. CHINAR International helped him in launching his unit and provided him with all the necessary items which are required to run his business. It was a moment of joy and happiness for him and his family to see his dream turning into a reality. #videostory

CHINAR INTERNATIONAL PROVIDED SMALL #BUSINESS SUPPORT TO MOHD RAMZAN KAR FROM HANDWARA KUPWARA Mohd Ramzan Kar, a young and energetic guy in his thirties lives in Rajwara, Kupwara. He is a matriculate who #dropped his studies due to lack of finances. Being the eldest son, he pledged to do something sustainable so that his siblings will continue his education. He had started a sheep unit back in 2012 and was doing well in his life. Unfortunately, in 2014 all of his livestock died and he was left with no source of income. Ramzan didn’t give up and started providing shepherd services to livestock which belong to different owners to sustain his living. Ramzan always wanted to start his own sheep unit on high scale since he had expertise in this field. But due to shortage of funds, he was not able to fulfil his dream. When we came up with the initiative of Small #business support, without giving any second thought he applied and made it to top 10. CHINAR International provided him all the support to start his own #sheepunit and today, Ramzan is running the unit successfully and aspires to scale heights in this business.

Shabir Ahmad Dar from village Trikolbal Pattan lives with his parents and two sisters. He is skilled in #copper designing. Earlier he used to work for a contractor where he was paid less. He intends to open his workstation at his home but lacks the finances to start it. Even though there are more people involved in the area who do similar work but none of them own any such workstation. He approached CHINAR International with his idea of starting a personal workstation of copper engraving and being an employment generator. After proper assessment and due diligence, CHINAR International helped Shabir financially to start his #Business unit. We provide him with all the raw material which was required to start his unit. Today Shabir is earning a good amount to run his family’s needs and is also creating work for others. #VideoStory

CHINAR International, in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences( TISS), Mumbai launched Small Business Support Project at IMPA, Srinagar. Out of 154 candidates who applied for the program from all districts of Kashmir, 21 made it to the finals and 10 will be provided with the start up support. We are grateful to Prof. Satyajit Majumdar and Mr. Sujay from Tata Institute of Social Sciences टाटा सामाजिक विज्ञान संस्थान and Prof. Saad Parvez from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar for sharing their knowledge and expertise with us.

LIVELIHOOD PROVIDED TO BADERWAH FAMILY CHINAR provided #livelihood support to Kanchan Singh from the remote village of #Baderwah Tehsil in #Doda district (Jammu division). Ten years back, Kanchan used to run a small grocery store, which went out of stock after he met an accident and got paralyzed. CHINAR provided him all the supplies and products to resume his business to sustain his family. Kanchan is confident that he will generate sufficient income through his shop and become self-reliant.

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Looking back on 10 impactful years, and looking forward to 10 more. A big thank you to our donors, supporters, patrons, board of directors (USA & India), advisors, local resource partners and ground team in Kashmir! Special Thanks To: 🖋 Writer: Zareef Ahmad Zareef 🎼 Singer & Composer: Irfan & Bilal #10thAnniversary #10YearsOfService