Patience and Endurance
Written by: Husamuddin Hamdard
Some businessmen and shopkeepers in Afghanistan are not professionals and they might lose their interest in work and face loss but what would be the result of having patience and endurance and economic works?
AEPO’s writer/producer has talked Muhammad Naim Rajabi, the head of a burger meat product company in Kabul city.
Rajabi says about his activities: “when I was in one of our neighboring countries, I was working in a burger meat product company. When I came back to Afghanistan, I started my own work about 16 years ago. At the beginning, I faced many problems. I had no customers and people were not willing to buy burger and sausage and I was facing loss every month but I did not lose my patience and endurance. Later I brought some changes in my products and slowly I found more customers.
I have started my activity with 90 thousand Afghanis and now I am the owner of a private house, a car and I paid for my wedding ceremony from the benefits of my factory products.”
Knife Maker:
AEPO's writer/producer had a trip to Nangarhar province and there he has talked to Abdul Wahab, a resident of Jalalabad city.
Abdul Wahab says about his activities: “I and my three sons are working together in a single shop and we are making different sizes knives form iron, bronze, and rasp. Each one of us has different jobs in the shop. We prepare the raw materials from the market of Jalalabad city. I got about 30% benefit from each knife. We get orders from Kabul, Kandahar, Helmand, Konar and Nooristan provinces and I am satisfied with my work.”