Full name: Tikkun Olam International, (T-O-I) Legal Status: Non-Profit, 501(c)(3) in the United States. Implementing Partner : Tikkun Olam Microfinance (T-O-M). Location of the partner: Kabul, Afghanistan More: www.t-o-i.org

1. “Transforming the World Together One Life at
a Time”
Tikkun Olam International

2. CONTENT:
About T-O-I
Core Values of T-O-I and T-O-M
About T-O-M and Why Microfinance
Social Performance Department:
 Job Placement Program
 Transition Home for orphan boys
 DIY Creations- Empowering Afghan Women
 Disaster Relief
Contacts

3. ABOUT T-O-I
Full name: Tikkun Olam International,
(T-O-I)
Legal Status: Non-Profit, 501(c)(3) in
the United States.
Implementing Partner : Tikkun Olam
Microfinance (T-O-M).
Location of the partner: Kabul,
Afghanistan

4. CORE VALUES OF T-O-I
Honesty
Responsibility
Accountability
Respect
Transparency
Perseverance
Compassion
Dedication
Service
Encouragement
Teamwork
Excellence

5. MICROFINANCE
Our micro-finance
loans, investments, and
Musharakah
partnerships allow
clients to increase the
size of their businesses
through free enterprise
and as a result
generate more income.
With the additional
income provided by the
loans or partnerships,
people are able to
provide food, housing,
healthcare, and
education for their
families.

6. MICRO-FINANCE NUMBERS
Active Clients
5,198
-women
1,849
-men
3,192
Number of Staff
151
Number of Branches
2
Location Kabul,
Afghanistan

7. JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAM
In Afghanistan, the last
year has seen the
unemployment rate
grow by 40 percent,
and hit a new rate of
over 50%. Based on
figures provided by the
Ministry of Labor and
Social Affairs, over 1.8
million eligible workers
are unemployed in
Afghanistan.
T-O-M has helped to
find full time jobs for
more than 80 people,
among them are
orphans, widows, and
disabled persons.

8. JOB PLACEMENT
NUMBERS FOR TODAY
Over the last 15 years many jobs
depended on the presence of foreigners,
thus giving the economy a false boost.
Once the foreign troops, contractors, and
expat workers left Afghanistan the
economy crashed, as it heavily relied on the
spending of expats.
12 million Afghans earn less than
$0.45USD per day.
Many educated youth with university
degrees are protesting and crying out to
the government as they cannot find jobs.
Former senior managers with reputable
organizations are now driving taxis trying
to earn money as they cannot find jobs.
"Those who had jobs are now unemployed
and at the same time no new jobs were
created," deputy CSO Chief Haseebullah
Muahid said.
12
60
6
8
T-O-I Job Placement Numbers
Widows Orphans Disabled Other

9. FACTORIES AND
EXPORTATION GOODSOur goal for this program is 3 fold and will create an
additional 500-700 jobs.
1. To have modern designed furniture hand made by local
Afghan carpenters for export.
2. Open a bakery for making local and international items
for sale in Afghanistan.
3. Production of products like candles and soap
for exportation and for sale in Afghanistan.
These jobs will not depend on the presence of
foreigners. This program will give a true boost to the
economy, not a false boost based on foreign troops,
contractors, and expat workers spending money for a short
period of time. Furniture and candles designed by T-O-
M

10. TRANSITION HOME FOR ADOLESCENT
ORPHAN BOYS
T-O-I provides a safe environment
to boys who have graduated from
local orphanages. We believe that
having a safe place to live with
warm meals, life mentoring, and a
family environment will give the
boys the means to become
productive citizens – which in turn
helps the country to develop and
improve its economy. This
program takes in a boy with
nothing but the clothes on his
back and when he graduates from
the program he has basic life
skills, household items, and the
ability to be self sustainable and
live independently on his own.
Boys with their mentor

11. ORPHANS OF AFGHANISTAN
51% illiteracy rate, male youth (15-24
years)
82% illiteracy rate, female youth (15-24
years)
54% of girls are not enrolled in primary
school
85% of girls are not enrolled in secondary
school
26% of boys are not enrolled in primary
school
62% of boys are not enrolled in secondary
school
52% of population does not have safe
drinking water
50%
15%
10%
25%
Orphans Numbers of
Afghanistan
Orphans
Children Sleep on the street
Children are maimed from land mines
Children suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome
Source: World Bank

12. DIY CREATIONS - EMPOWERING WOMEN
The goal of DIY Creations is to empower women by
providing them with skills and a job. Thus giving
them a chance to earn an income and be able to
financially contribute to the family. During the
Taliban era girls were not allowed to be educated.
As a result, today most women over the age of 30 in
Afghanistan have no education, no work experience,
and no skills to be able to provide an income for
their families.

13. SOME FACTS ABOUT AFGHAN
WIDOWS
There are an estimated 1 million Afghan widows.
Their average age is 35.
90% of them have an average of four or more
children.
Without the protection of a husband, widows
suffer from social exclusion in Afghanistan’s
patriarchal society. Many widows have no choice
but to become beggars.
Women and children have suffered the horrors
of kidnapping, child trafficking, organ harvesting,
sexual abuses, and child labor in addition to
appalling humiliation and degradation.

14. DISASTER RELIEF
PROGRAM
Heartbreaking events take place everyday in
Afghanistan. Many innocent people fall victims of
explosions, avalanches, mudslides, and earthquakes. It
can happen to anyone as in the end it comes down to
being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
In August 2015, a vehicle filled with explosive material
blew up in a residential area in Kabul in the middle of
the night. Over 50 people died and more than 400
people were injured.
Our Disaster Relief team, made up of Afghan volunteers,
is on stand by to help people who are the victims of
these natural disasters and and terrorist actions.

15. CHALLENGES THAT T-O-I FACES WORKING IN
AFGHANISTAN
Security
Unemployment
Ethnic challenges
Corruption
Emigration Crises
Women’s Rights and
the oppression of
women
Sources: Tolonews, Indiacom,

16. HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO HELP THE
PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN
The problem:
The war in
Afghanistan
Outcome if the problem is not
addressed properly
Solution to the problem
• There are no jobs.
• The economy continues to fail.
• Corruption continues to grow as
people become desperate.
• People join terrorist groups to
support and feed their families.
• Afghans continue to flee the country.
• Fighting becomes an every day
occurrence and death becomes a
normal way of life for all.
• The numbers of orphans, widows,
and disabled people rise.
• Lack of infrastructure.
• The illiteracy rates rise.
• Depression levels rise and people
lose all hope.
• The International programs and AID
dries up and eventually goes away.
Create long term jobs so people can
experience financial security.
Education and vocational training.
Create stable infrastructure available in the
homes of all Afghans at reasonable rates. i.e.
electricity and clean water.
Outcomes
• People are able to meet the financial needs of
their families.
• Lives are less stressful when they have
access to modern infrastructure.
• People have hope and the depression rates
drop.
• People feel safe and want to stay in
Afghanistan.
• People stand up to terrorists as they don’t
want the problems that come with insecurity.

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