PHOTO: BUKSH FOUNDATION
Twenty-eight-year-old Fiza Farhan, co-founder of Buksh Foundation, has made it to the list of American business magazine Forbes' list of 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs for 2015.
Farhan runs Buksh Foundation, a microfinance institution that brings clean energy projects to poor and rural areas.
The foundation has trained 135 women as energy entrepreneurs and has brought solar-powered lights to 6,750 households.
In May 2014, Farhan was presented with the title of co-chairperson of the Italian Development Committee (IDC), a body working to promote bilateral trade and investment between Italy and Pakistan.
Last year, Shiza Shahid, co-founder of Malala Fund, was awarded the distinguished position.
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very well done and bravo!
Excellent!
Smart, successful and oh so lovely. I think I'm in love. Go FF!
Well done the world needs many more young people to come forward and work towards trying to help who want to come out of the poverty line...CONGRATULATIONS young lady may they be many more people to help you in your journey.
well done.!!!
congratulations to Ms. Farhan for serving humanity and the country.
Everyone over sixty should retire and hand over nation's future to these smart girls.
Great News for Pakistan and Pakistani women entrepreneurs. Congrats to Ms. Fiza Farhan and Buksh Foundation for their result producing efforts.
Congratulation...excellent work. Energy poverty is one of the main social issues facing by those people in Pakistan who are living below the poverty line. Her efforts are incredible for alleviating this energy poverty....