FIZA FARHAN

• CEO and Co-Founder of the Buksh

Foundation
• Microfinance institution
• Clean energy projects for the country’s
rural and underprivileged areas and
empower women in agents of change
• Make an impact on Pakistani society
 Work of Fiza Farhan
• Create enterprises, not clients
• If takes a loan once
• Do something for the underprivileged
communities
• Lighting a Million Lives’ project
– clean drinking water for 6,000 households
– solar powered lights to around 6750
household
– trained 135 women as energy entrepreneurs
 Work of Fiza Farhan
• Social entrepreneurship is critical to
Pakistan
• Her name in its list of 30 under 30 social
entrepreneurs for the year 2015 and
2016
• She represents Pakistan on the United
Nation’s Secretary General’s first ever
High Level Panel on Women Economic
Empowerment,
 Key of Success
• Greatest strength listen to her inner
voice
• When someone says it’s impossible,
• Do not compromise any of your desires,
aspirations and ambitions