Sewing Machines to Women: Widows and poor women are provided sewing machines for in-home tailoring businesses. It costs $75 to provide an individual with a sewing machine DONATE
Tools for Various Professions: People are provided assistance in the form of push-carts and supplies for selling vegetables or other items as street vendors, or cash is given for setting up retail shops. Also under this project, tools and equipment are given for various professions for starting businesses. It costs just $200 for a push-cart and supplies to start a street vending business, it costs approximately $200 - $500 to set up a retail shop and varied costs for tools based on each profession.
The sister organization of Hidaya Trust, Hidaya Foundation was awarded Sitara-i-Eisaar (Star of Sacrifice) by the Government of Pakistan, in recognition of the results-oriented relief efforts of both the organizations during the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. It was awarded during a special ceremony held at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, DC.
In Keeping with our commitment to the communities in which Hidaya Trust operates, it hires its work force as an equal opportunity employer. It means that employment decisions are based on merit and business needs and not on race, color, status in the society, ancestry, sex, age, religion, creed and marital status.