Astana, Kazakhstan
Empower
Elmira Askerova (F'19) worked with a social enterprise whose main goal was to create job opportunities for marginalzed citizens in Astana, Kazakhstan. She connected with international donors such as UNDP, World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank, various foreign embassies, and local NGOs to see how they could support the development of this social enterprise in Central Asia. She also visited local Kazakh orphanages. To read more about her experiences, go to her blog.