Success Stories

Title: Celebrating Shell Tameer Women Entrepreneurs

Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds

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Shell Tameer, our entrepreneurship development programme, work with women to empower them. The video celebrates with three women entrepreneurs of Shell Tameer in their journey of social and economic empowerment.

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We proudly present Shell Tameer women

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Ramla Kaleem Shah in an outdoor setting, narrating her journey.

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Ramla Kaleem Shah

CEO Aqua Agro

[Subtitles] Hi I am Ramla Kaleem, CEO of Aqua Agro. I am an entrepreneur.

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Ramla monitors the innovative device that helps productivity and water savings for farmers in Pakistan.

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[Subtitles] I started my entrepreneurship journey by selling off my final year project for 1 million rupees.

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Madiha Hassan in her office, narrating her journey.

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Madiha Hassan

Founder Pankh

[Subtitles] Hi, my name is Madiha and I am an entrepreneur and founder of Pankh.

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Women bikers ride together displaying Pakistan flags. A female straddling a bike being taught to ride. A female tutor showing a learner the mechanism of a bike.

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[Subtitles] It’s been 7 years we have been training women to ride bikes.

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Mehwish at her home, narrating her journey.

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Mehwish

Founder of Mahi Stitching Center

[Subtitles] My name is Mehwish, I am from Kashmir, I have 3 kids.

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Ramla Kaleem Shah in an outdoor setting, continuing her story. 

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[Subtitles] We started Aqua Agro as a research project. We went to Gadap and met the farmers there.

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Ramla with a farmer and a colleague at a farm. The farmer is sharing his need. Ramla is showing the farmer how to use the device. The device is being set up.

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[Subtitles] We found that there is a gap between the use of conventional practices and use of technology.

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Madiha Hassan in her office, continuing her story.

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[Subtitles] In my college days, I used to travel through local transport a lot, public buses and rickshaws.

I used to wait for it for so long after my class and I always used to feel insecure.

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Mehwish embroiders on a red fabric, using green, blue and orange thread.

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[Subtitles] I learnt myself. I became independent.

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Mehwish teaches a student at a sewing machine. Mehwish using a manual sewing machine while two students watch and learn. Mehwish at her home, narrating her story

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[Subtitles] Now I want to see the girls I teach, learn and become independent.

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Women of Pankh posing with a policewoman. Madiha at her office, narrating her story.

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[Subtitles] A woman is an integral part of our society, what I believe is that we have given them independence

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Mehwish at her home, narrating her story. Mehwish coaching her children in their education.

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[Subtitles] My kids have access to good education with the help of this business.

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Madiha at her office, narrating her story.

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[Subtitles] There is no greater achievement better than a single woman or a widow remembering me in her good words or prayers.

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Madiha posing with a group of women including a policewoman. Madiha at her office, narrating her story.

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[Subtitles] My team has been very supportive and most importantly my husband.

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Mehwish at her home, narrating her story.

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[Subtitles] I have faced every challenge in life with the help of my family.

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Madiha sharing words of wisdom.

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[Subtitles] Don’t underestimate yourself

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Mehwish sharing words of wisdom.

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[Subtitles] I didn’t give up. My message to everyone is that whatever hardship comes your way, face them and don’t give up.

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Ramla sharing words of wisdom.

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[Subtitles] Believe in yourself. If you trust your own self, nothing can put you down.

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The word ‘Be’ appears on a white screen, followed by ‘Strong’, to read ‘Be Strong’.

‘Strong’ disappears and is replaced with ‘Different’ to read ‘Be Different’.

‘Different’ disappears and is replaced with ‘You’ to read ‘Be You’.

‘You’ disappears and is replaced with ‘The Change’ to read ‘Be The Change’.

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The video closes with the Shell Pecten.