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Afghan Polio Survivor’s Sock Factory Provides Hope by Employing Disabled Workers
Mohammad Amiri’s factory employs 50 disabled workers, many polio survivors, aiming to expand to 2,000 and create sustainable jobs amid high disability rates in Afghanistan.
- Last month, Mohammad Amiri, 35, opened a sock production workshop in Herat province, Afghanistan, employing around 50 people with disabilities and selling socks from street stalls.
- Decades of conflict and weak health care have driven high disability levels in Afghanistan, where wild poliovirus remains endemic, causing paralysis and disability.
- He teamed up with another polio survivor to hire disabled men and produce multiple sock types, aiming for Afghan security forces contracts but facing cheap textile imports competition.
- Employees report the sock factory has given hope and steady jobs to disabled employees like Mohammad Arif Jafari, 40, and Shahabuddin, who had struggled without work.
- Government data show the Afghan Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs says 189,635 disabled people receive support, while a 2019 Model Disability Survey found nearly 25% have mild, 40% moderate, and about 14% severe disabilities.
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Afghan polio survivor's sock factory provides hope by employing disabled workers
A childhood polio survivor in Afghanistan has set up a small sock factory that employs other disabled people. The factory in Herat helps to provide them with an income.
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