Kaka Mohammad is 55. He carries loads on a one-wheeled handcart to feed his two daughters, and he does it with an inhaler in his pocket.Six years ago he lost his wife. Since then, he has been both father and mother to his twin daughters, now 18. Most nights, he comes home empty-handed.He has severe asthma. He can barely afford his own medication."I feel ashamed," he told us quietly. "My daughters are hungry, and they still think of me first so I can buy my inhaler."One of his daughters said something we haven't been able to forget:"Uncle, we haven't eaten since last night. I just wish my father could find good work so we could stay under his shadow. I don't want to lose him too. We already lost our mother."Their rent is 3,000 AFN a month about $50. Some months he cannot pay it.What he's asking for is not charity. It's a cart.Kaka Mohammad wants to run a fresh fruit juice cart. Pushing a juice cart is far lighter work than hauling loads, something his lungs can actually handle. He knows the streets, he knows the customers, and he's done hard physical work his whole life.$500 covers everything he needs$500 doesn't disappear. It becomes a business.Let's help Kaka Mohammad start from zero.

Starting From Zero: One Small Business at a Time

Kaka Mohammad is 55. He carries loads on a one-wheeled handcart to feed his two daughters, and he does it with an inhaler in his pocket.
Six years ago he lost his wife. Since then, he has been both father and mother to his twin daughters, now 18. Most nights, he comes home empty-handed.
He has severe asthma. He can barely afford his own medication.
"I feel ashamed," he told us quietly. "My daughters are hungry, and they still think of me first so I can buy my inhaler."
One of his daughters said something we haven't been able to forget:
"Uncle, we haven't eaten since last night. I just wish my father could find good work so we could stay under his shadow. I don't want to lose him too. We already lost our mother."
Their rent is 3,000 AFN a month about $50. Some months he cannot pay it.
What he's asking for is not charity. It's a cart.
Kaka Mohammad wants to run a fresh fruit juice cart. Pushing a juice cart is far lighter work than hauling loads, something his lungs can actually handle. He knows the streets, he knows the customers, and he's done hard physical work his whole life.
$500 covers everything he needs
$500 doesn't disappear. 
It becomes a business.
Let's help Kaka Mohammad start from zero.
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