The income that Nekbakht generates now with her handicraft shop allows her to put her children through school.  She says: “Now, I earn sufficient income to support my family. I am very glad that my family feels proud of my business.” 

Aga Khan Academy alumna Sarah Keshvani is currently in her first year at the University of Victoria, Canada, on a full scholarship as part of the Academies’ long-standing partnership with the university. She plans to major in either biological sciences, with a concentration in neuroscience or kinesiology, or biochemistry.