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Follow one tool
One skilled person, one set of tools, one loan that comes back. Follow a single İktifa project from the first request to the next family it helps.
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Step 1 of 6: A skill without tools
01 · The skill
A tailor, a baker, a mechanic. The skill is there and the market needs it, but the tools to start are out of reach. Cash aid would be spent in a month; the need would return.
02 · The study
İktifa reviews the request, studies the project's feasibility with its owner, and checks that the market needs what it will produce. Only viable projects move forward.
03 · The tools
Instead of handing over money, İktifa buys the equipment the project needs, up to about $2,000, in the owner's name and in their presence. The owner owns the project from day one.
04 · The work
For twelve months, mentors follow up: pricing, customers, bookkeeping, the first hard weeks. Income starts to come in, and with it, stability for the family.
05 · The return
After a grace period, the owner repays 85% of the tools' value in interest-free instalments, and later gives 15% of profits to the local fund. Nothing is lost; it all goes back into the circle.
06 · The next family
The repaid money buys tools for the next skilled person in the same community. One donation keeps working, family after family, and the person who was helped becomes a supporter.
Your gift over time
Move the slider to see how many families a donation can equip once, and how many it can equip as it keeps returning.
Estimate for illustration: about $2,000 of tools per project, 85% repaid within about two years and lent again. Real results vary.
Every loop needs someone to start it.
Have the skill but not the tools? Apply for in-kind support and mentoring.
Organisations can help study requests, mentor owners and follow up locally.
Follow one tool
One skilled person, one set of tools, one loan that comes back. Follow a single İktifa project from the first request to the next family it helps.
Scroll to follow the story
Step 1 of 6: A skill without tools
01 · The skill
A tailor, a baker, a mechanic. The skill is there and the market needs it, but the tools to start are out of reach. Cash aid would be spent in a month; the need would return.
02 · The study
İktifa reviews the request, studies the project's feasibility with its owner, and checks that the market needs what it will produce. Only viable projects move forward.
03 · The tools
Instead of handing over money, İktifa buys the equipment the project needs, up to about $2,000, in the owner's name and in their presence. The owner owns the project from day one.
04 · The work
For twelve months, mentors follow up: pricing, customers, bookkeeping, the first hard weeks. Income starts to come in, and with it, stability for the family.
05 · The return
After a grace period, the owner repays 85% of the tools' value in interest-free instalments, and later gives 15% of profits to the local fund. Nothing is lost; it all goes back into the circle.
06 · The next family
The repaid money buys tools for the next skilled person in the same community. One donation keeps working, family after family, and the person who was helped becomes a supporter.
Your gift over time
Move the slider to see how many families a donation can equip once, and how many it can equip as it keeps returning.
Estimate for illustration: about $2,000 of tools per project, 85% repaid within about two years and lent again. Real results vary.
Every loop needs someone to start it.
Have the skill but not the tools? Apply for in-kind support and mentoring.
Organisations can help study requests, mentor owners and follow up locally.