On Tuesday, December 10th impACT Chat Herat event was organized in Herat. This event was a great opportunity for participants to hear about the best practices in acquiring resources, gaining knowledge and building networks in order to start or improve social ventures. impACT brought together youths with different backgrounds who were mostly thinking of starting their social enterprises in order to solve some of the serious problems in their community. The discussions started with lessons learned of speakers and continued with fireside chat questions and post-chat networking.

This event was a joint effort between impACT and @Coserve, our partner on the ground. Our speaker Mr. Sirajuddin Mobini, a civil engineer has started his social enterprise – Coserve Coworking space in Herat to help young entrepreneurs have access to affordable and comfortable space for their activities. Our second speaker, Mr. Hamed Nejati is one of the co-Founders of Raha Net and Raha Foundation provided more than 250 job opportunities in Afghanistan.

The event was sponsored by Aghaez Professional Services and Bright Point Consulting Company and hosted by Herat Book Cafe.