Sowing seeds of entrepreneurship among women and youths of poor families

(From left) Nurfarini Daing of myHarapan, Zaharuddin b. Daud of Etiqa Insurance Berhad, Ahmad Rizlan b. Azman of Etiqa Takaful Berhad, Hajah Mariamah Jaafar of YVPWM and Kamaludin officitiating the Seed programme.

While many urbanites get to obtain the luxury of starting their own businesses, the latter and underprivileged community seems to be getting the short end of the stick when it comes to even making it to survive, especially if they live in the city.

According to a Household Income Survey by the Economic Planning Unit, households with urban women-headed households scored a higher sustainability rate of being poor than to the male counterpart.