Distinguished US magazine Forbes has included 28-year-old Fiza Farhan, co-founder of the Buksh Foundation, in its list of 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs for 2015.
Buksh Foundation, operating in Pakistan since 2009, is a microfinance institution that brings clean energy projects to poor and rural areas of the country.
The foundation has trained 135 women as energy entrepreneurs and brought solar-powered lights to 6,750 households across the country.
The foundation’s business and clean energy loans have been extended to some 12,000 entrepreneurs.
Buksh Foundation CEO and Director of Buksh Energy Fiza Farhan was also nominated as the “Future Energy Leader” at the World Energy Council in September last year.
Fiza is the 4th woman from Pakistan who has been included in the prestigious Forbes list of young game changers, movers and makers.
