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 Empowering Women, Transforming Communities.

We invest in women through education, leadership, entrepreneurship, and opportunity—because when women rise, families, communities, and future generations thrive.

  • Women sewing textiles in a workshop supported by Sultana Fund
  • Women sewing at Sultana Fund vocational training center.
  • Women sewing in a workshop supported by the Sultan a Fund.
  • Women sewing garments supported by the Sultana Fund

Empowering Communities, Transforming Lives

Our Mission: Sultana Fund empowers Afghan women, girls, and families by creating sustainable opportunities through education, social entrepreneurship, and community-led development. We invest in local talent, strengthen economic independence, and create innovative solutions that address today's challenges while building resilient communities for tomorrow.

Sultana Fund team filming a local man in a rural landscape.

Seeds of Change in Action

Our Vision: We envision an Afghanistan where every woman and girl has the opportunity to learn, work, lead, and thrive. Through social entrepreneurship, innovation, and community-led solutions, we aspire to build resilient communities where families achieve economic independence, opportunities are accessible to all, and future generations can live with dignity, equality, and hope.

Hands distributing Blossom Pads from the Sultana Fund.

Reusable Blossom Pads (SAFE Project)

Creating Dignity. Empowering Women. Building Sustainable Futures.

Since 2021, Sultana Fund's Reusable Blossom Pads (SAFE Project) has been transforming lives by addressing two of Afghanistan's most pressing challenges: period poverty and women's unemployment.

Warmth for Families. Work for Women.

When an earthquake struck Kunar and winter brought further hardship, Sultana Fund and NCPDO joined forces to produce and distribute 750 sleeping bags for families in Afghanistan. Afghan women handcrafted the bags, earning income while helping their communities through an emergency. Funding and support from TravelerPack and Blossom Hill helped turn a local response into warmth, livelihoods, and hope.

Women packing sleeping bags for the Sultana Fund.
Women sewing together supported by the Sultana Fund

From Local Idea to UNICEF Partnership

From 2019 through 2021, our reusable sanitary napkin project showed what Afghan women’s entrepreneurship could achieve. Afghan women earned income making affordable, washable pads, and we grew the project into a social enterprise that sold its products both in Kabul markets and to UNICEF for distribution to schoolgirls.

Selling to UNICEF was a major milestone. It showed that a product made locally by Afghan women could reach more girls, generate revenue, and create jobs—all while addressing a need in menstrual health.

35,000+

Blossom Pads packs produced

245,000+

The indirect beneficiary figure reflects the project’s estimated reach among families and communities.

Women-Led Enterprise and Community Impact

64+

Afghan women employed

Blossom Pads

Stories Behind the Impact

Meet the Afghan women creating opportunity through Blossom Pads, and see how locally led projects bring warmth, dignity, and support to families facing hardship.

Be a Part of the Story

Your support helps Afghan women build livelihoods, grow their skills, and lead change in their communities. Together, we can create opportunities that strengthen families and build a more hopeful future.

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