1,101 Women Empowered through Honey Bee Farming - Turning Challenges into Opportunities

Plan Bee was initiated by the Hashoo Foundation to empower women in the remote areas of Northern Pakistan by expanding employment opportunities and generating a stable source of income through the sale of high-quality honey. 1,096 women have been trained and organized in 35 different Honey Business Group in Pakistan.In Houston, Hashoo Foundation USA replicated in Houston its globally recognized Women Empowering through Honey Bee Farming Project - “Plan Bee”- in partnership with the Alliance for Multicultural Community Services refugee settlement. Both organizations worked together to build the capacity of 5 refugee women in honey bee farming and organized them under the Plan Bee Houston Honey Business Group. To date, a total of 1,101 rural women have been empowered in honey bee farming.