Saida Rajabova, 43, makes things happen. A motivated and hard-working housewife from the village of Nurobod, every day she makes 20 kg of cheese and sells it in the capital, Dushanbe. Several restaurants and supermarkets are regular clients of Saida’s home-made cheese. “A good neighbour of mine taught me how to prepare cheese in 2013,” she says. “From then, I made it for my family and started dreaming of developing my skills and earning enough to support my family.” Saida is a mother of 4 children and her husband is a labour migrant abroad. Her dream soon came true. Saida took a business development training course and got a conditional grant to start her small dairy business. She renovated a room and bought a refrigerator, a packaging machine, and other necessary houseware. Within a year, Saida was able to earn enough money to pay the tuition fees for two of her children studying medicine and agricultural engineering.