community development – The Entrepreneurship Development Foundation

“Collective lives, collective Livelihoods”, EDF presents at UNCSW2024

On March 12th 2024, in partnership with the United Nations, EDF made a public presentation and held a panel in New York focused on “Participatory community-based development through women's collective businesses in peri-urban Iran”; which was widely attended by other…

EDF in September

Local Community Development: From Khorramshahr to Zahedan Through the efforts of local NGO Bahar -e- Khorramshahr, EDF, and trained local facilitators, a group of women in Sarhanieh, peripheral settlements of Khoramshahr city, managed to initiate a collective business. These hardworking…

EDF in July

Our monthly activity report, July 2020 Local Community Development: local NGOs, collective support, and continuing the path of empowerment Another branch of Hoda House established this time in Negor city, Sistan and Balouchestan province of Iran. This local nonprofit is…

The Women and Youth Entrepreneurship Development Foundation (EDF) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization established in 2004. Our aim is to promote business and entrepreneurship skills among women, youth, and local NGOs, and facilitate the social and economic empowerment of local communities on their path toward sustainable development. We focus on creating community-based organizations (CBOs) in various geographical regions of Iran, with priority given to underprivileged areas, especially Sistan and Balochistan, Khuzestan, and South Khorasan.