Our History

The organization’s roots were planted in mid-1996 when Ms. Kamila Sidiqi (founder and Managing Director), started a tailoring training program for more than 150 poor women in her home in Khair-khana Kabul. A team of committed women activists volunteered their support. Within two years, most of the trainees were able to open their tailoring shops to support their families. The income level of the trainees increased significantly, and the project produced a deep and long-lasting impact on the life of beneficiaries. Initially, the founder and her team started most of their welfare activities voluntarily with self-contributed funds. The results of the initial welfare  activities motivated the founder to officially register the organization to help everyone across the country.

The Dressmaker of Khairkhana is a New York Times bestseller and gives an insight in the challenges and hurdles faced by Ms. Kamila Sidiqi as she sought to support her own family and other poor Afghans Once again. Afghanistan is in the midst of another humanitarian disaster of an unprecedented scale. PTCRO, with its decades’ long experience of operating at the grassroots of Afghanistan, is continuously and actively working to support Afghans living in extreme conditions to build back their dreams and serves as helping hand in elevating them from poverty.