Covid years were tough for many reasons, but they particularly gutted the small business (SME) community. Without any support and with lock downs, restrictions and general health concerns, many small businesses had to close.

I started a Covid19preneurs video series to try to bring awareness about this situation. I interviewed and edited videos for free for a over a dozen small businesses and organizations. I was contacted by a Netflix project about using my videos as an example of what was happening internationally but haven’t seen anything from it yet!

This began my journey into community building and specifically focusing on small businesses and increasing visibility for their work.

Since making this video, Omani Paws was able to become a registered non profit organization with the Oman government and a series of successful TNR projects have started.