On today’s episode, host Becca Szkutak is joined by our old friend Darrell Etherington to talk with Nasrat Khalid of Aseel. Aseel started as an ecommerce company making it possible for local artisans in Afghanistan to sell to customers across the world and has evolved into working in humanitarian aid delivering emergency food supplies to people in need in Afghanistan and Turkey.They talk about:How Aseel built a digital infrastructure that made it possible for artisans to sell to customers all over the worldHow the company shifted from ecommerce to humanitarian aid when Afghanistan went into crisisThe struggle to get investment when the company is considered so high-riskThe ethical concerns that arise when your business focuses on the world’s most vulnerable populationsFound posts every Friday. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts to be alerted when new episodes drop. Check out the other TechCrunch podcasts: Equity and Chain Reaction.Go to found.simplecast.com to find episode transcripts.Connect with us: On TwitterOn InstagramVia email: found@techcrunch.com