Women's Livelihoods
Every other programme we run gets easier when a household has income it can predict. Women's Livelihoods builds that income through village savings groups, a trade, and a small amount of capital at the right moment.
- Savings groups running
- 74
- Women enrolled
- 1,480
- Median household income after one cycle
- 2.3x
What the programme actually does.
Village savings and loan groups
Groups of 20 to 30 women save weekly, lend to each other and share out at the end of the cycle. We train the group and supply the lockbox and ledger.
A trade she chooses
Tailoring, hairdressing, produce trading, baking or poultry, selected by the woman and taught over twelve weeks.
Start-up capital
A one-off grant on completion, released against a simple business plan the group reviews together.
Market linkage
Introductions to buyers, bulk input purchasing and help with trading licences.
$90 covers a skills course and start-up grant for one woman.
The other three programmes
- Safe BirthAntenatal care, transport to a health facility and a trained attendant at every delivery.
- Child NutritionScreening, therapeutic feeding and cooking classes that keep treated children from relapsing.
- Girls in SchoolFees, materials and menstrual health support that keep girls enrolled through Senior Four.