ABM AID’s Livelihoods Program facilitates improved methods of earning incomes, allowing families and communities to flourish physically and socially. Our partners design and deliver interventions tailored to the needs and resources of each community. Most communities create informal groups or formal cooperative organisations with shared goals, accountability and support. Many individuals want support to improve their farming techniques. Others seek to utilise a skill they have learnt such as weaving or mechanics. In most cases, ABM AID’s partners support the community with the provision of greater market access and linkages for selling products and produce. In some cases, small start-up grants are supplied. Once the community has paid back their grant, they then pass on the grant to the next community, becoming role models. Many participants report improved confidence after participating in this program. Most importantly, individuals and entire communities are able to break the cycles of poverty that are often generational.

You can read more about the specific examples of ABM AID’s partners engaged in the Livelihoods Program by clicking on the links below.

Your gift to ABM AID will support our partners as they work with communities to identify their resources and develop their skills to lift themselves out of cycles of poverty and provide a brighter future for their children.