Sustainable Livelihoods
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We fund approaches that are proven to help those living in extreme poverty gain relevant skills and resources, achieve financial security and improve their quality of life.
17 Dec 2024
Odisha’s Generous Forest
Indigenous communities have relied on Sal leaves for generations. The Industree Foundation is helping them build profitable small-scale leaf plate production units to secure more stable livelihoods.
1 Dec 2024
What ‘entrepreneurship’ means for the poor
Micro-entrepreneurs are often considered engines of prosperity for their families and communities, and they are. But it would be a mistake to consider them a magic bullet
24 Nov 2022
Ending poverty and hunger begins with agriculture
We talked to World Bicycle Relief, One Acre Fund and myAgro, three of our partners organisations that work in Zambia, Rwanda and Senegal, providing farm families with knowledge, tools and inputs to earn a sustainable living income and supply their communities with nutritious food.
4 May 2022
20 Years of a Transformative Approach to End Extreme Poverty
What has BRAC learned in the 20 years since pioneering the Graduation "out of poverty" approach?
2 Feb 2021
From climate science to field action
Root Capital is pioneering how to bridge the gap between climate science and farm-level action, bringing climate-smart strategies into the daily practice of growing food crops successfully.
15 Jan 2021
Joining forces to end extreme poverty
The key to ending extreme poverty could be in our reach. It comes from a globally validated proof of concept: a “Graduation” approach pioneered by BRAC in Bangladesh and now adopted and adapted by many organisations, several of whom are our partners.
