Livelihoods
CMA through its partners seeks to economically empower families from different communities through identifying, training, resourcing and mentoring the target groups with capacities that enable them to create and/or generate a sustainable livelihood in the long run. The livelihood activities such as chicken and goat farming seek to increase the income-generating capacity of the families resulting in improved livelihood.
CMA partner organisations do this through:
- Providing basic livestock training to beneficiaries
- Conducting follow up meetings and coaching of the participants
- Linking participants to veterinary doctors and experienced livestock personnel
The objectives of these projects are:
- Promoting increased income-generating capacity at the household level.
- Promoting entrepreneurship in the communities through distribution of livestock such as chicken and goats.
- Eradicating poverty in the communities as a long-term result of the interventions.
Some achievements of the livelihood program thus far are:
- Improved livelihoods from increased investment in agriculture, conservation farming and diversification into other businesses increasing the resilience of the participants.
- Creation of savings groups to cushion participants during emergencies.
- Increased awareness of already existing business opportunities within the communities.
- Emergence of economically sustained livelihoods in families previously below the poverty line.
- Adoption of improved farming practices as a result of the trainings conducted in communities.