Through five distinct sectors — Food Security, Economic Development, Primary Health, Emergency Management and Education — we give families options for a better way of life.
Beginnings are difficult. ADRA thinks they shouldn’t be. Where financial lenders deny small local entrepreneurs—mostly women— access to credit, we step in to help. Our partners receive training in simple maths and business skills. We also give them small loans. They set up small enterprises, or buy fertilizers and tools. In the long run, communities begin to thrive and people lift themselves up from poverty.
ADRA-UK worked with women in Peru who suffer from domestic violence and a lack of participation in local decision-making. The project trained women’s groups in marketable skills, and filled orders for shoes, leather goods, and Christmas decorations. This is giving these women funds to send their children to school, pay for medical fees and save for the future. Organising into groups also allowed women to have their voices heard on issues affecting their communities and their families.
In Nepal, ADRA-UK provided women with vocational and livelihood skills, including classes on agricultural management, sustainable farming, kitchen gardening, accountancy and sessions where seeds were distributed to help women start their own smallholdings. Women have formed groups in order to collectively save their money. This money is then available as a health emergency fund as well as micro-credit whereby they can borrow modest amounts of money to invest in their small businesses and repay within a short time period.
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