Livelihood

Improving children’s welfare by increasing family income and food security

We started a project to train 980 community leaders in how to identify development problems, create solutions with the help of their communities and administer development projects that will benefit children. It is projects like these that will help communities help themselves and ensure programs are sustainable.

Last year, too:

• 30 farmers were trained in improved agricultural techniques, benefiting some 4,520 people
• 57 farmers received training in composting techniques, reducing their reliance on chemical fertilizers
• 93 irrigation systems and schemes were initiated, enabling families to produce a greater variety and quantity of crops
• 270 people received training in the proper storage of grain and other staple foods
• Six vocational centres were refurbished and re-equipped
• 113 women went on vocational training courses – covering topics such as dress-making and animal husbandry – so that families can begin to diversify their incomes