Pathways Out of Poverty: Building Sustainable Microenterprises for Mali’s Poorest
on Economic Recovery and Development by Trickle Up
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The goal of the project is to reduce extreme poverty via sustainable livelihood development with a focus on women and people with disabilities (PWD) living in rural areas. The overall program has two objectives: 1) strengthening the capacity of 7,250 extremely poor women and PWD to develop sustainable microenterprises and other resources that support self‐directed movement out of poverty; and 2) strengthening the capacity of at least eight local community development organizations to reduce extreme poverty through greater expertise in sustainable livelihood development. Trickle Up’s approach includes providing participants with combined access to conditional seed capital and training to start microenterprises; incorporating all participants into savings groups composed of 25 members and helping groups register legally to gain access to formal services from microfinance institutions; continued support for existing participants through expanding training and building a network of savings groups; and capacity building for local partner organizations to effectively deliver development services.
ACTIVITIES
1) Provide participants with the tools to start or expand productive microenterprises and diversify their income-generating activities for the steady income necessary to stabilize a household; 2) expand our livelihood training program to build deeper skills for participants in specific sectors; 3) create and build the autonomy of 178 new savings and credit groups; and 4) conduct rigorous monitoring and evaluation that tracks participant progress through monitoring visits, and industry-standard quantitative and qualitative assessment tools.CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES
Gender, DisabilityLOCATIONS
- Tombouctou, Mali
- Mopti, Mali
- Gao, Mali
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Implementing organizations
Trickle Up
Partner Organizations
Association pour l’Appui au Développement Intégré (AADI), Agence Evangélique de Développement (AEDM), Equipe de Recherche et d’Appui Pour le Développement (ERAD), ESPOIR, Groupe d’Animation Action au Sahel (GAAS‐MALI), Groupe d’Appui au Développement (GADEV), Groupe de Recherche d'Etudes de Formation Femme Action (GREFFA), Sahel Etude Action pour le Développement (SEAD)
Project timeline
3 months left
09/15/2010
08/31/2012
Project budget
2,137,409
People reached
7250
Target groups
The extreme poor, particularly women and people with disabilities