Helping Them Today

Sustainable Livelihoods

Sustainable livelihoods is other area of our intervention. The sustainable livelihoods approach improves understanding of the livelihoods of the poor. It organizes the factors that constrain or enhance livelihood opportunities, and shows how they relate. It can help plan development activities and assess the contribution that existing activities have made to sustaining livelihoods.
The sustainable livelihoods approach improves understanding of the livelihoods of the poor. It organizes the factors that constrain or enhance livelihood opportunities, and shows how they relate. It can help plan development activities and assess the contribution that existing activities have made to sustaining livelihoods.

The sustainable livelihoods approach is a way of thinking about the objectives, scope, and priorities for development activities. It is based on evolving thinking about the way the poor and vulnerable live their lives and the importance of policies and institutions.

It helps formulate development activities that are:

 

To support and achieve sustainable livelihood for youngsters with disabilities, we work on the three pre-conditions for sustainable livelihoods: rehabilitation to increase their activity levels, self-confidence, and skills development. We also help youngsters and their caregivers to become more resilient, as it empowers and enables them to influence decision-making and claim their rights. Another important part of our strategy is our support of mainstream services such as vocational training institutes, workplaces, governmental institutions, and financial institutions. Our support helps them become more disability-inclusive in their policies and practices.