Enhancing and opening up new opportunities for communities to address livelihood issues is a critical area of attention, at a time when income disparities in Kenya are increasing. We recognize that marginalized areas are largely dependent on natural resources and the environment for their livelihoods. In many parts of Kenya, the number of people living in absolute poverty is on the rise.
From a human rights perspective, livelihoods interventions are founded on the belief that livelihood is an essential right of all human beings to realizing equal opportunity. Poor people do not have life choices, nor do they have opportunities. Ensuring that a poor household has a stable livelihood will substantially increase its income, and over a period of time, ownership of assets, promote dignity and encourage social participation.
Our livelihoods thematic area seeks to promote economic growth targeting the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ who do not have the purchasing power to buy the bare necessities of life – food, clothing and shelter. CGA shall facilitate livelihood creation interventions in rural areas, marginalized communities, arid and semi-arid areas.
Under this thematic area, the key interventions include:
From a human rights perspective, livelihoods interventions are founded on the belief that livelihood is an essential right of all human beings to realizing equal opportunity. Poor people do not have life choices, nor do they have opportunities. Ensuring that a poor household has a stable livelihood will substantially increase its income, and over a period of time, ownership of assets, promote dignity and encourage social participation.
Our livelihoods thematic area seeks to promote economic growth targeting the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ who do not have the purchasing power to buy the bare necessities of life – food, clothing and shelter. CGA shall facilitate livelihood creation interventions in rural areas, marginalized communities, arid and semi-arid areas.
Under this thematic area, the key interventions include:
- Strengthen and promote social infrastructure for community self-organizing through Venus Kenya SACCO Ltd and other community structures to enhance their productive potential and sustainability. (Read More Here)
- Emergency Humanitarian Relief (Read More Here)
- Inua Jamii (Family Support Project)
- People Living With Disabilities project
- Brienje Pamoja 4 Change- Caring for Orphans, Youths, Single Parents, and Widows (Read More Here)
- Human rights – (Wasoni Women Cooperative Center )- such as addressing widowhood is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals:
- 1. DISINHERITANCE
- a) Prevented from inheriting her rightful assets, including things she herself brought into marriage or contributed during married years
- b) May become part of estate and inherited herself
- 2. DISCRIMINATION
- a) Prevented from accessing rights
- b) Prevented government entitlements
- c) No access to justice
- d) Social stigma, shame, & taboo
- 3. HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES
- Subjected to cleansing rites including cutting, and scarring
- Subjected to intense sexual violence
- Early child marriage
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Gender inequality /segregation
- Read More Here
- 1. DISINHERITANCE
