The Samburu region is an impoverished area of northern Kenya fraught with conflict and struggling with crippling poverty. Here how the PROFIT Financial Graduation program empowered Anna Lobug to build her livelihood and get a fresh start in life.
Mary Musyimi saw and opportunity and ran with it. Now she proudly shows us the drastic changes she has made for her family and her future.
In 2017 BRAC began its support of the PROFIT Financial Graduation programme, in partnership with IFAD, CARE and the BOMA Project, in the ASAL regions of Kitui and Samburu Kenya.
The Samburu region is an impoverished area of northern Kenya fraught with conflict and struggling with crippling poverty. Before the BOMA Project selected Jecinta Lelenguya as a participant of the IFAD-funded PROFIT Financial Graduation program, her family was barely making ends meet.
Join Amina Muema as she tell her story of her journey with the PROFIT Financial Graduation program out of extreme poverty, in Kenya’s Kitui region.
This case study explores BRAC’s experience evolving the graduation approach over the last 20 years, paying special attention to the lessons for governments and NGOs alike that have emerged from the most recent periods of implementation. Specifically, this case study looks at how, since the program started in 2002, BRAC has sought to ensure high … Continued
In late 2017 BRAC Uganda, the National Union of Women with Disabilities of Uganda (NUWODU), and Humanity & Inclusion (HI, formerly Handicap International), with support from BRAC UPGI and BRAC UK, began work to design and implement the Disability Inclusive Graduation (DIG) project in Oyam, Nwoya, Kiryandongo, and Gulu districts of Uganda.
Central to the Graduation approach is the understanding that extreme poverty encompasses a multidimensional set of challenges not limited to low incomes. While extreme poverty afflicts both women and men, women are particularly vulnerable because of barriers created by unequal gender dynamics.Women play a critical role in social and economic development by investing a higher … Continued
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established a vision of a world free of poverty and inequality by 2030. Unfortunately, progress towards the SDGs is at great risk. The international community has struggled to reach the most pressing goals, including SDG 1, ending poverty in all its forms. As we enter the Decade of Action, the … Continued
Extreme poor households typically hold few productive assets, rely on irregular and low incomes, and have low risk tolerance for investing in new livelihoods. In addition, they often lack confidence due to experience of social stigma, exposure to repeated shocks, high levels of indebtedness, and the burden of an uncertain future. The Ultra-Poor Graduation approach … Continued