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Livelihood Program

From aid recipients, to earners.

Skills, micro-finance and small-business support that help families break the cycle of poverty — and communities build their own self-reliance.

The challenge

Breaking the cycle — one livelihood at a time.

Empowering individuals is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and building self-reliant communities — the kind that don't need aid to keep going.

GPI's Livelihood Program is designed to put the tools, resources and opportunities for financial independence directly into people's hands. Through skills training, micro-finance and small-business support, we help transform lives — and pave a brighter way forward, generation after generation.

A farmer carrying freshly harvested rice through the field — sustainable livelihoods at work

What we do

Four routes to self-reliance.

From a single trainee to a whole community — every strand of empowerment reinforces the next.

  • Vocational Training

    Marketable skills — tailoring, carpentry, IT — that open doors to employment and entrepreneurship.

  • Small Business Support

    Grants, equipment and training to help aspiring entrepreneurs launch — and sustain — businesses of their own.

  • Women's Empowerment

    Targeted training, resources and support so women can step into roles as income earners and community leaders.

  • Community Development

    Initiatives that build the capacity of whole communities — collective progress, collective self-sufficiency.

Make an impact now

Choose your contribution.

From a vocational course to a dairy cow — every level moves one more family from receiving aid to earning a living.

  • $100

    Vocational Training

    Cover one trainee's enrolment, materials and stipend for a full vocational course.

    Donate $100
  • $300

    Empower a Woman

    Sponsor a women's empowerment workshop — training, mentoring and starter resources for the participants.

    Donate $300
  • $1000

    Equip A Small Business

    Fund the equipment, materials and starter inventory a graduate needs to launch a viable small business.

    Donate $1000
  • $2000

    Dairy Cow / Cattle

    Provide a dairy cow or livestock — a steady, generational source of income for one rural family.

    Donate $2000