By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day.
Project 1: Women-Led Microenterprise Development
Specific: Train and provide microcredit to 100 women from extremely poor households in a selected rural district for launching home-based businesses (e.g., food processing, tailoring, handicrafts).
Measurable: Track income before and after the project, aiming for at least 50% to surpass the $1.25/day poverty line.
Achievable: Build on existing NGO expertise, partner with local self-help groups, leverage government schemes.
Result-Oriented: The direct result is increased income generation and reduced poverty among women beneficiaries.
Time-Bound: 12-month project with quarterly income assessments.
Project 2: Youth Skills for the Construction Sector
Specific: Train 150 unemployed youth (18-25) below the poverty line from an urban slum in basic construction skills (masonry, plumbing) with guaranteed placement support.
Measurable: Track pre-training income, post-training employment status, and wage rates with the aim for 80%+ placement and wages surpassing the poverty threshold.
Achievable: Partner with construction companies for demand alignment, leverage government skill development programs.
Result-Oriented: Tangible reduction in youth poverty through employment in a growing sector.
Time-Bound: 6-month training, 3-month job placement window.
Project 3: Farmer Producer-to-Market Linkages
Specific: Organize 500 smallholder vegetable farmers in a poverty-stricken district into FPOs, train in quality standards, facilitate direct sales to urban vendors/aggregators.
Measurable: Track farm-gate prices pre and post-intervention, targeting a 20% increase. Measure the number of farmers surpassing the poverty line due to better returns.
Achievable: Partner with agribusinesses, existing government programs, local NGOs for technical support.
Result-Oriented: Reduced reliance on exploitative middlemen, higher farmer incomes directly combat poverty in the community.
Time-Bound: 18-month project timeline with regular price monitoring.
Project 4: Conditional Cash Transfers + Education Success
Specific: 80 extremely poor families with school-age children receive CCTs linked to 90%+ attendance and basic learning outcome targets. Supplement with school supplies and mentoring support.
Measurable: Track attendance, academic scores, and household income (with a focus on exceeding the poverty line).
Achievable: High NGO field presence for monitoring, collaboration with local schools/teachers.
Result-Oriented: Dual impact- poverty alleviation in the short term, breaking the intergenerational cycle through education.
Time-Bound: 2-year project, aligned with the academic cycle.
Project 5: Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative
Specific: 30 destitute households selected through strict criteria receive a package of support – asset transfer, intensive skills training, cash stipends, and mentoring over an extended period.
Measurable: Baseline & regular income tracking, aiming for sustainable income sources that consistently exceed the poverty line.
Achievable: Smaller cohort size for focused effort. Partner with specialized NGOs.
Result-Oriented: Lifting people out of the most severe poverty.
Time-Bound: Minimum 18-24 months given the complexity of needs.
Project 6: Sanitation-Linked Microfinance in Urban Slums
Specific: Provide microloans to 100+ women-led households in a selected slum for constructing individual toilets, coupled with hygiene awareness campaigns.
Measurable: Track sanitation coverage (pre/post), reduction in open defecation, and disease incidence. Household income is tracked with the aim of lifting families above the poverty line.
Achievable: Partnerships with sanitation NGOs, buy-in from the community, potential tie-ups with government schemes.
Result-Oriented: Improved health and dignity, linked to increased productivity and reduced healthcare costs, mitigating factors that push families into poverty.
Time-Bound: 12-18 months for construction and behavioral change.
Project 7: Public Works + Asset Creation for Climate Resilience
Specific: Government-supported or NGO-led employment creation for 500 extremely poor individuals during the off-season in a disaster-prone area, focused on constructing drought-proofing infrastructure (check dams, etc.)
Measurable: Short-term wage earnings above the poverty line, long-term impact through asset creation (tracking income gains from better water access)
Achievable: Alignment with existing government programs, local knowledge, strong on-ground implementation.
Result-Oriented: Reduces poverty while simultaneously building community resilience to climate shocks.
Time-Bound: 6-12 months, depending on the scale of the infrastructure work.
Project 8: Disability-Focused Skill Training
Specific: Training program catering to 80+ youth with disabilities, selected from extremely poor households, in marketable skills (digital literacy, repairs, adaptable handicrafts), including job placement support.
Measurable: Track income before/after training, employment rates, aim for wages exceeding the poverty line, and sustained employment for 6+ months.
Achievable: Partner with disability-focused NGOs, link with employers willing to create inclusive spaces.
Result-Oriented: Tackles intersectional poverty, empowers a marginalized group, enabling their economic participation.
Time-Bound: 6-9 months of skills training, followed by 3-6 months of placement tracking.
Project 9: High-Precision Poverty Mapping for Targeted Aid
Specific: Detailed survey of 2-3 selected communities (urban/rural) going beyond income, using indicators in 1.1.1 and multidimensional poverty measures. Output is geospatial mapping of the poorest households/clusters.
Measurable: Success is in the accurate data, allowing interventions to be pinpointed (compared to general poverty data at a broader level).
Achievable: Requires technical expertise – GIS, statistical analysis. May be a collaborative project among NGOs, academia, and government.
Result-Oriented: Maximizes the impact of other projects by ensuring the resources reach the absolute poorest FIRST.
Time-Bound: 4-6 month data collection and analysis process.
Project 10: Advocacy Alliance for Pro-Poor Policy Changes
Specific: A consortium of NGOs forms, focused on a policy bottleneck perpetuating poverty in their state/region (e.g., land rights of tribal communities, minimum wages for informal labor, etc.)
Measurable: Success is difficult to quantify in the short term but would be a change in policy, law, or resource allocation in favor of the poorest.
Achievable: Requires a united front, evidence-backed arguments, and strategic use of media/public support. May need sustained effort.
Result-Oriented: Systemic change can lift a far larger number of people out of poverty than individual projects alone.
Time-Bound: Highly variable, but milestones can be set – public hearings held, legal cases filed, government response obtained.
Important Note: Even projects with less direct economic outcomes (like #9 and #10) are crucial in the long-term fight against poverty.
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